A Startup’s Guide to Hiring Beyond Full-Time
A 2nd Careers Report
“Startups don’t lack access to senior talent. But refining the hiring models can unlock a lot more value.”
Sushma Rajagopalan, Co-founder, 2nd Careers
This report presents one argument: the full-time hire is not your only lever, and increasingly, it’s not your best one.
Globally, the fractional talent market has crossed $5.7 billion and is growing 14% annually. By 2027, Gartner projects that over 30% of mid-size enterprises will have at least one fractional executive on retainer.
This report gives you seven settings for Fractional Roles.
We map seven fractional work formats, ranging from the well-known (Fractional CXO, Advisor, Consultant) to formats most startups have never considered (Returnship, Pivot Programs), against the actual shape of your hiring problems: by function, and by the nature of the gap itself.
There is real confusion in the market about what these formats actually mean in practice. Before you can map a role to a format, you need a precise, shared vocabulary. Read on…
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This report gives you the map. Most HR leaders we talk to don’t need more frameworks, they need a sounding board for the specific role sitting open on their desk right now.
That’s what the 2nd Careers Talent Clinic is for.
A free, consultative session with our team to map your actual open roles against the right fractional formats, and where useful, connect you directly with vetted senior professionals ready to engage on those terms.
