Insight

Hiring: The Right Role, The Right Time

Hiring freezes, candidate shortages, ghosting — they're real frustrations.
Sometimes, it’s absolutely right to persist — refine your employer brand, expand your sourcing strategies, flex your salary range.
Other times, it’s smarter to rethink the structure of the role itself.

Questions to ask:

• Is this role truly critical right now?
• Can responsibilities be redistributed or reimagined?
• Would partnering with a specialist (or outsourcing) deliver better outcomes?

Forcing a hire just to fill a seat rarely solves deeper issues. Rethinking your needs often does.

Outsourcing: Support vs. Solution

Outsourcing can turbocharge growth — but it’s not a magic wand.
If outsourcing feels like an endless cycle of onboarding new vendors, misaligned expectations, or poor delivery, it’s worth asking: are we outsourcing the right functions to the right partners?

If you’re stuck:

• Revisit your original "why" for outsourcing
• Set sharper KPIs and exit clauses
• Be brutally honest about whether partnership — or a pivot — is the answer.

Sometimes, outsourcing needs a second try. Sometimes it needs a smarter strategy.

The Bottom Line Underscores Strategic Persistence

At EGC, we don’t believe in quitting at the first hurdle. But we do believe in strategic persistence — knowing when to push through... and when to move through to something better.

Because the bravest businesses aren’t just the ones who hang on.

They’re the ones who know when to change course — faster, smarter, stronger.



Need help deciding whether to persist or pivot?
We help businesses find clarity, craft smarter solutions, and build resilient operations — no matter the challenge.

Get in touch with us, we’re here to help.