how to reduce recruitment costs.

For any large organisation, especially within the construction industry, keeping a lid on and minimising recruitment-related costs are high on the agenda. Where a blended workforce is required, balancing the recruitment needs of permanent roles, and project-based contingent workers needs a clear strategy from start to finish.

By having a flexible recruitment strategy, employers will be able to achieve greater agility and allow them to gain access to key skills while driving cost savings and efficiencies. It is key to understand how temporary workers, independent contractors and freelancers can be leveraged as part of a wider strategy to enable your workforce to deliver on-time and to budgets.

Seven ways to reduce workforce costs:

1. manage talent deployment
2. leverage analytics
3. optimise rate cards
4. incentivise quality
5. innovate
6. talent communities
7. partner up