Within the IT environment it is not unusual for business demands to overstretch the resourcing capabilities of the internal IT department.

This can be due to a number of reasons:-

• too many projects without enough resource
• project over run impacting potential business delivery
• high maintenance load on existing production systems
• Lack of the right internal skills for either production support or development projects
• specialist skills required for a short term specific requirement

Which can be addressed in a number of different ways

• Permanent headcount recruitment
  • Long term commitment doesn’t match short term requirement
  • Time delay in identifying and recruiting the right skills
  • Skills capability only confirmed following hire
  • High recruitment costs
• Contractor placement
  • Minimum contract terms of 3 months doesn’t satisfy shorter term requirements
  • Time delay in identifying and recruiting the right skills
  • Skills capability only confirmed following hire
  • Knowledge of development leaves on contract completion
  • Rehiring of previous contractor and known skills unlikely
• Resource Assistance
  • Flexible arrangements that satisfy short to medium term requirements
  • Necessary and certified skill sets normally available “off the bench” or at short notice
  • Customer or velos-IT managed
  • Knowledge base retained within velos-IT and generally available for reuse
  • Flexible and cost efficient service which meets the customers short term requirements at the right time and in the right place.