Recruitment, interim or consultant?

Recruitment, interim or consultant? How to find the right skills solution!

When the need for the right skills solution arises in an organization, it is rarely about just “filling a gap”. Often it is much more complex than that. Maybe it’s a new business area that needs to grow, a maternity leave that needs to be covered – or a key person who has left suddenly. It could also be that you want to increase your pace of change and need the right people in place to take the next step.

The question then is not just who should do the job – but how best to ensure the right skills, in the right form, at the right time.

At Unik Resurs, we see it as our task to guide our customers through that particular path. That’s why we always start by understanding your reality. What do you need to achieve – and what resources, challenges and opportunities do you have right now?

Only when we have the full picture can we recommend a solution. Sometimes it’s a recruitment, sometimes an interim assignment or a consulting solution. Sometimes it’s a combination, where you first bring in an interim while you recruit your long-term solution. Here’s our take on what the different forms mean and when they make the most sense.

Recruitment – when you want to build for the long term

A recruitment is not just a new employee. It’s a long-term commitment, an investment in the future and culture of your organization.

When you choose to recruit a person to your organization, it is often because you have a continuous need – where stability, belonging and common direction are important parts of the mission.

At Unik Resurs, we help you make the right decisions, not just quickly – but sustainably. We do this by understanding your culture, current situation and goals. Through our proven recruitment processes, person profiles and selection tools, we find not only the most suitable candidate – but the person who can really contribute to the business.

Typical situations where recruitment is the way forward:

• You need a leader or specialist to build up an area.
• The organization is growing and needs permanent roles.
• You want to bring in skills that develop your business over time.

Interim – when you need experienced skills fast

An interim assignment is the solution when the situation changes rapidly – but the demands for results remain high. Perhaps you lack a manager, a specialist or a project manager. Perhaps you are facing a change journey that requires someone with experience of the very thing you are implementing.

An interim consultant is often a highly experienced person who goes in with a clear brief, delivers on the ground – and hands over well-grounded solutions when the job is done.

We have a wide network of senior interim consultants, and we quickly match the right person to the right assignment. But speed is just as important as accuracy – that’s why our first step is always to understand the purpose and goals of the assignment.

Typical situations where interim is the way to go:

• Temporary vacancy at management level.
• Change management or crisis management.
• Project or start-up phase requiring temporary reinforcement of skills.

Consulting solution – when you want to be flexible

Our consultants are employed by us – but work for you. This means that you get access to skills and labor without having to take employer responsibility yourself, but with the security of the person being part of a context with support, guidance and development from our side.

A consultancy solution is suitable when the need is more limited – or when you are not sure how long the assignment will last. Here we can also work with transitional models, where a consulting solution over time turns into a recruitment. We call this hire recruitment.

We want our consultants to feel part of both our business and the client’s – this creates commitment, quality and a long-term approach, even in temporary solutions.

Typical situations where a consultancy solution is the way forward:

• Temporary work stoppages or projects.
• Temporary work or uncertainty about future needs.
• You want to test the role before recruiting.

It’s not about titles – it’s about understanding the mission

We do not believe in standard solutions. Every business has its own circumstances, its own pace and its own challenges. That’s why we always tailor our proposals to what you actually need – not to what is most ‘common’.

The important thing is not what the solution is called. What matters is that it creates the right value for you – and helps your organization move in the right direction.

Do you want to discuss how to best solve a staffing need, long-term or temporary? We help you take the next step – with security, transparency and full focus on results.

Get in touch and we’ll talk further!