Common business scenarios
- Setting recruiting strategy.
- Sustained vs occasional hiring.
- Strategic vs commodity roles.
- Capacity and cost trade-offs.
Evaluation criteria
- Sustainability of demand.
- Strategic importance of the capability.
- Cost of building vs buying.
- Speed to capability.
Decision framework
- Define the goal, volume, timeline and budget.
- Weigh control versus flexibility and speed.
- Assess your in-house capacity honestly.
- Consider a blended approach, not a binary.
- Pilot or trial before committing where possible.
Workforce considerations
- Build for sustained, strategic hiring.
- Buy for spikes and specialist reach.
- A blend is common.
- Revisit as needs change.
Risk considerations
- Building for demand that does not last.
- Buying for everything at scale.
- Capability gaps either way.
- Lock-in or over-dependence.
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