Fractional Jobs and Fractionus sit in the same category (connecting companies with fractional executive talent) but they work on fundamentally different models. Fractional Jobs is a job board: companies post roles, fractional leaders browse listings, and candidates request intros. Fractionus is a vetted marketplace with curated shortlists and a managed process: companies submit a brief and receive a ranked shortlist of screened executives, typically within 24 hours.
The choice comes down to whether you want a self-serve job board with no platform fees, or a done-for-you shortlist with vetting and matching built in.
Fractionus is a managed marketplace, not a job board. You submit a brief, and our team takes responsibility for the search: sourcing the right executives from our vetted pool, screening for functional fit, and returning a ranked shortlist (typically within 24 hours). You don't post a role and wait for inbound applicants. You don't sift through profiles. The work of finding, vetting, and shortlisting sits with the platform, not with you.
Founders, CEOs, and boards who don't have time to sift through inbound applicants and want the platform to do the search work. Particularly strong fit for Series A–C startups, PE-backed portfolio companies, and scale-ups where the cost of a bad fractional hire significantly outweighs the platform fee.
Hands-on hirers who genuinely prefer to run their own search and screening process. Also not the right fit if your priority is avoiding any platform fee, or if you want to source candidates from a wider job board audience rather than a curated marketplace.
Fractional Jobs is a US-based job board for fractional work, founded in 2023 by Taylor Crane, himself a Fractional Head of Product. It operates as a two-sided marketplace between employers and senior fractional talent across roughly 10 function areas, including marketing, sales, finance, engineering, and product. Two listing types exist: featured jobs, where Fractional Jobs works directly with the hiring company and human-screens a shortlist, and syndicated jobs, aggregated from 150+ sources where applicants apply directly to the employer.
Hands-on founders and hiring managers in the US who are comfortable running their own process. Strong fit if you have a role clearly scoped, want to post it to an engaged fractional community, and don't want to pay a platform a percentage on top of the executive's retainer.
If you want a vetted shortlist delivered to you, Fractionus is the stronger choice. Our process takes a brief and returns a ranked shortlist of vetted executives typically within 24 hours. Fractional Jobs runs a job board model: you post a role, candidates apply, and you handle the screening. Both approaches are valid, but they serve very different buyer preferences.
If you're hiring outside the United States, Fractionus has the stronger footprint. While Fractional Jobs lists some global roles, its core audience and featured listings are US-based. Fractionus operates natively across Australia, the US, and the UK, which matters for multi-market scale-ups and for companies hiring across time zones.
If you want zero platform fees and full ownership of the hiring relationship, Fractional Jobs has a clear structural advantage. There's no percentage markup; you contract and pay the fractional directly. Fractionus operates a retainer-based commercial model that includes matching, vetting, and ongoing support through the engagement.
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