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Contract Staffing – How to get it right?

Organizations opt for contract staffing for many reasons. Some of these reasons include need for additional man power to get the job done; hiring manager needs a resource immediately to fill a open position and cannot wait for the HR to onboard the employee; and the company has exhausted all recruiting vehicles and cannot find a suitable employee. Addtionally the company wants to be doubly sure about whom they recruit and prefer the ‘try before you buy’ or contract-to-hire models. 

The business case for contract staffing is proven beyond doubt that it reduces risk and saves you money, time and energy. Whatever be the … Continue Reading

Strategic Resourcing – Key to project success

There are multiple ways by which you can staff your project team. Some of the options available would be to use existing resources, hire full-time employees, use contract resources or outsource the entire project to an expert company. Each of the options has its own merits and de-merits. Essentially, organizations should ensure the success of the project.

Some of the practices that organizations can adopt in fulfilling their resource requirements are:

1. Differentiate between strategic and non-strategic work and recruit full-time employees for strategic work and go with contract resources for non-strategic work

2. Where there is  a need for knowledge continuity and there is … Continue Reading