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Fractional Recruiter: What It Costs and When to Hire One
A fractional recruiter is a part-time recruiter you pay by the hour, month or hire. See published prices, per-hire math and when it beats an agency.
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A fractional recruiter is a part-time recruiter you pay by the hour, month or hire. See published prices, per-hire math and when it beats an agency.
Contingency recruiting means you pay an agency only if you hire its candidate. See reported fee ranges, the math on a real salary, and when retained fits.
Model when an agency fee may break even against an internal or sourcing-tool route using placement assumptions, formulas and stop conditions.
A practical framework for deciding when an agency's specialist reach or managed service justifies its fee, and what to confirm in writing.
Compare a Hong Kong agency retainer against sourcing the role yourself, on fee structure, control, speed and the internal hours each one leaves you.
Singapore agencies usually charge 15–25% of first-year salary per permanent hire, plus 9% GST: S$16,000 on an S$80k role at 20%. Six quote terms to check.
Published guides put agency fees at 15–25% of salary in Singapore and Hong Kong, 15–30%+ in Australia and 30–35% in Japan. What changes by market.
Compare recruiting agency and sourcing software costs by separating supplier charges, internal work and the service each model includes.
Compare an internal or contract recruiter, recruitment agency and sourcing tool by ownership, reach, workflow and commercial model.
Learn what candidate sourcing really costs, from internal time and software charges to agency fees and inactive commitments, with a fill-in worksheet.
A practical cost-per-hire formula for comparing internal recruiting, agencies and sourcing software without hiding operator time.