Neda Sahebelm & Carla Hoppe: How to make fractional hiring & careers work

Neda Sahebelm & Carla Hoppe: How to make fractional hiring & careers work

Author: JBM, James Mitra June 26, 2024 Duration: 55:33
“The most difficult part [of going fractional] is starting a business. It’s having to wear every hat yourself, from selling, marketing, relationship building, finances, ops and admin. You are everything.”  Fractional careers have been on the rise over the last few years. Both, for experienced Operators making the move into fractional work and for Founders who are looking to hire highly experienced Operators, at the fraction of the cost of full-time hires.  To discuss how you make the move into fractional work and why you might want to work with fractional leaders, we’re joined by Neda Sahebelm, fractional COO and Carla Hoppe, Founder and CEO of Wealthbrite, the startup educating non-finance people in finance.  Neda and Carla are working together on a fractional basis and open up about how they make fractional work in today’s episode.  Episode chapters:  ➡️ 60 second CVs [06:15]  ➡️ Transitioning into fractional work [14:00]  ➡️ The most difficult part of being fractional [16:35]  ➡️ Hiring fractional talent [22:15]  ➡️ Fractional vs Full-time hiring [27:15]  ➡️ Defining your fractional scope [29:35]  ➡️ The day to day as a fractional COO [34:30]  ➡️ Making your fractional talent part of the team [38:30]  ➡️ The experience you need to go fractional [41:40]  ➡️ Making the switch from permanent COO to fractional COO [43:45]  ➡️ What to consider when hiring fractionally [46:20]  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Follow Neda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nedasahebelm/?originalSubdomain=uk  ➡️ Follow Carla on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlahoppe/  ➡️ Check out Wealthbrite: https://www.wealthbrite.co.uk/  🤝 In partnership with Operations Nation 🤝 This episode was produced in partnership with Operations Nation, the community-powered knowledge hub for Operations leaders. You can find out more about Operations Nation and join their community here: https://operationsnation.com/  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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