Hire a Fractional Technical Recruiter
Pre-screened Technical Recruiters who source, screen, and close engineers for your open reqs, matched to your hiring plan in about 3 days and paid on a monthly retainer instead of per-hire agency fees.
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When to hire a Fractional Technical Recruiter
Bring in a Technical Recruiter when engineering hiring is slowing down your roadmap and your current setup can't keep up with the reqs.
Engineering managers are sourcing instead of shipping
Your tech leads spend hours on LinkedIn and screening calls each week, and sprint velocity is dropping because of it.
Agency fees are adding up across reqs
You are paying a placement fee on every engineer hired, and the candidates you get often miss the stack or seniority you asked for.
Funding just closed and the hiring plan doubled
You need to hire eight to fifteen engineers in the next two quarters and have no one to run the searches.
Candidates drop out late in the process
Strong engineers accept other offers because your loop is slow, interviewers are uncalibrated, or nobody owns the close.
Your recruiter is generalist, not technical
Your HR or people lead fills sales and ops roles well but struggles to tell a senior platform engineer from a mid-level one.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Technical Recruiter
A fractional Technical Recruiter runs your engineering searches end to end: sourcing, technical screens, hiring manager calibration, and offer close, without adding a permanent headcount or paying 20%+ of salary per hire to an agency.
Staff your engineering pipeline at retainer cost
You get a senior recruiter working your reqs on a monthly retainer, so filling five roles does not mean five separate placement fees or a full-time salary and benefits.
Start sourcing engineers within days
We match you with pre-screened Technical Recruiters in about 3 days, so outreach to backend, frontend, and platform candidates begins while your reqs are still fresh.
Hire a recruiter who can read a GitHub profile
Every operator is pre-screened for real technical hiring experience: writing scorecards for engineering leads, spotting stack fit, and closing candidates who have three competing offers.
How to hire a Fractional Technical Recruiter
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Technical Recruiter is easy with Go Fractional.
Intro Call
Answer a few quick questions, then book a free 30-minute intro call with our team to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Our AI finds Fractional Technical Recruiter candidates whose past clients and projects match your brief, which you won’t find on LinkedIn. A dedicated executive recruiter verifies each one’s experience, fit, and genuine interest, and you meet the ones who fit in about 3 days.
Start Work
Book time with candidates right from your shortlist, choose your operator, and sign a simple month-to-month agreement. We move as fast as you do.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Technical Recruiter
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Technical Recruiter on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
- Try the fit before you commit, no hiring risk
- Faster speed to market, conserving time and resources
Interim Technical Recruiter
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional Technical Recruiter rates average $80/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
Technical Recruiter Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Technical Recruiter leadership, and where each one wins.
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| Factor | Fractional Technical Recruiter | Full-time Technical Recruiter | Recruiting agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | ~3 days to match | 6-12 weeks to hire | 1-3 weeks to first resumes |
| Cost structure | Monthly retainer | Salary + benefits + tools | Per-hire fee on each placement |
| Who owns the pipeline | You do, in your ATS | You do, in your ATS | The agency keeps its candidate database |
| Process improvement | Builds scorecards, interview loops, and sourcing playbooks | Builds process over time | Rarely touches your internal process |
| Scaling up or down | Adjust scope with your hiring plan | Fixed headcount | Pay more as hires increase |
| Best for | Startups with recurring engineering reqs and changing headcount plans | Large, steady hiring volume year-round | One-off hard-to-fill or niche searches |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“Partnering with Go Fractional allowed Enertiv to bring on our fractional Head of Talent, streamlining the recruitment process - saving us time and cost. They 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.”
“It was literally three days after he started with us fractionally, our CEO was calling me and asking if we could get a full-time offer out.”
“It's a can't-lose scenario. You either get the learnings from the subject matter expert, or you get the full-time capability. It provided a ton of flexibility, much faster speed to market, and conservation of time and resources.”
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