Whether you are self-employed, managing a small team, or in charge of a large-scale operation, you will know the value of teamwork to your business. 

While every company is likely to need a wide range of specialists, there are some fields that you will require help with time and time again. In these areas, having those with specialised knowledge on your team will often lead to greater efficiency, better customer service, and substantial savings in time.

But which are the five types of service professional in hottest demand? Here, we take a look!

1. A Compliance Expert

Compliance experts help to ensure that everything about your business is secure, efficient, and up to industry standards. Being up to code can include taking care of health and safety factors, such as ensuring adequate fire safety practices are in place, or making sure you qualify for certain jobs by having the relevant professional accreditation and certificates, and more.

Compliance experts are not only about helping your business to look legitimate and desirable in the eyes of your clients, they also ensure that things are working smoothly and efficiently within the business itself.

All these things are essential to running a business successfully, but they can become complex and time-consuming too. That’s where a compliance expert can help. 

They can stay on top of deadlines, prepare essential paperwork, and keep up to date with all the developments and requirements of your industry so you don’t have to!

2. A Bid & Tender Professional

Bid writers and tendering professionals can save companies substantial amounts of time and help to significantly boost their profits. This is because they not only prepare the materials and utilize the persuasive writing that is essential when creating a bid, but can also identify the best opportunities to bid on.

This can be extremely helpful if you are in an industry where you must identify tenders and compete for work, but are finding that searching for opportunities to bid on just isn’t for you. This is when it’s a great time to hire bid and tender professionals instead. 

Professionals in this field can rapidly compile a list of the best opportunities, write the materials needed to make the bid, and help you better meet the requirements of the contract being bid on.

It’s no surprise then, that the best bid and tender professionals can win their clients millions of pounds worth of extra work.

3. An SEO Specialist

Some business owners are still unaware of the power of SEO — despite the fact that many people now find the businesses and services they want through online search engines alone.

Ensuring that your website and written content is fully search engine optimised can be crucial for your business, as it can greatly increase the amount of traffic to your website, and thus the amount of leads and potential new clients you’re generating.

It is specialised work, however, and needs insider knowledge of web design and online marketing best practices, along with clear and persuasive writing.

4. An Accountant

It may not be an especially glamorous role, but effective and reliable accountants remain one of the most prized members of a business team.

The best accountants can help to ensure that your business finances are functioning optimally, your cash flow is predictable, and you are paying the right amount of tax. They can also advise on permitted deductions and claimable expenses, so that you are ensuring your business is cost-effective.

Whether small or large, all businesses will benefit from receiving sound financial advice.

5. A Social Media Expert

Social media is now (correctly) recognised as a powerful business tool. It provides a great way to connect with clients and customers, engage your audience, and communicate your values as a business. It is one of the most powerful forms of advertising in the modern business environment, and with the recent boom in e-commerce, this shows no sign of slowing down.

However, social media is ever-changing, with new platforms and features emerging almost every day. That’s why many businesses are turning to experts in social media to ensure that their campaigns and content stay up to date and have the biggest impact possible.

Social media is no longer an afterthought in business. It can be at the very heart of a company’s communication strategy — crucial to advertising, customer service, and post-sales support.

By ensuring you have experts from all these areas by your side in business, you can help yourself to save money, win more work, and deliver better outcomes for your clients!

NOTE: This article was originally published here.