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The use of contractors is often the best way
of rapidly increasing the staff on either a
portion of a project or for a short-term requirement.
If work is well defined, it can be assigned
to contractors for completion while your permanent
staff focuses on planning, staffing, and executing
longer-term projects.
If the organization has developed a partnership
with a contract services company, they can jointly
ensure the requirements are understood and that
the recruiting effort is properly timed. Additionally,
when a contract service firm gains familiarity
with your organization, it has the ability to
select candidates who meet your technical requirement
needs and who match the cultural and ethical
requirements of your organization.
When to Use Contractors
Immediate Access to Special Skills and Expertise
Because a contract service agency can pro-vide
you with technical experts, you have immediate
access to special skills and expertise that
might not otherwise exist in your organization.
It is advantageous that these specialists have
often been involved in numerous work situations,
bringing to your organization depth and breadth
of experience in their, area of expertise. Consequently,
they are immediately up-to-speed, eliminating
otherwise costly training over-head associated
with permanent employees.
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Meet Project Deadlines
When faced with difficulties meeting project
deadlines, hiring contractors can immediately
add human resource capacity needed to bring
the project back on schedule.
Reduce the Necessity for Layoffs
Most organizations experience significant
peaks and valleys in workloads, with corresponding
fluctuations in need for employment resources.
Staffing with contractors allows an organization
to address increases in workloads without incurring
the responsibility and the expense of permanent
hiring. To that end, US companies are increasingly
recognizing that significant portions of labor
can be treated as variable costs, rather than
the concept of labor as a fixed cost prevalent
in the post-war period until the early 1980s.
Trial Hiring
Hiring and training your permanent staff
can be a costly and time-consuming process.
Many organizations have found that contractors
provide a cost-effective means to satisfy temporary
work requirements and, at the same time can
be assessed as potential candidates for permanent
employment-often at no additional cost.
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