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Leverage experts to integrate into your existing teams and extend your technical manpower. Augmented talent adds top professionals to your working group, so you can ramp up your project with a full team.
What’s more, augmented hiring isn’t just about getting more team members, but also highly skilled ones. It’s an agile way to access specializations without the long-term commitment of hiring in-house.
Here we’ll explore the benefits of augmented talent, as well as TECLA’s reputation as a top-tier global talent provider. Read on to discover augmented workforce benefits, best practices, TECLA’s approach and more.
What Is Augmented Talent?
Augmented talent means hiring external professionals to come aboard your in-house team, usually for a specific project or initiative. This solution expands your core team’s efforts by filling skill gaps and bringing your team to full capacity.
Unlike traditional in-house hiring, choosing nearshore talent augmentation solutions enables your business to stay flexible. Not only can you save significantly on salary costs, but also leverage short-term or open contracts. Moreover, augmented hiring cuts out expensive and lengthy recruitment cycles, so you can kick off your project quickly.
Ultimately, this gives you the power to scale your project and adapt to your evolving business needs. As a result, you can achieve stronger project outcomes across the board.
The Benefits of Augmented Talent
Augmented hiring is designed to alleviate your recruitment burden and unlock full flexibility for your project’s dynamic requirements – here’s how.
Access to Global Expertise
The main driver of outsourcing today is access to the best global talent. Talent augmentation solutions tap into pools of highly specialized professionals. Latin American developers, for example, top the charts for technical skills.
Cost-Effective Scaling
Hiring global talent cuts your salary budget in several ways. First, you can choose elite professionals from regions where competitive salaries are lower – up to half! What’s more, you can eliminate costly recruitment and onboarding by using a talent partner. And when you hire career-driven developers, you won’t have to deal with high turnover on your project, either.
Enhanced Agility and Flexibility
Augmented hiring is all about giving you control over your project. This talent model lets you scale up or down as needed, seek new expertise, alter the project direction and more – without getting locked into long-term hires. Overall, you can stay nimble to guarantee your project is meeting your dynamic needs.
Reduction of Hiring Risks
Connecting with augmented talent through a partner is also a good strategic move. A trusted partner can help reduce the hiring risks of today’s market. For example, getting hand-selected developers with pre-vetted skills will ensure you don’t hire the wrong candidate. It’s also ideal for boosting onboarding integration, reducing turnover, elevating product quality and more.
TECLA’s Impact in 2024: A Year in Review
2024 was a standout year for TECLA. We matched nearly 100 technical professionals in LatAm with top brands worldwide. We’re proud of the sheer impact of our talent augmentation solutions, which involve diverse roles, industries and countries.
Additionally, many of our professionals exceeded client expectations and achieved outstanding outcomes. Just consider that one of our Python Developers hired in April was promoted to Python Technical Lead within six months!
Here’s our year in review, showcasing the success of our augmented workforce.
Job Roles
- 53 different job roles
- 29% of hires were senior-level
- Most in-demand roles included: Senior Full-Stack Developer (9), Video Editor (8) and Full Stack Engineer (6)
- Key roles hired: AI/ML Engineer, Business Analyst, Digital Marketing Manager, Developers (Front, Back and Full), Graphic Designer, Network System Engineer, QA Automation Engineer, Project Manager, Video Editor and Virtual Executive Assistant
Location of Talent
- 14 different LatAm countries
- 48% of hires were from Brazil
- Other in-demand talent locations included: Colombia, Mexico and Argentina
- Full list of countries: Argentina (7), Bolivia, Brazil (45), Chile (2), Colombia (16), Costa Rica (3), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico (7), Nicaragua, Peru (3), Uruguay (2) and Venezuela (2)
Client Companies
- 48 companies total hired via TECLA
- Donut Digital hired the most, with 11 roles filled
- Main industry lines included: tech, healthcare, financial, real estate, telecom, marketing, manufacturing, retail, sports, etc.
Client Success Stories and Testimonials
At TECLA, we’re proud to bring leading nearshore talent solutions to businesses in the U.S. and beyond. We work closely with every client to overcome their workforce challenges and drive real technical results. Our clients say it best!
“Kept Me in the Loop”
TECLA is known for its highly communicative talent specialists. Past clients have said we are ”extremely responsive” and “always available to talk.” Our outstanding reputation is staked on caring about the success of every client and professional in our network.
“Really Effective Onboarding”
Our vetting and onboarding process is robust to ensure augmented talent is fully integrated into your teams. We walk through all the steps together, so that developers feel at home from day 1 and clients can jumpstart their projects.
Top Talent Satisfaction
We guarantee 100% satisfaction with our talent augmentation solutions. Our professionals are “high-quality and fitting” and have “diverse technical skills.” In fact, one past client reported that the value of our services was “easily double or triple what we actually paid for." And on the flip side, our talent often recommends us to colleagues and friends.
Best Practices for Leveraging Augmented Hiring
After hiring global talent, you’ll want to integrate your new augmented team members. Let’s go over what we’ve found to be most effective for achieving a unified team.
Define Clear Objectives
Your augmented talent should have clear objectives for both their daily work and your overarching project vision. Use agile practices to specify daily and weekly milestones, as well as your goals for the final deliverable.
Focus on Strong Onboarding
Integrating augmented professionals can be a major challenge. Focus on a seamless transition by setting up an in-depth onboarding process. Remember that transferring technical knowledge is only one side of onboarding. Don’t forget about meet-and-greets, so that your professional feels like they belong on your team.
Foster Strong Communication
Communication may be a buzzword for project success, but it’s the core of nurturing collaborative working groups. Be intentional about communicating by staying transparent, scheduling daily check-ins and smoothing out conflicts with team-building experiences.
Evaluate Long-Term Needs
Talent augmentation solutions don’t necessarily have to be short-term. Often companies use augmented solutions to test out talent before committing to a more permanent role. Evaluate your long-term needs to see whether extending your developer’s contract or promoting them to a long-term position is a winning strategy.
Get Matched With Elite Augmented Talent on TECLA
As we’ve discussed, the benefits of augmented talent include accessing specialized developers at cost-effective rates and under highly flexible terms. Overall, this can empower your in-house teams to achieve world-class products and your business to stay agile in an ever-evolving market.
Your talent augmentation journey starts with finding the right partner. At TECLA, we have a decade of experience in providing effective augmented professionals for forward-thinking brands. Check out real reviews of our talent solutions, and get in touch with our talent specialists today!
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