Fractional HR for Startups

Common questions

What exactly is fractional HR?

Fractional HR means you get a senior HR professional working for your company part-time or on-retainer, without the cost and overhead of a full-time hire. You get strategic guidance, compliance oversight, and people operations support scaled to exactly what your company needs right now. As you grow, the engagement scales with you.

How is this different from hiring an HR person full-time?

A full-time HR Director costs $120,000 or more per year before benefits and overhead. For most companies under 50 employees, that level of investment is not justified. Fractional HR gives you senior-level expertise at a fraction of the cost, with no headcount, no benefits to manage, and no long-term commitment. You can scale the engagement up or down based on what you need.

Who leads the engagement at TalentForge360?

Our senior HR professionals lead every engagement personally. There are no junior consultants, no account managers, and no hand-offs. When you sign with TalentForge360, you are getting 20+ years of direct HR leadership experience, not a coordinator who escalates to someone else.

Do I need a contract or long-term commitment?

No. Every TalentForge360 engagement is month-to-month. There are no long-term contracts, no lock-in periods, and no cancellation fees. If it is not working for you, you can stop at any time. We keep clients by doing great work, not by making it hard to leave.

When should I switch from fractional HR to a full-time hire?

Most companies benefit from fractional HR until they reach 75 to 100 employees and are making multiple hires per month. Before that threshold, a full-time HR hire is often premature and costly. We will tell you honestly when it makes sense to bring HR in-house, and we can help you hire and onboard that person when the time comes.