Imagine that you have two large apple trees in your back yard.  Every spring, the trees require pruning, so you purchase a set of good pruning shears, and a sturdy ladder.  Next you attend a course at the local university that the extension service is offering.

You read a couple of gardening books just to make sure you have the details down, and since pruning is not an exact science, you stand back and survey the tree for a few minutes before starting to lop off branches.  You are methodical, because you want a good apple harvest next fall. 

You consider every limb, every twig as you try to decide which ones should stay, and which ones should go.  After finishing the first large limb, you estimate that the entire job is going to take much longer than you expected—three or four hours at least. 

At that moment, Jose Ortiz, (a migrant farm worker who is employed by a local orchard), drops by with a leaflet offering his pruning services.  He’ll prune both trees for $25.  You were not born yesterday.  You hire him on the spot and head back into the house to finish work on a presentation you will be making to a new client tomorrow. 

If all goes well, this single account will net your company a sizeable profit.  Forty minutes later, Jose knocks on your door.  Your trees are beautifully pruned and the limbs are stacked in a neat pile.  You have just learned the advantage of outsourcing.   

“Outsourcing is the PEO Way.”  It’s one of the PEO's industry slogans, and one HR Outsourcing, Inc. stands by, because outsourcing can be the best kind of win-win situation.  It just may be time for you to lay down your pruning shears and give it a try.