Welcoming new members to your team can, in some cases revitalise your workplace. However, in others, it can totally ruin the dynamic you have. On top of this, expanding your company in terms of the number of staff members you have can also have a knock on effect in terms of how much your overheads are and how much you can utilise the space that you have.
In certain situations this will not even need to be considered, but in many, going from a small compact group to a larger group can actually be damaging.
As such, it is worth small businesses considering how much of their processes can be outsourced to keep their overheads low and to ensure that the core team can remain as tight as possible. From telephone answering to Human Resources, it is surprising just how many areas of a company can be outsourced to save time, money and hassle.
A translation agency may also come in handy. Those businesses that deal with foreign clients may often feel obliged to have bilingual members of staff on their team, but the right translation agency can supply document translation services as and when you need them to ensure that you can pick team members based on more than just their linguistic ability.
The utilisation of document translation services highlights another point – by outsourcing certain areas of the running of your company you only have to pay for the exact work that is being done rather than having people on your team that may not always have work that needs doing.
So, whilst it can indeed be very good to welcome a new member onto your team, it is often worth finding out first whether than new member could be better placed if they are part of another company altogether.