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Introduction

An FTE budget is a strategic way to calculate how many full-time employees you’ll need in the upcoming year. It’s a way to make sure that your organization has enough full-time employees without overspending or underspending its budget.

In this article, we’ll outline the steps involved in setting up an FTE budget so that it can be used as a baseline future planning tool.

Step 1: Identify your objectives

• Focus on your objectives. Before you start, be sure to define the problem you’re trying to solve. What is it that needs fixing? What are the goals of your project? Don’t worry about what other people’s goals or strategies are—they might not align with yours, and they certainly won’t help you reach yours.

• Be ambitious but realistic when setting a budget for an FTE employee in your organization (or even yourself). Don’t overestimate how much money will be needed upfront; instead, think about how many months or years it will take before your organization reaches its goals—and then set realistic expectations as far as expenses go at that point in time.

Step 2: Calculate your FTE baseline

The second step is to calculate your FTE baseline. To do this, you’ll need to first determine the number of employees you had in the previous year and then calculate how many are coming on board in the next year. This difference between your two numbers is your new FTE baseline for that fiscal year.

For example: If a company had 100 employees last fiscal year (FTE), but only needs 75 workers this time around (FTE), then it would have an extra 25 people working during their current budget cycle (25 x .75 = 15).

Step 3: Identify employee turnover trends

As you work through the budgeting process, it’s important to keep an eye on employee turnover. Employee turnover can be an indicator of how satisfied employees are with their job and how happy they are working for your company. It can also help you determine whether your organization is growing or shrinking—if new hires aren’t sticking around, then this could mean that there isn’t enough demand for them or that someone else has taken over one of their tasks.

Step 4: Determine the number of anticipated departures and new hires throughout the year

• Estimate the number of employees who will be leaving your company. This can include both full-time and part-time staff, as well as consultants and contractors.

• Estimate the number of employees who will be joining your team during the year. If you know that a certain employee has left or another position has been filled, this information is helpful in calculating how many new hires are expected during a given month or quarter.

• For example: If you have an open job posting on Craigslist asking for someone to fill in while their other job is vacant (and they’ve already said they’re interested), then all we need to do is add up all those people who replied with suggestions about what kind of candidate would make sense for this particular position—and divide by two (since there may be two positions available). That gives us our estimate!

Step 5: Break down the organizational structure

Now that you have your budget, it’s time to break down the organizational structure of your company.

This step is fairly straightforward: identify how many departments, branches or other subgroups are in place within your organization (for example: marketing team vs. sales team). You should also take note of any contracts or partnerships with outside companies so that these businesses can be included in future budgets as well.

Once these numbers are determined and accounted for, they should be displayed on paper somewhere so everyone involved knows what they mean at all times!

Step 6: Implement a recruiting strategy

Recruiting can be expensive. It’s a long process and it’s a full-time job. If you’re not hiring the right people, your business will suffer as a result of lost productivity, increased costs and poor morale among employees who feel like they’re being treated unfairly.

Recruitment is an investment in your business: if someone isn’t working out or doesn’t fit into the culture at all then it’s time for them to move on—but this doesn’t mean that every candidate will fail! If you put the effort into finding good candidates then there’s no reason why any new hire shouldn’t succeed at helping grow your company (and maybe even become one of its most valuable assets).

Step 7: Implement an onboarding process

Onboarding is a key step in the employee lifecycle. It’s a process that helps new employees become productive as soon as possible, and it can be used to help them succeed in their job roles.

The onboarding process should include training, orientation, mentoring and review of company policies and procedures.

Step 8: Outsource some of your labor

Outsourcing can be a great way to save money and get work done faster. It allows you to focus on your core competencies, freeing up time for other priorities.

When deciding whether or not outsourcing is right for you, consider the following questions:

• What type of work am I doing? Do I have the skills necessary to do this myself? In many cases, no—it’s better if we outsource these tasks because they’re too complicated or take up too much time.

• How often will this task have to be completed? Do we need someone else who specializes in that specific area so that they can handle it quickly and efficiently (and thus reduce overhead costs).

Takeaway; An FTE budget is a smart and strategic way to calculate how many full-time employees you’ll need in the upcoming year.

An FTE budget is a smart and strategic way to calculate how many full-time employees you’ll need in the upcoming year. It helps you plan for growth, while also allowing for flexibility as your business’s needs change.

When creating an FTE budget, it’s important that you take into account all aspects of your business—from hiring new employees and retaining current ones to marketing strategies and product development. A well-managed FTE budget can help ensure that every dollar spent on employees goes toward achieving your goals: growing revenue or expanding capacity for new products or services.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step toward establishing an FTE budget. Now, it’s time to sit down and figure out what that number means for your business. Do you need more employees? Are they all needed in your office? Or could some of them be working remotely or from home? The key takeaway here is that you should always have a plan in place before starting any new project—even one as simple as calculating how many employees you need per year.