By Kris Drouet, Engineering Executive, in partnership with KORE1 After an MRA or audit finding lands on engineering, contract engineers can absorb evidence automation, control build-out and backlog burn, while the owners the examiner will talk to stay employees. KORE1-placed security engineers bill $70 to $124 an hour, median $82, and software engineers bill $91 … Read more
By Kris Drouet, Engineering Executive, in partnership with KORE1 Before a remote contract engineer gets repository credentials, verify identity on live video with camera controls, match the ID to the person on screen, ship the laptop only to the ID address, and call references you found yourself. Then tie that verified person to their git … Read more
By Colin Boothe, CIO at Foretopia A CFO-owned 2027 IT budget should split contract labor into three lines, run support, project work, and CapEx-eligible development time, and price each one at real bill rates instead of a single guess. KORE1-placed ERP consultants bill a median $91 an hour, project managers $116, and systems administrators $57 … Read more
By Mike Carter, Managing Director, KORE1 When a lead engineer resigns mid-release, spend the first 72 hours naming an acting release owner, deciding whether to ship, shrink, or slip, inventorying what only that person holds, and opening a contract search for the acting lead’s hands-on work. Once an offer is accepted, KORE1 contractors start a … Read more
By Kris Drouet, Engineering Executive, in partnership with KORE1 Before signing with a contract staffing firm, ask in writing for the pay rate, the burden components and percentage, what the bill rate covers, the conversion terms, and the replacement policy. For example, $100 an hour in pay plus a 24% burden is $124 loaded, and … Read more
An integration management office (IMO) is the temporary team that runs a post-merger integration for 6 to 18 months, usually a lead, a PMO, finance and IT integration leads, and a synergy tracker. Keep the decisions with your own people and put the tracking, coordinating, and backfill seats on contract, so your best operators stay … Read more
By Kris Drouet, Engineering Executive, in partnership with KORE1 When the CFO will not approve permanent reqs, staff the already-funded initiative as a project team on hourly time and materials, scoped to the work and reported as weekly burn. KORE1-placed senior contract software engineers billed $91 to $138 an hour for the middle half of … Read more
By Colin Boothe, CIO at Foretopia A $50M to $500M company that cannot justify a full IT department runs one or two employees who own the systems day to day, a fractional CIO for decisions, and contract specialists who rotate in by project. KORE1-placed systems administrators bill $54 to $70 an hour, median $57 (KORE1 … Read more
An interim marketing leader should keep campaigns shipping, keep the team steady, and make the decisions that can’t wait, then hand the seat to the permanent hire. Repositioning and budget shifts belong to the permanent leader. In my recent searches, a new role often closes in 2 to 3 weeks, and one that already failed … Read more
By Kris Drouet, Engineering Executive, in partnership with KORE1 Sort engineering work by how long its knowledge has to live in your building. Work whose knowledge must last for years stays with employees, and bounded work with a clear definition of done goes to contractors. The unsure middle goes to contract-to-hire. At KORE1 the median … Read more
