The AI Contractor, a Possible Solution to Your Hiring Pain
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we live, work, and play, in the 21st century. This highly competitive industry is on the cutting edge of technology used in more and more services each day. As a result, AI companies are constantly looking for the best and the brightest to work for them.
Unfortunately, there simply aren’t enough AI specialists to meet the demand. This has created a massive labour shortage leaving companies scrambling to find the right employees. As a result many AI companies often struggle to complete projects on time and on budget. In some cases, companies are even facing project penalties because they simply can’t find the right people to do the job.
AI Contractors
To help solve this problem many senior hiring managers are opting to hire AI contractors. One of the biggest benefits of hiring a contractor is that companies can choose from a pool of candidates located anywhere in the world. Not only does this improve the odds of finding the right candidate, but it also helps to diversify their workforce, which has proven to help boost innovation and creativity.
Speed of Hiring
Hiring a contractor also dramatically reduces the amount of time it takes to recruit and hire an employee. In many cases, it can take weeks or even months to find the right candidate and there’s no guarantee they will accept the job offer. This can be extremely time-consuming and delay a company’s ability to complete a project, which at the end of the day hurts a company’s profitability.
Highly Skilled AI Talent
In most cases, an AI contractor is highly skilled and experienced. This means that they can get started on a project right away without any job-specific training. This can save even more time and help keep a project on schedule. In addition to this, AI contractors are often exposed to a range of other projects so they can provide unique insight and solutions that your company or team may not have thought of. This can be invaluable for technical AI projects.
Expertise: Short-term, Long-term
Hiring a contractor can also be beneficial if your company only needs an AI contractor’s expertise for a short-term project. This can help a company avoid having to hire a permanent employee, which is a long-term and significant financial investment. Contractors are also ideal if you just need their expertise to solve a problem or get a stalled project back on track. Their insight and experience can help a team move forward and get a project moving again.
In addition to these benefits, by using a contractor you can also defray some of the upfront costs of hiring a permanent employee. For example, at Experience AI Solutions we accept a net 60 payment term which can help you align your payments with project milestones. This can help ensure that you have enough cash flow to get the project done while also ensuring you can keep your contractors and employees paid. This can be particularly beneficial if a project includes a lot of upfront costs.
Next Steps
If you are an AI company that is struggling to recruit and hire the right talent, it might be time to consider hiring a contractor. Not only do they have the right skills and experience, but they are also relatively easy to hire and can get the job done on time and on budget.
We’ve built up decades of expertise in the software contractor space and have processes and systems in place to aid our clients with hiring and keeping the best contractor talent. Contact us today to see how we can share our many years and roster of client success with you and help your next AI project succeed.