Optimal staffing makes your team more efficient without wasting money. Staffing is likely your company’s largest expense. It’s also your most valuable asset.
Determining optimal staffing levels can be difficult. Too many and you’re spending money you don’t need to spend. Too few and the work doesn’t happen. These five questions can help ensure optimal staffing for your company.
What are your goals?
You hire people to aid in moving your company toward its goals. If those goals are unclear, then it will be difficult to even know what optimal staffing is. Make sure your goals are clear, that you know them, and give thought as to how staffing affects those goals.
What factors impact the availability of personnel?
Consider any factors that might affect the availability of staff. These can be related to your industry, your local market, or even weather conditions. Our team at Labor Solutions, Inc. can help you answer this question and find the best staff to fill the positions you need.
What are your company’s functional needs?
What skills are required for the work your company does? What training or education should the people you hire have? The expert team at Labor Solutions, Inc. can help you answer these questions and find the people with those skills.
What gaps exist between your needs and your current staffing?
Once you know your goals, the factors impacting the availability of personnel, and the skills needed for the work your company does, you can begin to make a plan for building optimal staffing. The next step is to perform a gap analysis. This means taking a look at your current staffing as compared to the needs you have outlined and see where the gaps are. Contact Labor Solutions for help with this or any other of the steps listed here.
What’s your plan?
Now that you’ve answered all of these questions, you need to make a plan. If you have an internal staffing department, this may be easy. If you don’t, this could be much more complicated. Labor Solutions would love to help.
