Four staff augmentation trends

There are four staff augmentation trends that have helped extend the growing appeal of this simple and accessible way to hire the best professionals. These are emerging matters but they have not developed overnight. In any case, they are shaping up to be a long-lasting influence. Remember that staff augmentation is an outsourcing strategy through which external professionals work closely with your in-house staff:

• They share tasks and projects.
• They interact regularly.
• They must fulfil common objectives and KPIs.
• They usually report to the same managers.
• Both teams perfectly integrate with each other.
• The issue of lack of high-level professionals is solved.
• High costs are avoided and the hiring process is simplified.

Four staff augmentation trends to keep in mind in 2023

These are the main staff augmentation global trends in IT and software development that every manager should pay attention to:

1- Companies need to stay always up to date

As they work in such a volatile environment, it is essential that companies be flexible. For some, this means to change the products or services they offer. For others, it means to change their way of working. Flexibility and agility are necessary characteristics in today's world. Through staff augmentation, adjusting a project's requisites to upscale or downscale as needed is much easier. It is a huge difference from the traditional management of IT services, which:

• outsources entire projects or processes.
• provides little direct interactions and control.
• does not allow for simple, quick changes in the team or the project's structure.

2- The Great Resignation

A strange phenomenon emerged in 2021: the Great Resignation. It started in the United States but developed in other countries too. Resignation rates notably grew during that year and still today remain unusually high for some industries. The main four reasons for this are:

• The COVID pandemic.
• Personal life changes.
• The search for better wages.
• More flexible work methodologies.

As a consequence, the job market for IT and software development has turned more competitive. Although it has always been difficult to entice highly qualified professionals and earn their loyalty, these days companies have to deal with the extra challenge of filling a huge amount of newly opened positions at short notice. Here is where staff augmentation shows its value:

• There's no need for a slow, arduous recruiting process.
• A top-level software development team can be put together quickly and easily.
• Any staff shortage can be easily solved.

3- Global talent

Thanks to staff augmentation, companies don't need to go to extreme lengths to find the most suitable professionals. Not all job markets can offer a wide variety of high quality tech talents. When you choose staff augmentation, this is not a problem. You can capitalize on talents from all over the world, including Europe and Latin America's top-level technology experts. Therefore, yourpool of professionals will be much larger.

4- Rise in cyber attacks

As processes get digitalized and remote work grows more popular, new cybersecurity issues have arisen. Many companies were not sufficiently prepared nor had good safety practices in place for employees working from home. Thus, for example, unprotected home devices became an open door for cyberpirates to attack a company's technological infrastructure. Even worse, lots of employees don't seem to take these threats seriously. By connecting with professionals through staff augmentation, companies can find solutions to this problem quicker and strengthen their teams against cyber attacks. OpenDev Pro offers you the best talents in IT, software development and related fields under highly flexible conditions and with excellent integration. If you are looking for professionals within these sectors, don't hesitate to contact us to get a proposal tailored to your company's needs.