Fractional People Operations + Talent Acquisition FAQ
Straight answers for owners and leaders trying to figure out when recruiting and People work has become too much to keep handling informally.
What is Fractional Talent Acquisition?
Fractional Talent Acquisition gives a company ongoing recruiting capacity without immediately adding a full-time internal recruiter. IGY SIX can work alongside the owner, HR, operators, and hiring managers to define roles, source candidates, screen, coordinate interviews, and keep hiring moving.
What is a fractional recruiter?
A fractional recruiter is an experienced recruiting partner who works with a business on an ongoing, part-time or flexible basis. The company gets real recruiting execution and support without creating another full-time recruiting position before the hiring volume justifies it.
When should a small business hire a recruiter?
A common trigger is when recruiting is consuming too much owner, manager, or HR time; when referrals and job boards are no longer enough; or when informal hiring is becoming difficult to sustain. IGY SIX most often fits growing companies in roughly the 10–75 employee range, although the operating condition matters more than the exact headcount.
Can I outsource recruiting without hiring a full-time recruiter?
Yes. Fractional recruiting and outsourced recruiting are common ways to add sourcing, screening, coordination, and recruiting leadership without making a full-time internal hire.
How do growing companies handle recruiting before building a full HR or People Operations team?
Many begin with owners, operators, managers, or an HR generalist handling recruiting informally. As the workload grows, a fractional People Operations + Talent Acquisition partner can carry recruiting execution and practical People work before a full internal HR or People Operations team and dedicated recruiting function make sense.
What is Fractional People support?
Fractional People support means practical help with the People work that grows alongside the company: payroll administration, onboarding and offboarding, benefits and total rewards support, employee records and systems, manager and employee support, retention, policies, SOPs, and day-to-day People workflows. At IGY SIX these capabilities sit inside the broader Fractional People Operations + Talent Acquisition engagement, not a menu of disconnected consulting products.
What's the difference between fractional recruiting and a staffing agency?
Fractional recruiting operates as an extension of the company and usually supports ongoing recruiting capacity across the hiring function. A staffing agency is typically engaged to fill individual roles or provide temporary labor. IGY SIX does not operate as a temp staffing agency.
Should I hire an internal recruiter or use fractional recruiting?
If hiring volume is steady enough to justify a full-time recruiting role and the company can keep that person productive year-round, internal may make sense. Fractional recruiting often fits the stage where the need is real and recurring, but not yet large or predictable enough to build the full internal function.
How can a small business improve hiring and retention?
Start by looking at both sides of the equation: how people are recruited and what happens after they join. Clear role expectations, realistic candidate communication, consistent onboarding, capable managers, competitive compensation and total rewards, and understanding why people leave are usually more useful than simply generating more applicants.
How do I get recruiting off my plate as a business owner?
Move the repeatable recruiting work to a dedicated owner. That can be an internal recruiter, a fractional recruiting partner, or a small People team depending on the stage. The goal is for the owner to remain involved in the decisions that truly require owner judgment without personally carrying sourcing, screening, scheduling, and every People escalation.
What if I only need help filling one position?
You probably do not need a Fractional People Operations + Talent Acquisition engagement. IGY SIX also offers Direct Placement for individual permanent searches, including difficult professional and leadership roles.
Does IGY SIX only work in Texas?
No. IGY SIX is based in New Braunfels, Texas and has strong ties to San Antonio and Central Texas, but supports clients and candidates nationwide.
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