When a company’s engineering or IT department needs to add talent, executives have to weigh all of the options available to them, which can range from bringing on a full-time employee to working with a temporary contractor recruited through a staffing agency. Let’s take a look at the expenses associated with direct hiring, as well as the expenses related to outsourcing, then discover the actual costs of engaging full-time staff versus working with onsite or remote contractors acquired via a staffing agency.