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When Tariffs Disrupt the Flow: Flexible Staffing for Unpredictable Demand

Written by Strom Engineering | Jun 10, 2025 5:00:00 PM

Many organizations right now are caught in the endless back-and-forth waves of tariffs, volatility and uncertainty. This makes it impossible to chart accurate predictions and requires organizations to react quickly to massive changes.

When the changing tariffs disrupt the flow of production, flexible staffing is crucial. Flexible staffing works as an on-demand service to address your shifting production needs. As experts in the temporary staffing industry, Strom Engineering knows how temporary staffing and flexible staffing can help your organization weather market volatility. 

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What is Flexible Staffing?

Flexible staffing involves temporary workers who can work on a full-time or part-time basis for specific jobs, tasks, or seasonal events. This approach allows businesses to bring in niche expertise for specific tasks, making it easier to navigate periods of change. 

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Why Flexible Staffing Solutions Work Best for Unpredictable Demand

Traditional hiring practices are difficult for situations that require reactivity. If you hire too many new full-time employees and suddenly find you no longer need them, you’re going to be wasting time hiring and laying off workers with no set pattern in place. Trying to keep up with this can mess with your full-time, long-term employees, lower company morale and make it harder to hire when you need to in the future.

Instead, the best solution in a market riddled with rapid change is flexible, temporary staffing.

Here are some of the biggest reasons that flexible staffing solutions are a phenomenal tool for companies: 

  • Workers can be hired and disbanded at a moment’s notice
  • Staffing and contingency plans can be determined well in advance
  • Pools of high-quality candidates in staffing databases are available as needed
  • Hiring, paperwork, accommodations and other technical factors aren’t your problem
  • Companies can focus on their product and manufacturing needs

Flexible staffing solutions are the perfect answer for an ever-changing manufacturing landscape because you can utilize them when you need to - and disband just as fast when you don’t.

Flexible Staffing Solutions for Unpredictable Demand

When tariffs disrupt the natural flow, flexible staffing is the ultimate solution for unpredictable demand. Here at Strom Engineering, we have expert staffing and recruitment solutions to help you fulfill any number of roles in no time. With a large database filled with qualified candidates, we ensure your supply keeps up with fluctuating demands, and disband unnecessary workers when they’re not needed anymore. Curious to see how our process works?

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Scaling for Growth: Flexible Staffing for Expanding and Changing Businesses

Whether your business is scaling up, pivoting to new markets, or responding to seasonal shifts or unforeseen disruptions, these moments of transformation require a strategic approach—including rapid deployment and onboarding of a flexible, on demand, and highly talented workforce.

Access our FREE guide to discover how to proactively plan for a wide variety of internal and external forces. Discover the value of flexible staffing for businesses, how to create a plan and how to partner with the right staffing agency.

Strom Engineering is a national staffing and recruitment agency, with a particular focus on manufacturing, engineering, assembly, and other trade positions. We match skilled candidates to temporary or project staffing positions. Learn more about how it works and check out our case studies for more information.