Though it looks complicated, staff augmentation is quite simple. It takes a systematic approach in helping you find and recruit a specialist or a team of specialists for your requirements. If you’re looking to implement this framework in your business, understand that it has three core steps or flow.

1. The Identification Phase

This is the preliminary stage, where you identify the skill gap prevailing in your organization. The skill gap could be because of a very sophisticated requirement presented to you by your client, your in-house team not having the required competency to complete the job, you overlooked the requirement of a specific job role because there was no initial need for it, and more.

Regardless of the case, it is now you identify it and look for vendors to help you fill the gap.

2. The On-boarding Phase

Once you’ve identified the skill gap and found the most ideal fit, you recruit the staff and orient them into your organization. This involves them getting familiar with your business needs and requirements, visions, and goals, getting to know your staff and team members, workflows and processes, culture, and everything they need to be comfortable working with you.

3. The Nurturing Phase

The process does not end with their orientation. In fact, it starts with it. Once the staff is on board, it’s on you to consistently nurture the staff for optimized performance. As an augmented staff, it becomes involuntary for them to implement workflows and processes they worked on previously. It is only when you nurture the recruit for your needs and goals you pave the way for complete utilization of the resource.