Grow Your Training Team without Hiring New Employees

Today's business environment calls for employers of all sizes to remain flexible. Among other things, this means the ability to increase or decrease the number of team members quickly and efficiently.

Many companies are achieving this flexibility by engaging contract employees. This is especially true for functional areas such as training and development that often operate in a project-based environment and may be structured as a separate cost- or profit-center.

One of the reasons companies turn to contract trainers is the ability to quickly acquire talent and to disengage that talent without stress. In other words, it is easier to turn the switch on and off for a contract resource than a full-time employee.

Flexibility also means handling business challenges effectively even when internal expertise is unavailable. For example, there are significant learning requirements associated with post-merger or acquisition integration, implementing new or upgrading technology, expanding operations and rolling out new human resources or cultural change initiatives. Since these types of challenges are not everyday occurrences, internal training design and delivery teams may not have the expertise or capacity to rapidly respond and deliver the necessary training. In these cases, contract resources can be a good solution.

The value to your organization in using a contract resource instead of a full-time employee to deliver training can be determined in part by considering the following.