I want to explain why I think outstaffing is the best choice for rapid application development, and how to find the most worthy performers among the many companies on this market.

The meaning of outstaffing is as follows: a company that needs the services of a specialist does not hire him to staff, but transfers part of its functions to an external employee who works for another employer or is engaged in freelancing. This way they relieve their own HR department and optimize business processes.

Typically, the company itself does not search for each specific it-outstaffing, but enters into an agreement with an intermediary company that takes care of organizational issues. It is this intermediary who is directly the employer. He selects specialists, recruits them into his staff, keeps track of working hours, calculates salaries, deals with insurance and taxes, etc., while the customer, roughly speaking, rents out the employees of the intermediary company.

This practice gives the company the opportunity to take advantage of the work and experience of the right professionals and focus on the specifics of its business, without being distracted by administrative and personnel tasks. By the way, this is precisely the reason why many people so willingly resort to outsourced admin support, but I have already written about this.

We at Againagain.agency have long been convinced that outstaffing allows us to bring an application to release as quickly and efficiently as possible. There are five reasons for this:

• Time saving. The customer does not need to burden his own HR department with selecting suitable candidates and independently forming a team; there is no need to waste time if it is necessary to expand it already during the development process or, on the contrary, to reduce it by resolving conflict situations.
• Saving energy. One of the main advantages of outstaffing and outsourced recruitment is that the customer can focus attention only on the technical aspects of development, without scattering energy on tasks that are not directly related to the final goal.
• Savings on training. There is no need to promote candidates to the required level by eliminating shortcomings in their education. Outstaffing provides highly qualified specialists who, unlike full-time employees, do not perform the same tasks for years, but have a wide variety of experience that allows quality assurance and customer service.
• Financial savings. The customer pays only for the working time of outstaffed employees, without spending funds on sick leave, vacation, taxes and other unforeseen expenses.
• Non-standard approach to the process. It sounds unusual, but some companies operating on the international market use outstaffing to assemble teams in different time zones, so the work cycle can be practically uninterrupted, and application development proceeds at a fast pace. But to avoid interruptions and ensure a smooth workflow, you need experience in organizing remote coworker interaction.

Outstaffing can be an extremely profitable solution if you follow a few rules.

First of all, find out as much as you can about the company you are planning to apply to. Is its reputation stable, how do clients speak about it, how long has it been on the market?

Read the contract carefully; check the terms of hire and payment rules. Highlight the issue of data privacy.

There is no need to personally interview the proposed specialists, but if possible, it would not hurt to briefly talk with them or find out their level of training from other sources.

Finally, if you are assembling an international team, consider the nuances associated with different time zones, differences in cultural traditions and national customs.

In the USA, Europe and other countries there are many companies that outsource. If you make an effort to find a trustworthy partner and take into account the points listed above, you can be confident in the success of outstaffing.