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Staff Augmentation: An Innovative Approach to Staffing

by BlogBusiness TrendsIT IndustryNearshore

As businesses grow, their staffing needs also increase. Hiring full-time employees can be expensive and time-consuming, and sometimes businesses need to fill temporary or specialized positions quickly. Staff augmentation is an innovative approach to staffing that can help businesses save time and money while still acquiring the talent they need to succeed.

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What is Staff Augmentation?

Staff augmentation is a staffing model that allows businesses to hire workers to supplement their existing workforce. These workers are usually hired for a specific period and are paid by the hour or project. It can be used to fill a variety of positions, including IT, finance, marketing, and more. Some of its key features include:

Access to a Flexible Workforce

This means that businesses can quickly scale their workforce up or down depending on their needs. This is particularly useful during peak seasons or when a business needs to complete a short-term project.

Specialized Skills

Staff augmentation also allows businesses to access specialized skills that may not be available in-house. For example, a business may need a data scientist to analyze a large data set, but they don’t have anyone on staff with that skill set. By using this approach, they can quickly hire a data scientist to complete the project.

Cost Savings

Staff augmentation can also be a cost-effective staffing solution. Hiring in-house employees is expensive, particularly when you consider benefits, training, and other hidden costs, so it allows businesses to hire workers without incurring these additional costs.


In conclusion, staff augmentation is an innovative approach to staffing that can help businesses save time and money while still acquiring the talent they need to succeed, and can be a valuable tool for businesses of all sizes and industries.

If you’re considering staffing options for your business, this approach is definitely worth exploring.

We can help you, let’s talk!

If you are interested in learning more about staff augmentation, listen to our podcast Connect & Grow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Don’t just survive, thrive

by BlogBusiness TrendsDesarrollo de softwareIT IndustryNearshore

Two years ago, the world completely changed and companies in every industry had to adapt to a new economy. From Zoom meetings to outdoor dining tents, business leaders relied on their survival instincts to come up with crucial and creative solutions in order to keep their doors open and ride out the storm.

Today, we have a different mountain to climb. Regardless of your definition of a recession, it is clear that we are in one of the most challenging economies we have seen in decades. Survival instincts are once again rising to the surface among companies in every industry. While some solutions may be obvious, others might not be. Labor costs are obviously high, but offshoring that labor to Asia might not be as straightforward as it once was. 

 

This is where nearshoring comes in. With the US inflation rate hovering around 9%, companies that can reduce costs without sacrificing quality will have a stark advantage over those that can’t (or won’t) reduce costs. In the software industry, the talent pool in Latin America is rich. Back in the early 2000s, Mexico began to improve their higher education system and within a few years, their universities were churning out well educated graduates in software engineering. Fast forward to 2022, these graduates now have several years of experience under their belt and even have some significant experience working for large American companies such as Venmo and Shopify. Mexico isn’t the only country that has used this strategy. Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia are all among the top 50 countries with the best software talent. This is no small feat.

 

Reducing costs while maintaining high quality standards with a team that shares your cultural values and works in a similar time zone? Sounds like a pretty obvious decision. In the words of the great Jack Sparrow, “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?” Once we understand how we can position ourselves to beat out the competition, we will not just survive in a tough economy, we will thrive!


For more information about nearshoring, check out https://bit.ly/3MoDJY4.

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The new IT outsourcing industry scenario

by BlogBusiness TrendsIT IndustryNearshore

The challenges of IT outsourcing in the face of the political conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

Disruptions caused by the conflict endanger organizations that outsource IT support to Ukraine. Unfortunately, there have been communication blackouts that threaten security and productivity. Additionally, reduced operational capacity can mean fewer bug fixes, less customer support, and fewer security patches. These will force organizations to go back to the blackboard, devise contingency plans and, if possible, find a way to continue with their Ukrainian service providers but at the same time protect against interruptions.

The reality is that it’s not just about quickly switching providers to fill the gap. Switching IT vendors takes months of planning and discussion, and usually can’t be done in the blink of an eye.

For that reason, in the short term, organizations have to act fast and take simple actions like monitoring the situation 24/7 to mitigate immediate risk, as well as more complex actions like preparing for the cyber risk presented by the conflict or reviewing the “force majeure” clause in all contracts to analyze the risks if the execution is hindered, delayed or prevented in the event of war.

In the longer term, business leaders should establish new relationships with different outsourcing providers. Some factors to consider before taking any decisions are the following:

  • Partner with IT service providers with a convenient geographic presence and solid business continuity or expansion plans, avoiding over-reliance on one country.

In this sense, Nearshore service providers with a presence in Latin America have a great advantage since they give you the possibility of having resources in North American countries with Mexico, Central America, and South America, thus allowing you to not be pigeonholed in a single region. Another benefit of having a team in Latin America is the possibility of working in the same or a similar time zone, which allows you to increase productivity and improve communication between teams.

  • Establish network, application, database, and platform security measures that include firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems that identify and block unauthorized activity with continuous monitoring for malicious activity and policy violations.

In the face of uncertainty, companies must remain flexible to change and generate strategies to stay afloat. However, today more than ever we must keep our values in mind and never ignore the human suffering that is taking place in Ukraine in the name of “The Business”.

If you’re in need of outsourcing support, temporary or long-term, we’re here to help with amazing Software Engineers in Latin America ready to join your team. Go to our Talent Portal to find out amazing candidates or get in touch with us to receive personal support.

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Efficient & Effective Networking

by BlogNearshore

Any successful company knows that there are certain resources they’ll need that would be produced better and cheaper by someone else. For example, companies that design and engineer innovative products might hire another company to manufacture those products because the manufacturer specializes in that service. Anything that improves the bottom line while also increasing the quality of the final product should be considered and ultimately implemented.

Recruiting software talent takes time and money. Recruiting high-quality software talent takes even more time and sometimes more money. Fortunately, there are companies that have established networks that enable them to identify and recruit quality talent efficiently and effectively. Crossbridge has established such a network where there is a deep pool of talent in a relatively local area. Mexico has been rising in the ranks of the software industry thanks to an education system and a business culture that has produced top-notch and experienced software talent.

Learn more about the benefits of nearshoring at // bit.ly/2WEFUzz.

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Don’t Offshore, Nearshore.

by BlogNearshore

According to Statista, 64% of companies utilize offshore outsourced development teams. The large majority of those developers are from countries that have no time zone similarities, are culturally distant, and leave the organization with a surplus of maintenance issues.

When nearshoring your development team, these problems disappear. Organizations that adopt nearshoring get ahead of the curve, cutting costs while still maintaining the highest standard for development team members.

Our clients reap the immense benefits of our nearshore model, and we want you to experience the same.

Learn more at gocrossbridge.com

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Mexico’s Growing Electronic Commerce Industry

by BlogNearshore

Forbes México predicts that COVID will speed up Mexico’s full adoption of electronic commerce to two years. This means that in just two years time, Mexico’s e-commerce industry will be just as robust as that of the United States’s. With this rapid growth, universities across the country are expanding as the rate of increase in STEM students this year is over 50%.

Mexico’s rapidly growing pool of technology talent has been characterized as the most intellectually proficient and professional group of developers and engineers in North America, even having a higher literacy rate than the United States!

US companies are quickly realizing that adding Mexican team members is a permanent solution. If you or your organization is in need of senior-level developers or engineers, Crossbridge can help.

Come join our Crossbridge family,

Learn more at gocrossbridge.com

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Team Synergy with Nearshore Augmentation

by BlogNearshore

It’s evident that one of the largest challenges with hiring is finding candidates that fit your company culture. Organizations that choose to outsource overseas find themselves unsatisfied as the differences in company and employee culture bash, amplifying minute issues into large-scale problems.

Thankfully, there is a way for US organizations to get culturally parallel, senior-level, and cost-effective technology talent- and it’s through Nearshore outsourcing to Mexico and Latin America.

If your business has ever struggled in adding the perfect technology talent to your team, Crossbridge is here to help.

Come join our Crossbridge family,
Learn more at gocrossbridge.com

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Grappling with Hiring Challenges? Nearshore Outsource

by BlogNearshore

A study done by  HubSpot  showed that one of the largest challenges facing small businesses is hiring talented people. Small and midsize organizations don’t have the time, capital, or resources to fully invest in the process of recruiting IT professionals. Even further, key decision makers within these organizations should not be spending their valuable time and effort that’s required to attain their top-tier talent.

This realization is why more and more organizations are partnering with nearshore outsourcing companies like Crossbridge.

Crossbridge handles every step of the recruiting process with maximal care, ensuring that your team is stacked with cost-effective, senior-level developers, meeting every business need with precision.

Let us take the weight of IT staffing off your shoulders, and join our Crossbridge family
Learn more at gocrossbridge.com

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COVID-19: Rapidly Growing Need for Technology Services

by BlogNearshore

Since the peak of COVID-19 news on March 23rd, no economic sector has grown more than technology services. The leading Information Technology Index, VGT, has grown over 42% over the past two months, displaying the forced realization that businesses can and should incorporate segments of remote working into their culture.

This can be an overwhelming transition; thankfully, organizations like Crossbridge are here to seamlessly adapt your business model into a more technologically efficient, user-friendly way. We are prepared to staff any and all technology needs, whether it be short-term projects or long-term dedicated resources.

Take the next step, and join our Crossbridge family
Learn more at gocrossbridge.com

 

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