This is an especially valid strategy if your business is successful but seasonal. The agency must take responsibility for all personnel issues related to their staff. That's why consultants also frequently advise many new companies to outsource all of their customer service, sales and staffing in case the firm goes belly up, as happened to many dot-coms. That way we can take people away and bring them back, says Lauritzen. That's where flexible staffing helps, even for ongoing business.
Good deeds are a great investment in more ways than one.
Supported by Ronald McDonald House Charities, the Memphis Ronald McDonald House provides temporary residence for 50 families of young cancer outpatients who are treated at the city's St. Jude Hospital. CMC takes calls for the Memphis radio station Rock 103's Radiothon for the charity. The Radiothon takes place over two days in late February. The money raised enabled the facility to double in size last year from 24 families. Call volume peaks on the second day with as many as 100 volunteers on the phones.