- Keep your eyes open all times. E.g. I always pop into careers of a HN post, I keep a list of companies I am curious about. I do this even though I am not looking for a job.
- Negotiate - ask a FT job if they will do PT or contract.
Founder of https://fractionaljobs.io here, yes you're right. But we spend dozens of hours a week sourcing the whole web for open fractional roles. So it's not that this board doesn't have the ones you want, it's that there just aren't that many available yet.
But we're doing everything we can to accelerate this. We have about 5 new jobs launching tomorrow.
Through some work I've done the last couple years, I've been exposed to a couple consultants who specialize in using fractional work within organizations. Between them, their clients, and others I've known who have gone that direction, I think I see a flaw here -- such jobs exist, but are rarely posted on the web.
"Fractional" is a term that is often focused on leadership roles more than part time IC gigs. You will find such roles when talking to C-level leaders at organizations who are having growing pains - maybe their IC hiring is outpacing the director-level hiring, maybe they grew too fast to fully develop all the skills needed. Either way, the exec team is overwhelmed. They know they need more leadership, but don't want to build out a large middle management layer. So they are looking for solutions to a problem.
Because of that, if you are trying to accelerate, stop scouring the web. Scouring the web just puts you in a reactive position, acting as a recruiter and hoping the people you find happen to match the posting. Instead, get talking directly to C-level execs and board members at small/medium-sized growing companies, and be the consultant guiding them to decide whether they need to hire, or if contracting a fractional leader into their org is a better solution. Let your postings be the results of those conversations, and keep getting to know people who are looking for fractional work. Tie those two together, and you'll see acceleration.
What kind of role are you looking for? I'm the founder of https://fractionaljobs.io, I may be able to give you a better sense of why these aren't working for you.
- https://www.fractionaljobs.io/
- HN - who wants to be hired
- Talk to people you have worked with.
- Keep your eyes open all times. E.g. I always pop into careers of a HN post, I keep a list of companies I am curious about. I do this even though I am not looking for a job.
- Negotiate - ask a FT job if they will do PT or contract.
- Find an agency to join as a contractor
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