What is a fractional resource?

A fractional resource is like having a part-time expert on your team without the full-time commitment or cost. 

Instead of hiring someone full-time, you bring in a professional—whether it’s for HR, finance, marketing, or another area—who works with you for a fraction of their time, depending on what you need. For example, they might work for your company for just a few days a month. They are usually very experienced in their particular field, and don’t need the same onboarding time or training as an internal hire, meaning they can have greater commercial impact sooner with less risk, and a greater return on investment.

This approach is great for smaller and mid-sized businesses that need specialised skills but don’t need (or can’t afford) a full-time hire. It also works well for bigger businesses who have issues with capacity or filling a particular gap; in our experience, larger companies often call on us to help upskill or develop an existing HR function, for example, to help them take the leap from operational to strategic HR. It’s a flexible, cost-effective way to get the expertise you need to grow your business, develop your people and broaden your capacity, and is rapidly becoming the go-to solution for future-focused businesses of all sizes.