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The following are some of the more compelling reasons:
§ Consultants are experts: You may already have an employee in your organization who is able to take on a necessary assignment, but none can do the job as quickly and efficiently as an expert who every day lives and breathes the issues to be addressed. The end result of hiring an expert consultant is an overall savings in time and money - often with better results than if the assignment were performed in-house by the organizations' employees.
§ Consultants are independent: When an organization hires a consultant, it is hiring an independent contractor, not an employee. This simple fact has all sorts of implications. Consultants work closely with their clients, but consultants do not require the kind of direct supervision that employees performing comparable tasks do. And the client controls payment - an especially popular point for the people who hire consultants. If a consultant doesn't perform in accordance with the terms of the consulting contract, a client can by all rights withhold payment - or stop using that consultant.
§ Consultants have dedicated time: Time may be a precious element among an organization's existing staff. A person or group may be assigned to a project and then later taken off the project because of conflicting priorities. An outside consultant, on the other hand, can focus on the task or project until the work is completed.
§ Consultants are a flexible resource: Most consultants make themselves available to their clients on a moment's notice. If an organization had to hire someone new to take on an assignment, it could spend months to place ads, perform interviews and reference checks, make a final selection, and bring a new employee on board. On the other hand, if the organization wants to hire a consultant, all someone needs to do is pick up the phone and make a call for a consultant to be at the organization's disposal.
§ There's no long-term commitment: When an employee completes a special project, an organization may find itself scrambling to place the employee in another position within the organization. When a consultant completes a special project, he or she simply goes away. There is no two-week notice, no termination, no layoff, no severance pay, etc. Consultants do develop long-term relationships with organizations, but only when organizations desire long-term relationships with particular consultants or consulting firms.
§ The price is right: When you tally up the costs of hiring an employee to take on a task versus bringing in a consultant to perform the same task, going with a consultant may be more cost advantageous. An organization does not have to pay for health insurance, vacation time, taxes, 401(k) plans, or other benefits when it hires a consultant. Using a consultant is a cost-effective alternative for organizations that need to solve a problem quickly and efficiently. |
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