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What is an HR Consultant?
An HR consultant is a seasoned professional who helps businesses solve complex people challenges, optimize HR processes, and align talent strategy with business goals. Unlike in-house HR staff, HR consultants bring specialized expertise and an objective perspective, focusing on areas such as compliance, talent acquisition, performance management, and organizational design.
What does an HR Consultant do?
HR consultants act as trusted advisors, providing both strategic recommendations and hands-on support for new initiatives. They’re prepared to deliver targeted, high-impact HR services for businesses, including:
HR audits and compliance
Review current policies and practices to ensure compliance with employment laws and industry standards, reducing risk and liability.
Talent acquisition and onboarding
Design effective recruitment strategies, streamline hiring processes, and create onboarding programs that set employees up for success.
Performance optimization
Develop frameworks for evaluating employee performance and providing feedback to drive productivity and engagement.
Compensation and benefits management
Analyze and improve compensation packages to attract and retain top talent.
Organizational development
Support change management, leadership development, and succession planning to ensure business growth.
Employee training and learning
Design and deliver training programs to enhance skills and leadership capabilities within different teams.
Technology implementation
Select and integrate new HR solutions, like payroll or performance management systems, to automate processes and improve data accuracy.
The benefits of hiring an HR Consultant
Even if you already have an in-house HR team, people operations manager, or chief human resources officer (CHRO), there are many reasons to bring in an outside HR consultant. These professionals provide:
Immediate expertise
Access advanced HR skills and industry knowledge to quickly tackle a specific initiative or challenge.
Objective insights
Gain an unbiased, external perspective to help identify blind spots and uncover overlooked opportunities for improvement.
Scalable engagement
Ramp services up or down as needed, whether for project-based work, periods of rapid change, or seasonal fluctuations.
Faster results
Consultants are accustomed to hitting the ground running, helping businesses accelerate project timelines and produce measurable outcomes.
Cost efficiency
Pay only for the expertise you need, when you need it—no long-term salary or benefits required.
How to hire an HR Consultant
No more endless job boards or sifting through unqualified applicants. Hiring a HR consultant is simple with Go Fractional.
Here’s how it works:
Set your goals
Specify the type of candidate you need, including their industry experience, skills, and availability.
Find your match
Search our curated network of thoroughly vetted operations consultants. Don’t worry, we’ve already put them through a rigorous screening process to make sure they meet the highest standards.
Hash out the details
Set up an interview or discussion with your top candidates to go over the details and ensure it’s a good fit.
Draft the proposal
We’ll take it from here. Once everyone is on board, Go Fractional will craft a detailed proposal for your consultant, giving you and your stakeholders an opportunity to review it thoroughly.
Get started
Once you’ve reviewed and approved the proposal, we’ll send the contracts. And your operations consultant can get to work.
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Head of Product#paidWorking with a Fractional COO was a great way to level up our operations, guide our existing team, and overall run things in a more streamlined way. We were lucky to work with someone who had seen and built the things we needed to do before, and brought a wealth of knowledge to where we wanted to go.
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CEOOnDeckPartnering with Go Fractional allowed Enertiv to bring on Nate Wylie as a fractional Head of Talent streamlining the recruitment process - saving us time and cost. Nate implemented a state-of-the-art ATS, developed customized interview kits and scorecards, and reduced the time-to-fill our roles. This swift process successfully placed top-tier talent, including a Solutions Engineer, a Growth Marketer, and an Onboarding Manager. If you’re a business looking to scale rapidly with elite talent - I strongly recommend you check out Go Fractional.
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Founder & CEOEnertivHiring an executive team is critical to get right. Eric as a Fractional Operator played a key role in helping me screen, interview, and generally think through building out our executive team at ChartHop. He brought an outside perspective from someone that has done it before, and I benefited from the additional horsepower.
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Founder & CEOChartHopIn just 5 months, working only 1 to 2 days a week, Matt Spangler made a significant impact at the Uniswap Foundation. He led customer research and crafted the foundation’s first-ever brand and marketing strategy. He designed the initial 2024 marketing budget, conducted a successful Marketing Director hiring search sourced from his network. Matt also launched an email marketing campaign strategy that achieved outstanding results, producing open and click rates +15% over the standard in our industry.
Raffi Sapire
COOUniswap FoundationWe had a never-ending backlog of tickets and engineers to hire. We were able to go Fractional and started knocking out tickets immediately
Chris Polk
VP of EngineeringPolyworkI worked with a Fractional Engineer to bring my MAD landscape project to life - we were able to brainstorm, design, and ultimately ship something great. To work with a trusted engineer brought confidence to the project, and positioned FirstMark to be able to scale this project in the future and into other verticals. I would highly recommend working with them if you need fractional talent.
Matt Turck
PartnerFirstMarkGo Fractional provided Mockingbird with a founder-level engineering leader that helped us out of a huge amount of tech debt, streamlining and modernizing our entire e-commerce stack
Ross Berger
VP of OperationsMockingbirdWorking with Go Fractional has been an absolute pleasure. They connected us with high-quality engineering leaders and filled the role within just 12 days of our first call. After six weeks of fractional work, he joined as our permanent VP of Engineering. Go Fractional’s speed and partnership significantly boosted our team’s productivity, and we are thrilled to have filled the position seamlessly without any gaps.
Victoria Ashton
Vice President of PeopleLobGo Fractional provided a detailed audit of our tech stack with a prioritized list of recommendations while redesigning and launching our app to a new single codebase across all platforms
Nick Kenner
CEO & FounderJust SaladHiring a fractional Head of Data Science has been transformative for our company. At just 50% of the cost of a full-time data scientist, we secured a seasoned data leader with over 12 years of experience in top startups. This strategic move has significantly enhanced our data strategy and execution. The expert leadership has instilled confidence in our data capabilities, driving measurable results for our business.
Khadija Ali
Head of Product#paidWorking with a Fractional COO was a great way to level up our operations, guide our existing team, and overall run things in a more streamlined way. We were lucky to work with someone who had seen and built the things we needed to do before, and brought a wealth of knowledge to where we wanted to go.
David Booth
CEOOnDeckPartnering with Go Fractional allowed Enertiv to bring on Nate Wylie as a fractional Head of Talent streamlining the recruitment process - saving us time and cost. Nate implemented a state-of-the-art ATS, developed customized interview kits and scorecards, and reduced the time-to-fill our roles. This swift process successfully placed top-tier talent, including a Solutions Engineer, a Growth Marketer, and an Onboarding Manager. If you’re a business looking to scale rapidly with elite talent - I strongly recommend you check out Go Fractional.
Connell McGill
Founder & CEOEnertivHiring an executive team is critical to get right. Eric as a Fractional Operator played a key role in helping me screen, interview, and generally think through building out our executive team at ChartHop. He brought an outside perspective from someone that has done it before, and I benefited from the additional horsepower.
Ian White
Founder & CEOChartHopIn just 5 months, working only 1 to 2 days a week, Matt Spangler made a significant impact at the Uniswap Foundation. He led customer research and crafted the foundation’s first-ever brand and marketing strategy. He designed the initial 2024 marketing budget, conducted a successful Marketing Director hiring search sourced from his network. Matt also launched an email marketing campaign strategy that achieved outstanding results, producing open and click rates +15% over the standard in our industry.
Raffi Sapire
COOUniswap FoundationWe had a never-ending backlog of tickets and engineers to hire. We were able to go Fractional and started knocking out tickets immediately
Chris Polk
VP of EngineeringPolyworkWhat’s the difference between an HR consultant and a fractional HR leader?
While both HR consultants and fractional HR leaders are valuable alternatives to full-time hires, they function in different ways. HR consultants are typically engaged for specific projects or to solve defined HR challenges. They provide analysis and hands-on support for initiatives like compliance audits, policy updates, or talent management programs. Their work is usually project-based or advisory, with a clear start and end point. Fractional HR leaders, such as fractional HR Directors or fractional CHROs, take on a more strategic, high-level role within an organization. They serve as part-time executive leaders, guiding a company’s overall people strategy, managing HR teams, and ensuring HR initiatives are aligned with business goals. Fractional HR leaders are ideal when you need executive-level oversight and leadership, but don’t require a full-time hire.
When to hire an HR Consultant
Whether you’re looking to implement a new HR platform or update processes to meet compliance standards, experienced consultants are prepared to help.
Specifically, you might hire an HR consultant if your business is:
Rapid Growth
Scaling quickly and needs to build or formalize HR processes
Compliance Risk
Facing compliance or regulatory challenges
Retention Issues
Experiencing high turnover or struggling with employee engagement
HR Gap
Lacking in-house expertise for a critical HR project or initiative
Org Change
Planning a major organizational change, such as a merger, acquisition, or restructuring
HR Audit
Seeking an objective review of current HR policies, practices, and culture
Strategic HR
Looking to align people strategy with business growth and innovation
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