We are specialists in human resource management consulting to local government.  HRS is dedicated to providing management consulting services to local government in areas of human resources and general management.  HRS offers a range of high quality services to meet the personnel needs of your organization and to strengthen management capacity.

We provide specialized technical assistance and advisory services to cities and towns in current, emerging and changing issues in human resources and municipal operations.  As your strategic partner, we deliver the consulting services and tools to help develop the policies, processes, management plans and organizational systems required. 

Our seasoned professionals combine traditional consulting skills with public sector knowledge and expertise to help address the many challenges municipalities face.  By specializing in this field, we are able to develop unique services and offer a depth of experience that cannot be matched. 

About the Founder and President:
Aleksandra (Sandy) Stapczynski is founder and President of Human Resources Services, Inc.  She has more than 25 years of local government consulting experience in Massachusetts and throughout New England.  As a recognized contributor in the field, she has been published in a number of local and national professional journals and municipal management publications including the International City/County Management Association and the Massachusetts Municipal Association.  Her work has also been cited in other human resource professional publications and municipal related research.  Her experience covers a wide range of activities including compensation and classification development, performance management, retention, staffing reviews, HR audits and assessments, recruitment/selection and more.  She has also conducted general management consulting projects for municipalities including reorganization studies, department specific studies, and studies concerning municipal finance and operations.

Prior to starting her own firm, Ms. Stapczynski was employed by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, and the Massachusetts Municipal Association. As a professional consultant with the MMA, she was part of a distinctive consulting team that pioneered technical assistance to municipalities in general organizational management, finance, personnel, computer technology, public safety, public works, and training.

Ms. Stapczynski has been asked to speak on panels at the Massachusetts Municipal Association Annual Meeting, at meetings of the Massachusetts Municipal Personnel Association, and on panels for ASPA and ICMA.  She is nationally recognized in the field of public personnel administration as a contributor to ICMA's leading and widely read publication in the field, Human Resource Management in Local Government: An Essential Guide. This textbook is used as a guide for local managers and is also utilized in universities throughout the country.  She is also a Visiting Executive at Suffolk University Sawyer Business School.

Ms. Stapczynski holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University (Awarded Public Service Graduate Fellowship); a Bachelor's Degree in Government from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Suffolk University; an Associate's Degree in Business from Bunker Hill Community College; and a Certificate from the State Management Development Program, Institute for Governmental Services, University of Massachusetts, Boston.  

She has extensive experience working with elected officials, public executives, staff members, labor organizations, standing and ad-hoc committees.  She has consulted to municipalities from 1,000 population to over 600,000 population.