This week in Washington, DC a bipartisan meeting at the White House addressed the economy and job creation. However, with jobs being one of the President’s top priorities how likely is it that the Senate will accept a $400 billion budget to create jobs when it was just announced that employers are being hit with a hike in unemployment insurance taxes? How are employers going to be able to afford to hire new workers? This will certainly be putting a crimp in the desired job bill. So what does this mean for employers looking to hire new workers?
With this added expense employers may turn to hiring contractors instead of full time employees. Here are the top five reasons why hiring a contractor is beneficial:
- Don’t stretch your current resources thin. Bring in a contactor when a proposed project requires a subject matter expert who has one specific focus.
- Get ready to move fast! Contractors are usually hired to focus on one thing unlike your full time staff…so your contractor can work without interruption and get a project up and running quickly.
- New contractor not meeting your standards? As an employer you make a big investment in your full time employees, but with a contractor you don’t have that level of commitment, so if you need to let them go you’re not as impaired as you would be if that job was filled by a full time staff member.
- Save your HR team valuable time. Hiring a contractor doesn’t take as long as it does to hire a full time employee.
- Success through osmosis! Bringing in a contractor with knowledge that your current employees don’t have is a great benefit to your team—everyone can gain from a new skill set.
