A Talent Partner working for your small business…
A Fractional Talent Acquisition Partner offers an alternative to traditional contingency recruitment. While contingency recruitment typically takes a short-term, reactive approach to filling individual vacancies, Talent Acquisition takes a broader, more proactive and long-term approach to attracting the right people and supporting business growth.
A contingency recruiter is usually engaged to fill a specific vacancy on a cost-per-placement basis. A Fractional Talent Acquisition Partner works alongside your business to meet immediate hiring needs while strengthening your wider recruitment and talent strategy, through ongoing involvement or focused support with individual roles and projects.
Periscope Talent gives small businesses access to the talent acquisition support larger organisations have in-house, plus the specialist search methods used by executive search firms. That means a clear hiring strategy, a stronger employer brand, talent pipelines and direct approaches to the people who aren’t applying, all handled hands-on, from brief through to offer. Think of it as your own part-time talent acquisition lead, for 1-3 days a week, several days a month or a one-off project, without the commitment or cost of a full-time hire.
Why a Fractional
Talent Partner?
A Talent Acquisition function goes beyond simply posting a job advert and hoping the right people apply. It takes a more proactive and strategic approach to hiring, looking at what your business needs, how roles are defined and positioned, where the right talent can be found and how to attract and engage them, both in the short and long term.
However, not every small business needs a dedicated Talent Acquisition function. Hiring needs can fluctuate with growth, projects, team changes and the roles you need to recruit, so having a permanent full-time resource may not always be practical, affordable or necessary.
Instead, a Fractional Talent Partner gives you experienced, hands-on expertise and support when you need it, with the flexibility to scale around your business and priorities. I work alongside your HR team, hiring managers and leadership, or directly with founders and business owners, supporting the wider talent journey, from role design, salary benchmarking and talent market insight, through to candidate attraction, recruitment processes, talent pooling and employer brand.
The focus isn’t simply on filling a vacancy. It’s on building a more proactive and effective approach to attracting and hiring your people, with support that flexes around your business and hiring needs.
A Different Approach…
What to Expect…
Practical, hands-on Talent Acquisition support that works alongside your team, providing as much or as little support as you need across the full hiring process, and adapting to your business, priorities and hiring needs, both in the short and long term:-
> Getting The Role Right
Consulting on roles, job titles and job descriptions to ensure they reflect the objectives of the role, the needs of the business and attract the right calibre of candidates. This can also include salary benchmarking and market insight to ensure your roles are appropriately positioned.
> End-to-End Hiring Support
Taking ownership of the recruitment process from initial brief through to appointment, including advertising and candidate attraction, CV screening, shortlisting, first-stage interviews, candidate management, interview coordination and offer management. I can manage as much or as little of the process as your team needs, providing the hands-on capacity to keep recruitment moving while you focus on running your business.
> Finding & Engaging Talent
Proactively identifying and engaging relevant candidates through targeted sourcing, outreach and advertising, reaching both active and passive talent rather than only posting the job vacancy on job-boards and waiting for applications, a.k.a. the “post and hope” approach.
> Building Your Talent Pool & Employer Brand
Building an ongoing pipeline of relevant talent, while strengthening how your business presents itself to potential employees through LinkedIn, recruitment content, design and the candidate experience. Strong candidates who aren’t successful for a particular role can, with their permission, be invited to join your talent pool for future opportunities rather than being passed to another client.
> Improving Your Recruitment Process
Reviewing your existing approach and implementing or optimising an ATS, improving workflows and introducing more effective processes. I can also track key recruitment metrics to identify bottlenecks, understand what is working and continually improve the overall hiring process.
> Supporting HR, Hiring Managers & Leadership
Providing additional recruitment expertise and capacity to busy HR teams, while helping hiring managers and leadership spend less time reviewing unsuitable candidates and more time with people who genuinely meet the requirements of the role.
> On-Going Support or One-Off Projects
Whether you need ongoing Talent Acquisition support, additional capacity during a busy period or help with a specific recruitment project, I can flex around your business and priorities, providing as much or as little support on-demand as you need. I can work as an extension of your in-house team, or as an external Talent Partner, depending on what works best for your business.
More Than a Recruiter. A Partner in Your Growth.
The right hiring strategy shouldn’t start and stop with your next hire. It should help you build the capability, processes and relationships that make hiring easier, more effective and more sustainable over time. With experienced Talent Acquisition support working alongside your business, you can strengthen your direct hiring, make better use of your recruitment budget and have the expertise to support your people strategy as your needs evolve.
A more proactive approach to hiring. A stronger talent pipeline. And a better return from your recruitment investment.
Not just filling vacancies.
Ready for a different approach to traditional recruitment?
Flexible, hands-on Talent Partner support designed around your business, your people and your hiring needs.
Get in touch to arrange a no-obligation call to explore how I can support you and your business.