What is secondment?
As a manager, you often have multiple options to add specialists to your team, and secondment is one of these possibilities. By employing this method of finding professionals, you quickly bring specific expertise in-house to achieve your goals. In this blog, you will learn what secondment is and the advantages it offers, both for clients and professionals.
How does secondment work?
Secondment refers to the temporary hiring of professionals from a third party. In many cases, this third party is a company specialized in one or more fields and operates as a secondment agency. This company, also known as the lending agency, becomes the employer of the professional.
The client, also known as the borrowing agency, is the organization where the professional carries out a temporary assignment. The duration of the assignment depends on the length of the project the professional is working on.
Throughout the project, the professional works under the client’s supervision while remaining employed by the secondment agency.
What are the benefits of secondment?
One of the main advantages of secondment is that professionals are often available for deployment at short notice. This makes it an effective way to quickly fill job vacancies, ensuring your department remains agile, scalable, and able to perform at its best.
What are the best benefits for clients?
-Rapid fulfillment of temporary resource needs
-No employer’s risk
-Assurance of both flexibility and quality
-Additional support for temporary or long-term projects
-Access to specific knowledge and skills at hand
-Temporary coverage during leaves of absence
-Secondment creates new insights
What are the benefits for professionals?
-Income security even when not actively working on a project
-Gaining extensive and rapid experience
-Constant exposure to new challenges
-Building a large network
-Freedom to choose assignments that align with personal preferences
-Working in new environments leads to new insights
Are you curious to know if secondment is suitable for you? Watch David’s video (video is in Dutch). David has been working with us for over 3 years and continually takes on new projects through secondment.
Would you like to get to know us? Feel free to contact us. We would be delighted to discuss the possibilities with you.
