Making Talent Strategy Your Competitive Edge

Talent strategy is more than finding the right people. Done right, a successful talent acquisition and recruiting strategy can maximize productivity while lowering costs. A real talent strategy can bring clarity to an organization's overall spending and compliance. And a talent strategy can ultimately help a company reach its full potential.

At Eastridge, we’ve found that our most successful client partnerships center around this strategic approach. The results can have a huge impact across an organization's operations including:

Greater Transparency

With 40% of the workforce in the United States being contingent, many organizations are working with multiple staffing firms across departments and geographies.? Kasey Hadjis , President of Eastridge Workforce Management, outlines how Eastridge MSP helps clients ensure their extended workforce is compliant and consolidates contracts to ensure transparency, efficiency, and accountability. Read More ??

Maximizing Talent Pools

Many manufacturers are paying more for labor than ever before while also seeing lower productivity. These factors converge at exactly the time when they need to operate efficiently. Laura LaManna , VP of Delivery and Operations, writes about how reducing turnover and focusing on quality are key. Read More ??

There are some great manufacturing opportunities waiting to be matched to a great talent pool.? Our team feels invigorated to be part of solving a major challenge to growing the economy today.?

- Laura LaManna, Eastridge VP of Delivery and Operations

Managing Compliance

For many companies, workforce flexibility and contract workers are essential. This can be challenging to manage from both a compliance and administrative perspective. Increasingly, companies are turning to outside partners that can serve as an Employer of Record (EOR). These partnerships ensure compliance, reduce administrative burdens, and, overall, can streamline the management of an extended workforce. Ariana Lujan , VP of Payrolling and EOR Services, outlines how one media company reduced administrative burden and ensured compliance with Eastridge EOR. Read More ??

Avoiding Pitfalls

Many of the big changes seen in the first part of this decade are not temporary; they are here to stay. And these new challenges need to be met with a more strategic approach to staffing. By pivoting to a smarter model of staffing in 2024, workforce leaders can adapt, become more efficient, and beat the competition. Rodrigo Alcaine , President of Recruitment, outlines some of the pitfalls that many companies fell into last year and how to avoid them. Read More ??

Today, there is a new normal that requires new strategies.? Thankfully there are ways to meet these challenges with more creative ways of approaching finding, recruiting, and retaining talent.

- Rodrigo Alcaine, Eastridge President of Recruitment

For more staffing strategies and trends from Eastridge Thought Leaders, visit our thought leadership blog here .