Unfilled vacancies are expensive ...The time-to-fill, i.e. the period until new employees fill a vacancy, is 7.7 months on average in the IT sector, with an upward trend (Bitkom Research 2023).The fact that recruiting costs are not the only costs during this time is a blind spot in many companies.Further costs are caused because➡️ managers have to support day-to-day business, and there is less time for topics such as innovation and team development.➡️ projects are cut back or canceled due to a lack of capacity, and the competitiveness of products suffers.➡️ the existing team is forced to work overtime and take on non-specialist tasks, which reduces efficiency and increases the risk of errors.➡️ mental pressure in the team increases, sickness-related absences rise and, in the worst case, employees even resign.The solution to avoiding these opportunity costs, which are associated with missed value creation and the overloading of existing team members, is to use freelancers to bridge the recruitment phase.Our freelancers are immediately available, flexible and bring sufficient experience and know-how to support the team and maintain the added value in day-to-day business, as well as for knowledge transfer and employee coaching, from which the team benefits in the long term.💡Freelancer assignments also help in other situations:When team members are absent due to illness, sabbatical or parental leave, to cover project peaks, or when specialist expertise is needed temporarily. 💡What is Agile Get Together?We are a network of highly experienced senior freelancers that has been growing for over 14 years and supports teams in agile digital product development to develop brilliant products and achieve great results.By combining a community approach, open book policy and managing director support, we have overcome the weaknesses of traditional recruitment agencies.The result for our partners is➡️ an outstanding price-performance ratio,➡️ access to freelancers who cannot be found through recruitment agencies, or only at an excessive price,➡️ a consistently high level of quality and, as a bonus, a transfer of knowledge to the internal team and a fast ROI.As we handle the assignments via our GmbH & Co. KG, we offer the same liability and legal security as normal recruitment agencies.