HR Switch – Adding value
Beyond from consultancy, we provide HR leadership and operational support:
Get the expertise you need, exactly how you need it.
Interim HR provides highly-experienced professionals ready to step in as a hands-on HR leader or an HR expert, to address urgent challenges or strategic issues, support organizational change, or manage a crisis.
Role of an interim HR Leader
Their responsibilities will vary depending on the organization and the company’s challenges.
In any case, they will need to:
- Quickly adapt to the situation
- Offer a new and objective perspective
- Provide immediate expertise
- Strengthen the legitimacy and credibility of the HR function
- Foster a new dynamic
- Enhance employee engagement
- Offer solutions to improve social climate
- Contribute to improving the company’s performance
- Support change or transition
- Keep operations running until the company is able to select the permanent perfect fit, and participate actively to the selection and induction of the new hire
Profile of interim HR professionals
- They are operational HR leaders used to deal with complex situations, in contexts of crisis or change
- They come from the Corporate world and have an extensive experience from many different industries and company sizes
- They’re able to step in immediately, quickly adapt to a new environment, assess the situation, make changes and solve problems rapidly
- Because they’re not concerned with career issues, they provide the organization with an objective and impartial viewpoint and their positive attitude fosters in-house teams’ engagement
When to call for an interim HR leader
Get an interim HR leader or expert for a specific period of time in order to:
- Bridge gaps in leadership: cover an unexpected absence or while looking for the permanent perfect match
- Go through change: manage a reorganization or any other transition
- Support growth
- Manage a crisis
- Improve business performance
Fractional HR provides part-time hands-on HR leadership, exactly when it’s needed, without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Role of a Fractional HR Leader
- As an integral part of the leadership team, the Fractional HR leader provides strategic and operational HR
- Develops and implements HR strategies aligned with business goals
- Helps building strong HR foundations, support growth, and drive people strategy
- Manages key HR functions
- Scales HR support in line with company growth and evolving needs
Profile of a Fractional HR Leader
- Freelance HR executive working part-time across several companies
- With a proven track record in senior HR roles, the HR Fractional leader has worked across different industries and company sizes
- Autonomous and proactive, able to quickly assess needs and deliver solutions with minimal supervision
- Team-oriented, the Fractional HR leader integrates seamlessly into leadership teams, collaborating with executives and employees
- Business-focused, able to align HR strategies with company objectives, growth plans, and operational needs
- Capable of delivering both strategic leadership and hands-on execution
- Growth-focused, with experience in building HR foundations for scaling teams
- Agile and adaptable, able to scale and adjust HR support as the business evolves
When to call for a Fractional HR leader
A Fractional HR leader is ideal for SMEs, startups & scale-ups that need senior HR leadership on a part-time capacity.
It brings a cost-effective alternative to companies that don’t need yet a full-time HR executive.
Outsourced HR:
Outsourced HR involves hiring an external expert to handle some of your HR functions
Role of the outsourced HR expert:
The outsourced HR expert will:
Work for you without being fully integrated into your team
Navigate complex French regulations and obligations, ensuring compliance
Liaise with relevant authorities and local stakeholders
Manage HR processes while ensuring alignment with your global HR strategy
Facilitate seamless communication with international HR teams
Profile of the outsourced HR experts:
- Freelance HR expert with a generalist profile and a proven track record
- Working part-time across several companies
- Autonomous and proactive
- Strong English communication skills, to ensure clear and efficient coordination with internal stakeholders
When outsourcing part of your HR functions
You are:
- A global company with a French subsidiary
- Managing HR from abroad or with limited HR resources in France
- Struggling with managing specific HR tasks such as, among others, onboarding, HR administration, employee benefits, training or recruitment
Up-to-date, cutting-edge support
We stay ahead of evolving HR practices, French employment law, and industry developments.
Through the network, HR experts exchange best and innovative practices, stay ahead of social and legal developments, and share recommendations on vetted service providers, ensuring your business receives reliable, relevant, and future-proof guidance and best options at all times.
All our experts are proficient in English, enabling them to effectively assist English-speaking teams with the same level of expertise and support.
01The right match
We’ll work with you to understand your business and meet your needs with the right set of skills.
02A strong network
Building strong relationships with our HR community, we will make available within short delays the most suitable and experienced interim HR manager, operational and over experienced.
03A specific knowledge
You will benefit from our experience and strong understanding of issues faced by start-ups, SMEs and French subsidiaries of foreign companies.