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Businesses Hiring More Freelancers

Small Business Labs

75% said they use freelancers because they need different skill sets at different times. No doubt not by coincidence, the company that sponsored this research - Elance  - recently announced a tool to help mid-sized companies do just that.  And shortly after Elance, oDesk announced their version, called Private Workplace.

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Jinglesmart - Online Project Marketplace for the Jingles Industry

Small Business Labs

.  The best known of the firms in this industry are probably oDesk and Elance. They provide online platforms freelancers and other independent workers offer their skills and services for limited projects or on-going assignments to organizations large and small looking for workers.

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Why You Shouldn’t Hire Your Virtual Assistant on Guru.com

Tips From T. Marie

Places like Craigslist , Guru.com and Elance. Sites like Guru and Elance are bidding wars, plain and simple. That’s because most highly skilled virtual assistants abandoned those sites long ago. The second item that grabbed my attention were the sites that were given as places to find a virtual assistant.

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Improving the Job Market With Big Data

Small Business Labs

job posts have detailed descriptions about the nature of the work, skills required, location and approximate salary, but the job seekers—the sellers—generally do not create profiles that describe themselves."  As this happens the job market - which is very inefficient - will work better.

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The Role of Side Gigs in an Uncertain Economy

Small Business Labs

 But there are other reasons for side gigs including learning new skills, pursuing a passion, interest or hobby, testing a business idea or simply having something that gets them engaged in ways different from their primary activity.   Most people, of course, use side gigs to earn money. freelancers. In

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The Rise of Corporate Independent Worker Talent Pools

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To provide broader and easier access to independent workers with specialized skills while increasing PwC's business agility and flexibility. PwC's Talent Exchange is not the only example of corporate online talent pools.

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Are Traditional Jobs Going to Disappear?

Small Business Labs

For people with the right talents and skills, the rewards of traditional employment are increasing.   A couple of related indicators of this are:  - Firms like Elance , oDesk and MBO Partners - leaders in providing independent workers - have decent numbers of traditional employees.

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