However, with that said, effectively managing your staffing function isn’t all about saving money or cutting costs. Instead, it’s about increasing your company’s flexibility so that you can take on new opportunities and overcome obstacles.

Here are some tips you can use to better manage your business through effective staffing:

Eliminate those bottlenecks.
When it comes to running a company, one of the biggest challenges for growth is the shortage of skilled people. In order to overcome this issue, you have a few options:

• Hire additional permanent staff
• Train your existing core staff to work more efficiently
• Hire contingent or temporary workers
• Outsource parts of your process to a firm that can get those tasks done faster or cheaper

Be on the lookout for new opportunities.
You’ve probably had a lot of great ideas for new business ventures; however, you may not have the resources to implement those plans. But with temporary or contract workers, you can tap into the resources you need, when you need them, in order to take on new opportunities and grow your business – whether that means hiring a contract IT guru to build an e-commerce function for your website, or taking on several new temporary workers to complete administrative tasks so your core staff can focus on the new initiative.

Hire skilled talent.
Instead of taking the time to learn a new skill on your own, or spending hours trying to train your staff, bring in an experienced contract employee who can offer you the knowledge and capabilities you need on a temporary basis. There’s no learning curve and once the project is finished, you don’t have to worry about the cost of a full-time employee.

Generate revenue with temporary workers.
Temporary workers can be used for a variety of revenue-generating tasks, including:

• To collect data
• To conduct market research.
• To create marketing materials.
• To manage a seasonal surge in business.
• To fill employment gaps when an employee is on vacation, or on maternity or sick leave.

Focus your employees on what they do best.
Your top sales person shouldn’t be doing low-level administrative tasks. He or she should be focused on selling and making money for your business. Hire a full-time administrative assistant or bring in a team of temporary employees to manage less important duties while your full-time staff focuses on priorities.

Outsource certain activities.
You may want to consider outsourcing certain functions, like IT, staffing, or payroll, to a firm that specializes in these kinds of tasks. Chances are, they’ll be able to get the job done more efficiently – and effectively – than you can.

If you’re ready to use staffing to better manage your business in 2010, then please contact Adams & Garth. As one of Lynchburg’s top staffing firms, we can help you plan for future staffing needs, as well as determine the best way to get the work done, improve revenues, and reduce costs.