How do you manage a contingent workforce?

Ever wondered why your organization is not getting a solid return on investment (ROI) from its contingent workforce? It’s probably because you are making some common mistakes when it comes to contingent workforce management. 

Before we get into exactly how you can improve those management efforts, let’s first take a quick look at what exactly the contingent workforce is and the benefits it can offer your organization.

So, what is the contingent workforce?

The contingent workforce, which is part of the wider gig economy, has exploded in recent years. It’s is now believed that these contractors, freelancers and non-permanent workers make up around 30 per cent of the entire US workforce.

These workers can offer your company a wide range of benefits, from hiring on a project-by-project basis, rapid scalability, access to the best talent in your industry, creating an agile workforce and much more.

However, the management of a successful contingent workforce is complex. This management is often split between departments as well as HR and procurement teams, creating fragmented processes, inconsistent hiring, wasted administration time and extra costs.

Since you are still reading this blog it’s probably correct to assume that you are looking for ways to improve the management of your contingent workforce. HCMWorks has listed four best practices here that will help.

1 - Get external support

Unless your company has experience and expertise in the process of managing and hiring contingent workers, there’s no better way to improve the management of your contingent workforce than outsourcing, or at least getting advice, from a specialist.

By outsourcing your contingent workforce management to a managed services provider (MSP), you will have access to experts who can evaluate, redesign and streamline your current management processes to get the most out of your investment into contingent workers.

A specialist MSP will give you the access to the expertise needed to ensure your organization is meeting the latest government regulations, finding the best talent within your sector, properly organizing your payment and compliance and providing a more enjoyable place to work for your non-permanent workers.