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Fractional Recruitment Services for SMEs

With fractional recruitment services you get experienced talent acquisition professionals embedded into your hiring process, aligned to your goals, and ready to deliver results fast.

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Fractional Recruitment Services

Flexible Fractional Recruitment Support for Growing Businesses


Fractional Recruiting

Flexible Embedded Recruiters

Need to scale up hiring for a new phase or pause between projects? Our embedded recruiters flex with your business, acting as a seamless extension of your internal team.

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Up to 70% Cost Savings

No commissions, ever. Our flat monthly model saves clients up to 70% compared to traditional agencies  and gives full cost visibility from day one.

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50% Faster Time to Hire

We reduce hiring friction across the board enabling your team to fill high-priority roles faster, with better candidate alignment and less operational strain.

Trusted Global Clients


Hire Smarter. Scale Faster. Zero Hassle


How to Get Started?

Unlike traditional agencies, fractional recruiters become an extension of your team, focused on outcomes, alignment, and speed.

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    Fill Out a Quick Form

    Tell us about your hiring needs in a few short sentences.

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    Connect With Our Experts

    A recruitment specialist will reach out within 24 hours to understand your challenges and goals.

  • 3

    Start Scaling Your Team

    We’ll set up a strategy call, align on your needs, and get your embedded recruiter onboarded quickly.

How We Plug Into Your Hiring Team in Days

Our recruitment support integrates seamlessly with your team, systems, and hiring workflows to deliver results fast.

1. Discovery

We start with a strategy call to align on your roles, tools, hiring process, and goals.

2. Recruiter Embedded

Your recruiter joins your team using your systems, attending internal meetings, and aligning to your culture.

3. Go Live & Source

We launch sourcing quickly, run hiring manager intakes, and build your candidate pipeline fast.

4. Full-Cycle Support

We handle sourcing, screening, interviews, coordination, and reporting, fully aligned to your internal workflows.

5. Scale as Needed

Our model adapts to your hiring needs with no long-term lock-in. Scale up or down as needed.

Why Growing SMEs Choose Fractional Recruitment

We embed experienced talent partners into your organisation to support your hiring at every stage. Fractional recruiters work as part of your internal team structure, aligned to your culture, processes, and success metrics.

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Sourcing

We source top candidates, tapping into open and hidden talent pools tailored to your roles.

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Screening

We qualify candidates for skills, experience, and fit so you only meet the best.

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Interviewing

We manage interviews end-to-end and support your team to speed up and improve hiring.

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Psychometric Testing

Add data-driven assessments for deeper insights into skills, fit, and potential.

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Placement

From offer to onboarding, we stay involved to ensure your new hire lands smoothly.

Frequently Asked Questions


Fractional recruiting is flexible, outcome-focused hiring support where experienced recruiters deliver part-time or project-based recruitment services aligned with your priorities.

Fractional recruitment is ideal for SMEs, startups, and scaling teams that need expert hiring support without full-time overheads or agency fees.

We typically activate fractional recruitment support within days, depending on your hiring needs and complexity.

Yes. Our model is built for flexibility. Whether you’re scaling a new facility, meeting tight project deadlines, or backfilling urgent vacancies. You can dial support up or down based on business demand, without long-term contracts or overheads.

You pay for expert recruitment when you need it without the commission fees agencies charge or the fixed costs of a full-time hire. Most clients see significant savings while improving time-to-fill and candidate quality.

Hire Smarter. Hear from our clients


We loved the concept and felt it was an excellent business process. We liked their ‘hands-on’ account management and flexible approach. Their goals were clearly aligned with ours and we were impressed with how they took on board our feedback. The team are clearly committed to continuous improvement when it comes to ours and their own processes.

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Elizabeth McCarthy

Global Mobilisation Manager, DPS

Their team have delivered an excellent service, bringing quality candidates and valuable insights. The embedded approach, especially their regular weekly meetings, has streamlined our recruitment efforts and allowed me to become less involved in recruitment and more focused on HR!

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Susan Hogan

Human Resources Manager, Enerpower

The service we receive is second to none, professional and efficient. We have a personal recruiter assigned to our company who works closely with our HR manager. We now only receive top quality CVS that leads to interviews and job placement. It’s as simply as that, we would highly recommend Rent a Recruiter as the way forward for recruitment within your company.

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Karen Woulfe

HR Manager, Mastertech

Our impact


Embedded Recruitment Partners

95%

Client satisfaction

Trusted by clients who experience hassle-free, quality hiring.

80h

Hours saved per month

Alleviating internal pressures and freeing up resources so you can focus on your core business.

70%

Cost savings

Significant cost-saving opportunities compared to traditional recruitment models.

Save time. Cut costs. Hire better.

Whether you're a growing startup or a scaling business, our customised fractional recruitment solutions adapt to your needs. From full-service hiring for small teams to on-demand support for rapid scaling, we help you secure top talent while reducing time-to-hire, resource drain, and cost per hire.

Reduced Risk

The short-term, project-based nature of the service means that businesses can quickly adjust their recruitment strategy as needed. Either to scale up resources or reduce their recruitment efforts depending on their needs.

Speed

Fast access to specialised knowledge, skills, and top experience can be key to success in any company

Flexibility

We have a 3-month contract to allow you to avail of our service when you need us. After which, you can decide to stop or continue with our service. Our clients find this helpful, as they can turn the service on and off as they scale.

What people are saying


Excellent

Based on 20 reviews

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Fractional Recruitment Services
  • Designed for Start up to Scale-Ups:

Whether you’re hiring 5 or 50+, we adapt to your pace and priorities.

  • No Long-Term Lock-In:

Flexible terms that let you scale support up or down based on your hiring demand.

  • Proven Results:

Trusted by SMEs, and high-growth companies globally.

  • Seamless Collaboration:

We work inside your ATS and with your hiring managers – no disruption, just momentum.

    Our Team, Ready When You Are


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      Barry Prost

      Chair & Chief Strategy Officer

    • Jamie Groom - CEO and Co-Founder, Rent a Recruiter

      Jamie Groom

      CEO and Co-Founder, Rent a Recruiter

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      Mark Loughnane

      Chief Operating Officer

    • Jessica Vatoff Managing Director Australia

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      Managing Director Australia

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      Accounts Director

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      Marketing Manager

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      Senior Talent Partner

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      Luiz Cesar Sant’Ana

      Talent Partner

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      Talent Partner

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      Talent Partner

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      Marwa Hughes

      Senior Talent Partner

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      Sarah McDonald

      Recruitment Manager

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      Rachel Wood

      Recruitment Manager

    • Marc Hayes Talent Partner Rent a Recruiter

      Mark Hayes

      Senior Talent Manager

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      Louise

      Talent Partner

    • Chloe Florence Recruitment Specialist

      Chloe Florence

      Recruitment Specialist

    • Deepti Singh Recruitment Specialist

      Deepti Singh

      Recruitment Specialist

    Award-Winning, People-First Agency


    Small Firms Association Business Award Finalist
    Employment Recruitment Federation Award Winner
    Employment Recruitment Federation Award Winner
    National Startup Awards

    Global Operating Locations


    Europe

    +353 1 584 6479

    sales@rentarecruiter.com

    United States

    +1 973 957 7011

    enquiry@rentarecruiter.com

    Australia

    +61450 101 1315

    hello@rentarecruiter.com

    Middle East

    +97 31 738 2265

    contact@rentarecruiter.com

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