Temporary Staffing: Remedy to Growing Staffing Challenges in the LPO Industry

LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) industry is growingskills required, and kind of earning opportunity available
exponentially and India continues to be the hottestin the industry. On the other hand, there are several
destination for Law Firms, Corporations, and otherbenefits for the LPO Companies to be gained through
businesses from US, UK, and other Europeantemp hiring. Some of them include:
countries. There are a lot of positives in India’sAccessing skills that are rarely in demand and/or are
favor for these countries to offshore/outsource theirnot present in the Company- Through temp hiring, LPO
legal work to India. However, India also continues toCompanies can access skills which are not frequently
suffer from several challenges which are workingused or not present in the Company.
against this phenomenal growth. According to a recentHiring for Urgent Support- In case of a pilot project or
survey, a majority of professionals believe that LPO isurgent need of staff due to expansion of an existing
a synonym of its predecessor BPO and requiresproject, LPO Companies can hire staff on a short term
execution of elementary activities which are devoid ofbasis to support the needs of their projects.
any knowledge and skills.Hiring Temp staff due to Limited Supply of Skilled
Despite reasonable visibility of the LPO (Legal ProcessLabor- As expected there could shortage of talented
Outsourcing) industry, graduates and professionalspool in the LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) sector,
continue to be ignorant about the industry and kind ofthus requiring the LPO Companies to take up
opportunities it has to offer. Clearly, this means there isinnovative measures to meet the needs of their
a lot of skilled talent that is inactive or unavailable foroffshore clients. Temp staffing can help companies to
the LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) industry.overcome such challenges.
Therefore, the LPO Companies in India require not onlyGaining Cost Advantages- In time of recession, it is
educating these young pupils and professionals aboutimportant for the LPO Companies to gain as much
the industry and its career opportunities, but alsocost advantages as they can to provide better ROI
requires them to identify new channels to encourage(Return on Investments) to their clients. Typically,
them take up profession in the LPO (Legal Processprofessionals hired through temping cost less to the
Outsourcing) industry.Companies as compared to full time professionals.
In light of such a scenario, temporary (temp) staffingHence, this leads to a better ROI.
can work as a viable option for the companies toClearly, there are a lot of core advantages that can
meet the demands of growing business by accessingbe gained by the LPO Companies through temp hiring.
this inactive pool. Also, temp staffing can work as aTemping can also work as a tactical tool, much need
tool for highlighting the potentials of the LPO (Legalto persuade young as well as skilled professionals to
Process Outsourcing) industry. This includes type ofjoin the LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) industry,
learning opportunities, career paths, knowledge andleading to changing the outlook of the industry.