Deciding on a sound strategy. Which of the three basic methods for resourcing professional talent is right for you, now?

Option 1 - Recruit Permanent Staff Is your need to create value for your company by developing a core capability? Is your need to have stable and predictable costs under control? Is your need to cover a permanent upturn in your business by increasing your investment in your HR assets? Is your need to acquire or replace core skills that reduce risk to the business? Is your need to make a significant investment in training for a new skill in your enterprise?

Option 2 - Hire ICT Independent Contractor Is your need to handle a temporary overload of work? Is your need for a specific skill on an occasional basis? Is your need for a particular person who is too expensive to hire full time? Is your need to try before you buy? Is your need to staff a risky project with termination gates as checkpoints?

Option 3 - Engage Executive Contractor Is your need to achieve a specific business outcome in a set period of time? Is your need to have a defined project deliverable completed for a fixed price? Is your need to apply defined hard success metrics before accepting completion of an outcome? Is your need to accelerate corporate learning? Is your need for independent advice?

Count the score for each option and you be the judge!