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Labor is the number one investment for businesses, typically accounting for 70% of expenditures. When it comes at such a high cost, it can be helpful to utilize recruitment methods like staff augmentation.
In this edition of nSider, Steve McNamara, Director of Talent Delivery at nTech Workforce, provides information for staffing service buyers and HR professionals about the staff augmentation process from the staffing agency perspective.
According to McNamara, “Staff augmentation is a type of outsourcing model where a company hires additional staff, typically on a temporary or project basis, to work alongside its existing employees.”
Staff augmentation is a means of quickly adding people when up against deadlines or introducing new knowledge, skills, or abilities (KSAs) on a specific project. Staff augmentation can also be useful in covering leave or vacation. In this way, it allows companies to “quickly and easily scale their workforce up or down in response to changing business needs.”
On top of increased flexibility, there are numerous benefits to staff augmentation, including, as McNamara notes, “[allowing] companies to have greater control over the work of the additional staff, as they remain fully responsible for the management and supervision of the project.”
Staff augmentation is one service that staffing agencies offer, and according to McNamara, it differs from other services in a few key ways:
When businesses set out to work with a staffing company to augment their staff, there are a few best practices that can lead to the overall success of the process. Here are the top recommendations according to McNamara:
Staff augmentation can save precious time and dollars for your business. If you are looking to augment your staff or recruit for specific roles, trust nTech Workforce to help you position your team for success.
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