Interim staffing is growing–globally pulling in over 400 billion dollars of revenue in 2018. Both workers and companies benefit from this trend, as more employees desire flexibility and companies require agile and effective workforce solutions.
You’re likely familiar with interim staffing in IT and accounting, but you might not have thought to bring temporary HR workers into your organization. If you’re weighing the pros and cons of augmenting your HR organization with interim staff, there are a few things to know.
Here are the strategic benefits of interim HR staffing.
Interim HR staffing can be better for a business’s bottom line in a number of situations. For example:
Seasonality: If your talent needs fluctuate seasonally, it might not make sense to have a robust human resources department year round. For industries like tourism, seasonal products, or holiday services, you may need to plan for a sudden influx of labor, augment your HR staff accordingly, and then quickly return to a core group of employees.
Testing New Processes & Technology: If your company is exploring a new industry, technology, or product line, you may need experienced human resource leaders to develop or customize your HR strategy. If your company is successful, these can turn into full-time hires.
Skill Gap: You may have a short-term issue or specialty HR project that requires specialized knowledge for a defined period (for example HRIS implementations, compensation planning, talent management initiatives). During these short time periods, it doesn’t make financial sense to hire long term, particularly if interim staff build efficient new systems and processes that can be leveraged by the rest of your HR team.
Maternity/ Paternity Leave: Parental leave (or other leaves of absence) is the perfect time to bring in interim HR help. This strategy allows you to keep projects moving forward without adding workload to your full-time team.
Massive Expansion: If your company is experiencing massive growth, you may need extra HR leaders or interim recruiting support to strategically shape your future workforce.
Does your organization have a plan to deal with unexpected HR turnover? If not, it could cause a ripple effect throughout your company and increase turnover or unrest in other departments depending on who or how many exit. With interim HR staffing, you can quickly react to unexpected turnover or ease the burden of an increased workload.
Similarly, during an HR leadership change, you may need succession planning (which may be an interim HR solution or national HR search). Being able to quickly manage stressful times can improve organization-wide engagement, satisfaction, and cash flow.
Another one of the benefits of interim HR staffing is freedom from traditional sourcing and onboarding logistics.
Hiring internal employees can take a long time and add stress to an already-pressured HR department. In addition to managing the selection process (sourcing, candidate communication, interviews, employment offers), HR staffing firms can take care of the administration and payroll, which streamlines processes and frees your team to pursue higher-priority initiatives.
hrQ has been placing HR professionals nationally for years, and we see a significant percentage of interim HR staff convert to permanent positions with our clients. A temporary assignment can act as an extended interview and performance assessment — for both the HR professional and the company.
The highlights above are just some of the benefits of interim HR staffing. If you’re interested in seeing the full spectrum of interim HR staffing and how it can help your team accomplish key priorities along with benefiting your business’s bottom line, contact hrQ. HR is all we do and we know the best and brightest HR talent across the country. Contact us today!
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