IS&T has 20+ years in the Houston IT market managing staff augmentation for businesses throughout a variety of industries.
Staff augmentation has become increasingly popular throughout the IT job market. Many businesses in Houston and throughout the world are more frequently turning to hiring remotely as a means to either supplement their current staff full-time or to help out during a time of intense workload. Organizations of varying sizes and throughout many different industries are becoming more open to this practice given the landscape of modern business, however the practice has been in place for some companies for decades. IS&T has been helping organizations throughout the greater Houston area and beyond utilize staff augmentation to increase productivity for more than two decades.
What is Staff Augmentation?
Staff augmentation is a form of outsourcing that allows businesses to more flexibly manage their IT talent. With staff augmentation, outside tech personnel are contracted on a temporary basis to alter, or augment, a business’s working capacity. Most typically this form of staffing is used to increase business capacity without the costs and liabilities associated with hiring full-time staff. Through staff augmentation, your business can choose which candidates are most ideal for your current needs, enter into an agreement with qualified talent, and alter, extend, or cut your augmented staff whenever you need to. This adds resources to your IT team whether for a specific, dedicated project or for a time of increased demand.
The types of scenarios in which staff augmentation are most often used include:
• Temporarily Increase Business Capacity – Whether for a seasonal business, temporary surge in demand, or specific project, staff augmentation can help increase the working capacity of your business.
• Supporting Business Capacity During Times of Transition – During transition periods such as moving or shifting your business model, staff augmentation helps to bridge the gap with remote staff that can provide a seamless experience for customers.
• Meeting Specialized Skill Levels Temporarily – Certain projects require unique talent, and staff augmentation helps businesses access specific types of skilled talent and utilize them for as long as they need to.
• As a Strategy for Leveling Up Your Business – Because staff augmentation can be more affordable than other forms of staffing, it’s a great way to build a fully remote and flexible team as a strategic way to be competitive in your industry.
No matter what prompted your need for staff augmentation, IS&T’s staffing experts can supply you with the best talent that fits within your business.
Why Choose Staff Augmentation Over Other IT Staffing Options?
As IT roles have become even more essential to companies, many are faced with a variety of staffing options when it comes to IT-focuses openings. How does staff augmentation compare? And what are the benefits of choosing staff augmentation over, say, managed services or hiring in-house?
Hiring in-house is extremely time consuming and expensive, making it time and cost prohibitive for many businesses who need quick hires for sudden or specific projects. In addition, hiring permanent staff for a temporary need is not a smart use of business resources. With staff augmentation an increase in skilled talent can happen quickly and on your terms.
As for managed services, many businesses working on critically important projects don’t like the idea of outsourcing the management of an IT project to a
managed services provider. With staff augmentation, you’re able to outsource the roles while keep the management of the staff in house. This allows for more streamlined collaboration between your augmented team and in-house team.
At IS&T, we understand the multifaceted needs IT poses to your business. That’s why we offer an array of services to meet the needs of every organization, including staff augmentation to help you achieve your goals without sacrificing flexibility and affordability.
Benefits of Staff Augmentation
What sets staff augmentation apart from other forms of recruitment? There are a variety of benefits to staff augmentation, including:
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Higher Productivity Level – Augmented staff members can devote all of their time to a specific task or project, allowing for a higher level of productivity than in-house staff.
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Retain IP Rights – With IT staff augmentation, your business retains all IP rights to any projects worked on with augmented staff.
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Flexibility – If the project takes longer than expected or needs change mid-project, augmented staff is much more flexible and easier to manage than other forms of recruitment.
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Cost-Effective – For any size business, cost matters. Staff augmentation offers a great alternative to hiring in-house or outsourcing to a managed services provider and can often be more cost effective.
IS&T – Helping Houston Businesses Succeed with Staff Augmentation
For over twenty years, IS&T has been helping businesses throughout the greater Houston area and beyond succeed in IT. We understand the unique benefits that staff augmentation can add to your project and have perfected the art of seamlessly augmenting your IT team to provide a collaborative, successful experience for all involved. With IS&T, you can rest easy knowing that while you have control of choosing your staff and making changes as needed our trained staffing experts are ensuring that outsourced IT staff meets your expectations. Decades in the field have amassed us an unparalleled network from which to pull from, ensuring excellent IT professionals every single time.
IS&T’s Staff Augmentation Process
With more than twenty years of experience in the Houston IT staffing market, IS&T excels at offering project staff augmentation and staff outsourcing. Our process is simple, but proven, providing the highest level of talent to our clients regardless of their project timeframe, needs, and specification.
To begin the staff augmentation process, you’ll connect with one of our
IT staffing experts. You’ll discuss your business, your exact needs, what you expect from your augmented staff, and skill level and experience requirements. We’ll provide expert advice based on our decades of experience and once you’re ready to begin the process we’ll start interviewing and hiring staff. Our recruiters do all of the heavy lifting, ensuring that each staff member meets your needs so your time isn’t wasted interviewing ill-fitting candidates. You make the call on who you’d like to work with and we’ll handle the administrative hassles associated with new hires. Your business will begin working with and reaping the benefit of an augmented staff before you know it. IS&T is there with you throughout your project, so if your needs change we can easily adjust your team as needed.
IS&T – Staff Augmentation Experts
IS&T provides full-service staff augmentation to businesses throughout Houston and beyond. Whether your business needs to hire one developer to assist on a project or a team of many staff members to complete a dedicated IT task, our recruiters are ready to help your business succeed with augmented staff. With staff augmentation, your IT employees will be dedicated to your specific goals, ensuring your short-term projects are completed right and on time. With IS&T’s proven record of success when it comes to staff augmentation, you’ll wonder why you ever outsourced in any other way.
Contact IS&T today to begin the process of creating the perfect augmented staff for your business’s needs.
