Workloads are increasing, projects require specific expertise and finding the right people is proving difficult. Many organisations therefore opt for a combination of permanent staff and a flexible layer. Working with external talent offers the necessary agility, speed and access to specialist knowledge when needed.
But this flexibility also brings challenges. The larger and more diverse your hiring becomes, the more complex the playing field: diverse suppliers, different rate agreements, various contract forms and constantly changing laws and regulations. Managing all these components takes time and requires specialist knowledge.
The solution: a Managed Service Provider (MSP) will help you. With an MSP, you structure your hiring process and get a grip on costs, risks and quality without sacrificing flexibility.
What is a Managed Service Provider?
A Managed Service Provider is a specialised partner that centrally organises and manages the entire process surrounding the hiring of external talent. From putting out requests to selecting suppliers, concluding contracts, providing data-driven insights and ensuring compliance, everything is managed via one director.
This allows you to structure an often fragmented process, reduce legal and financial risks and keep a grip on costs, quality and lead times. The MSP is often a strategic addition to HR and/or procurement organisations and helps you deploy the flexible shell not only in a manageable way, but also purposefully and compliantly.
What does an MSP give you?
An MSP not only gives you structure and overview, but also professional control over your entire hiring process. You work more efficiently, reduce risks and keep a grip on quality, lead times and costs. The result? External hiring that is truly strategic, compliant and manageable.
Specifically, an MSP provides you with:
- Full insight into hiring volumes, supplier performance and costs
- Continuity and compliance with current legislation and regulations
- Cost benefits through scalable procurement and standardisation
- Lower risks thanks to central contract and supplier management
- Professionalisation of your hiring process as an extension of HR and procurement
Want to know more?
Wondering what an MSP can do for your organisation? At HeadFirst, we like to think along with you. Every day, we guide organisations in setting up, improving and scaling up MSP solutions, always tailored to their unique challenges and ambitions. Whether you are orientating or already have concrete plans: we take the time for an introduction and explore together what is possible. Totally non-committal, of course.
