Eximius Solutions
Outsourcing work that has traditionally been done in-house or on an ad hoc contract basis by making the leap to welcoming a remote full-time resource into your team can seem like a daunting transition, but it doesn’t have to be. As the world of global business becomes increasingly remote in nature, companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries are turning to team augmentation as a cost-effective way to build a cohesive staff.
So what exactly does team augmentation mean?
Team augmentation is the enhancement of your existing in-house resources with specialists from outside of your organization. They become fully-integrated with your existing staff for the short, medium, or long term, adding key skills that may be too difficult or costly to source locally.
How can team augmentation benefit you?
Lower costs
Not having to recruit new staff locally can save both time and money. A remote resource with the right skill set can hit the ground running and provide a critical skill set at a fraction of the cost of adding someone new to your payroll, if you can even find and hire them fast enough to meet your business requirements.
Flexibility
Recruiting locally is both time consuming and resource intensive. Expanding your payroll to meet short or medium term requirements is often not the best solution for the business. In a fast moving business environment, flexibility is invaluable.
Visibility and control
Augmenting your existing staff with full-time remote resources rather than more traditional ways of outsourcing means that you have real time visibility on their contribution to the team, no matter where in the world they may be video conferencing in from.
Team Cohesion
Whether your remote resources are overlapping with a large part of your working day or are delivering their work by the time you wake up in the morning, there is no substitute for a fully-integrated team member that can work seamlessly with your existing in-house staff.
Not all remote resources are created equal
Last but not least, always remember, as with anything in life, there is a cost vs quality tradeoff with any kind of outsourcing, including team augmentation.