IT Contracting FAQ’s for clients
1. What is a “Contractor”
A contractor is a self employed professional person who provides a specialist service. They are normally available at short notice and usually work on an hourly or daily rate.
2. When could it be Worthwhile to Use an IT Contracting Partner (Like Beyond)?
Clients use IT contractors for a variety of reasons including convenience and time saving.
In today’s challenging economy, IT contract resource is an ideal way to sustain productivity and growth until your confidence in the economy returns. It allows organisations to manage their workforce through the peaks and troughs in their business. IT contractors are also widely used in project based assignments.
Beyond’s IT Contracting team is the largest team of its kind in New Zealand and has a large pool of resources we can call upon. At any one time we have over 500 IT contractors working for us. This means we have an extensive network ensuring your resource needs will be met.
We are New Zealand’s largest advertiser of technical opportunities and preferred supplier of technical resources to many large organisations.
Our average fill rate for assignments is 4 days with many filled in less than 1 day.
We employ 27 ICT resourcing specialists nationally, each with well-developed, comprehensive contact networks, built up over an average of 7 years in the industry. All of this talent is available to you.
3. What Problems Can Using an IT Contracting Service Solve for my Organisation?
You may be looking for a permanent person and need cover for your BAU. IT Contractors are experienced and specialised and can step in and help at a moments notice.
You may be unsure of on-going work and not ready to commit to a permanent resource. An IT contractor allows you the flexibility to judge this without any risk.
And, of course, IT Contractors are perfect for project based work when you know the term and volume of work. Beyond is able to build a team around any project scope, easily and efficiently.
4. How Does the Relationship Between the Three Parties Work?
In any IT contract assignment there are two contracts (for services). There is a contract between Beyond and the client and a second contract between Beyond and the IT Contractor (or the IT Contractor’s company).
5. How is Payroll Managed?
All Beyond IT contractors fill out weekly timesheets and have these signed off. Once a month the IT contractor will invoice Beyond and Beyond will invoice you. Beyond IT contractors all work on a time and materials basis and are covered by our comprehensive professional indemnity insurance.
6. How is Beyond Different to Other IT Contracting Agencies?
- Beyond is a 100% NZ-owned business. This means we are flexible and can quickly adapt the way we deliver service to meet your changing organisational needs and imperatives. Working to benefit New Zealand is one of our core values.
- We are one of New Zealand’s largest suppliers of specialist project and ICT technical contracting resource with over 500 contractor assignments currently active. This means we have the breadth of proven flexible talent resource to meet all of your IT contracting needs at very short notice.
- With over 50% of our business in the NZ Public Sector, we are accustomed to the provision of service that is transparent, robust and contestable. We also offer comprehensive probity checking. This means you can have confidence in our delivery and your risk is reduced.
- Our pricing is competitive. This means you will receive good value for money from Beyond.
7. What is the First Step to Learn More?
If you are likely to need IT contract resource and want to learn if this will work for you, go ahead and contact us for a no obligation discussion. We’d love to hear from you!