FRACTIONAL RECRUITING
Fractional Recruiting for Tech Startups and Growth-Stage Companies
Flexible Recruiting Capacity Without Adding Permanent Headcount
Sometimes you do not need another permanent recruiter. You need experienced recruiting support that can step in quickly, work inside your process and flex with your hiring needs.
CareerEncore provides fractional recruiting support for tech startups and growth-stage companies that need additional recruiting capacity without adding another full-time employee.
Need part-time recruiting support? Fifteen or twenty hours of weekly capacity? Full-time interim recruiting for a quarter? We can structure the engagement around what your team actually needs.
PRICING AT A GLANCE
$5,000
starting per month
Fractional Recruiting engagements start at $5,000 per month. Pricing is customized based on weekly recruiting capacity, hiring volume, role complexity and the level of recruiting ownership required.
3-month minimum commitment. After the initial 3 months, engagements can continue month to month with 30 days' notice.
HOW IT WORKS
Recruiting Support That Works Inside Your Team
Fractional does not mean on-site. CareerEncore works remotely as an extension of your company, integrating into your recruiting process, hiring-manager workflow and communication cadence.
The engagement can be part-time or full-time and can range from owning selected requisitions to supporting a much larger portion of the recruiting function.
The model can change as your hiring needs change. The partnership does not have to.
The engagement is priced as a fixed monthly retainer based on the level of weekly capacity you reserve. It is not billed by the hour.
SCOPE
What Fractional Recruiting Can Include
The scope is customized around what your company needs CareerEncore to own. Depending on the engagement, support can include:
FIND AND SCREEN
✓ Role intake and hiring-manager calibration
✓ Market analysis and AI-enhanced talent mapping
✓ Passive-candidate sourcing and outreach
✓ Applicant review and candidate screening
✓ Candidate qualification and recruiter interviews
MANAGE THE PROCESS
✓ Candidate communication and relationship management
✓ Interview coordination
✓ Hiring-manager communication and recruiting updates
✓ Candidate interview preparation
✓ Offer and closing support
CLOSE AND IMPROVE
✓ ATS and recruiting-process support
✓ Recruiting workflow and process improvement
✓ Search reporting, market feedback and pipeline visibility
✓ Multi-requisition ownership
✓ Recruiting strategy and hiring-plan support
CareerEncore can stay as narrow or go as deep as the engagement requires.
CAPACITY
Part-Time, Full-Time or Somewhere in Between
Fractional Recruiting is built around the level of capacity your company needs.
Lighter
weekly support for a few priority searches
15 or 20
hours of weekly capacity during a hiring push
Full-time
interim recruiting support for several months
A company may need lighter weekly support for a few priority searches. Another may need 15 or 20 hours of recruiting capacity during a sustained hiring push. Another may need full-time interim recruiting support for several months while building an internal team, replacing a recruiter or managing a period of rapid growth.
Part-time or full-time. Fixed monthly pricing. Customized around the recruiting capacity you need.
FUNCTIONS AND LEVELS
Across Functions and Levels
CareerEncore is known for executive and go-to-market recruiting, but fractional support can extend across a broader range of hiring needs.
Our recruiting experience spans leadership and go-to-market hiring as well as technical, engineering, product, analytical, operational, manufacturing and business functions.
Leadership
Go-to-market
Technical
Engineering
Product
Manufacturing
Business
Analytical
Operational
Fractional Recruiting can also include senior leadership roles when those hires are part of a broader ongoing recruiting partnership.
WHEN SEARCH IS THE BETTER FIT
For a single confidential executive search, a highly specialized leadership hire or a mission-critical role that requires dedicated search resources, one of CareerEncore's Executive Search models may still be the better fit.
WHY FRACTIONAL
Why Companies Use Fractional Recruiting Instead of Hiring Another Full-Time Recruiter
A permanent recruiting hire can make sense when the workload is stable and long-term.
But sometimes the need is temporary, the hiring volume is uneven, or the company simply is not ready to add another employee to payroll.
Fractional Recruiting gives companies experienced recruiting capacity without taking on another full-time salary, payroll burden, benefits, paid time off and other permanent employee costs.
It can be especially valuable during a hiring push, a recruiter transition, a period of rapid growth or any time the recruiting workload exceeds what the internal team can reasonably absorb.
WITHOUT ADDING
× A full-time salary
× Payroll burden
× Benefits
× Paid time off
× Other permanent employee costs
You get experienced recruiting support for the period and capacity you actually need, without adding permanent headcount before the business is ready.
WHICH MODEL FITS
Fractional Recruiting vs. the Growth Hiring Partnership
Both models can support ongoing hiring, but they solve different problems.
YOU NEED PIPELINES
Growth Hiring Partnership:
Best when you need CareerEncore to continuously build and replenish the top of your recruiting funnel. CareerEncore handles market analysis, AI-enhanced talent mapping, hyper-personalized outreach, candidate engagement and an initial qualification check, then hands interested candidates to your team.
YOU NEED CAPACITY INSIDE THE BUSINESS
Fractional Recruiting:
Best when you need CareerEncore to become more involved in the recruiting process and take on deeper screening, candidate management, hiring-manager coordination, interview support, recruiting strategy or broader full-cycle responsibilities.
If you need pipelines, the Growth Hiring Partnership may be the better fit. If you need recruiting capacity inside the business, Fractional Recruiting is usually the better model.
PRICING
Fractional Recruiting Pricing
Starting at $5,000 Per Month
Fractional Recruiting is priced as a fixed monthly engagement based on the level of weekly recruiting capacity and ownership your company needs.
Pricing varies based on weekly capacity reserved, hiring volume, role complexity, number of active requisitions and the level of recruiting ownership required.
The engagement may be structured around a specific weekly capacity, but the fee is a fixed monthly retainer, not hourly billing.
Engagement Terms
Initial commitment:
3 months
After the initial term:
Month to month
Notice to end:
30 days
Starting investment:
$5,000/month
Larger part-time and full-time interim engagements are priced based on the level of capacity reserved and scope of ownership.
FAQ
Questions We Hear About Fractional Recruiting
Is fractional recruiting the same as hiring a contract recruiter by the hour?
No. CareerEncore's Fractional Recruiting engagements are structured around an agreed level of recruiting capacity and scope, with a fixed monthly retainer. The engagement may include a defined weekly capacity, but you are not receiving an hourly invoice or paying for isolated recruiting tasks one hour at a time. You are reserving a defined portion of experienced recruiting capacity for your business.
Does fractional recruiting mean CareerEncore works on-site?
No. Fractional Recruiting is delivered 100% remotely. CareerEncore works as an extension of your team, integrating into your recruiting process, hiring-manager workflow and communication cadence without needing to be physically on-site.
How much fractional recruiting support can we get?
The model is intentionally flexible. A company may need lighter weekly support, 15 or 20 hours of weekly capacity, or full-time interim recruiting support for several months. We scope the engagement around your hiring volume, internal resources, active requisitions and the level of ownership you need CareerEncore to take.
Can Fractional Recruiting include senior leadership roles?
Yes. If senior leadership hiring is part of a broader ongoing recruiting partnership, those roles can be included in the fractional engagement. For a single confidential, highly specialized or mission-critical executive search, CareerEncore may recommend one of our Executive Search models instead.
How much does Fractional Recruiting cost?
Fractional Recruiting engagements start at $5,000 per month. Pricing increases based on the weekly capacity reserved, hiring volume, role complexity and level of recruiting ownership required. Larger part-time and full-time interim engagements are quoted as fixed monthly retainers rather than hourly rates.
Is there a minimum commitment?
Yes. Fractional Recruiting engagements begin with a 3-month minimum commitment. After the initial 3 months, the engagement can continue month to month with 30 days' notice to end.
Can CareerEncore work with our existing internal recruiting team?
Yes. Fractional Recruiting can add capacity to an existing TA team, take ownership of selected requisitions, absorb overflow work or provide additional recruiting support during a hiring surge. The goal is not to replace a good internal team. It is to give that team more capacity when the workload exceeds what it can reasonably absorb.
What if we do not have an internal recruiting team?
CareerEncore can take on a broader recruiting role and handle more of the process directly. The scope can include intake, sourcing, screening, candidate management, interview coordination, hiring-manager communication, offer support and other recruiting responsibilities depending on what your company needs.
NEXT STEP
Let's Talk About the Recruiting Capacity You Need
Maybe your internal team is overloaded. Maybe you're entering a growth period. Maybe you need an experienced recruiter for 15 hours a week, full-time support for a quarter or something in between.
We'll start with your hiring plan, active requisitions, internal resources and where the recruiting workload is getting stuck. Then we'll design a fractional engagement around the level of capacity and ownership that makes sense for your business.
Start with a free 20-minute hiring strategy consultation. No pressure. No one-size-fits-all pitch.