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7 Reasons Why Freelancing Is the Future of the Work Industry Recent highlights: 1. Businesses can hire these freelancers on an ad-hoc basis, and the risk is lower than hiring a full-time employee. 2. For companies, the benefits are also plentiful; freelancers often cost less to hire than permanent employees. 3. Although you can learn a lot from a full-time job, freelancers often have to quickly pick up new skills that they might never otherwise have thought about. 4. Besides hiring freelancers to do the practical work required for scaling, businesses can also reach out to consultants with industry knowledge and experience in similar environments #biyro #photoshop #design #foodoverdose #thelightwithin More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/7-reasons-why-freelancing-is-the-future-of-the-work-industry/

Unionizing Freelancers: What Recent Progress Means For The Self-Employed Recent highlights: 1. Not all freelancers are eligible for union membership, but those that are find that they offer benefits freelancers can't get from their companies, since they're not full-time employees. 2. A number of steps have been taken—such as the 2017 Freelance Isn't Free Act—to provide damages for freelancers who were paid late or not at all, and to help freelancers who suffered retaliation or harassment. 3. They do not negotiate contracts with employers or represent freelancers with grievances, and as such, there are a number of legal benefits freelancers who join it are missing out on #biyro #tokyo #artistshop #miami #losangeles More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/unionizing-freelancers-what-recent-progress-means-for-the-self-employed/

Council Post: 14 Tips To Ensure Freelancers Understand An Agency's Goals Quick summary: 1. Below, members of Forbes Agency Council share their best tips for making sure freelancers understand the goals of the agency and the specifics of the projects they've been assigned. 2. Whether an agency is temporarily understaffed or wants to bring contractors in to work with its internal teams on a consistent basis, it's critical for agency leaders to ensure all parties understand timelines, deliverables and other expectations. 3. You need to bring freelancers and contractors a clearly articulated vision of the project and arm them with the assets and information they will need up front #biyro #bogota #artists #art #thelightwithin More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/council-post-14-tips-to-ensure-freelancers-understand-an-agencys-goals/

Successful Working Relationship With Freelancers Recent highlights: 1. Just like regular employees receive feedback on their work, freelance workers too should receive that. 2. Freelancers, at times, are busier than regular employees, as they have to handle all the responsibilities that generally a team handles in an office setting. 3. While it is easy to onboard freelance workers, maintaining a good working relationship might be challenging if regular work ethics are not followed. 4. The content of the communication is different for permanent employees and freelancers #biyro #bogota #commission #thelightthatinspiresfromwithin #artbasel More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/successful-working-relationship-with-freelancers/

papmall® enhances the effective use of human resources by building up a talented freelancer community Quick summary: 1. Instead of recruiting employees to generate short-term or seasonal projects that cost companies a monthly budget, hiring freelancers would be more cost-effective. 2. Hiring freelancers is a cost-effective, time-saving, and convenient way to bring the best quality services to fulfill the needs of excessiveness of employees for corporations. 3. Hiring freelancers with papmall® international marketplace allows companies to assign urgent deadlines and duties 4. papmall® is a freelance services marketplace for businesses where companies can access a larger area of talented freelancers #biyro #chicago #artistshop #creative #thelightthatinspiresfromwithin More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/papmall-enhances-the-effective-use-of-human-resources-by-building-up-a-talented-freelancer-community/

One More Time: Free Work Isn't Free Recent highlights: 1. Consistent with this finding, the data also show that early stage freelancers are more dissatisfied with pay equity than other freelancers. 2. Free work is, of course, at the opposite end of a freelancer first philosophy: A marketplace philosophy that prioritizes the success and prosperity of freelancers rather than a singular focus on client satisfaction and revenue growth. 3. When freelancers have had a good experience, have done well and are paid fairly, they are more likely to evangelize about the platform, and far more inclined to work with the client company again #biyro #foodoverdose #tshirts #illustrator #commission More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/one-more-time-free-work-isnt-free/

The Freelance Revolution Is Ahead Of Schedule Recent highlights: 1. First, at least among tech companies, flexible, blended teams of full-time and independent employees are already the norm: 73% of tech companies have integrated teams of freelancers and employees. 2. Second, tech leaders see independent talent as a key tool amidst economic uncertainty and remote work: 71% say that bringing on freelancers or independent workers gives their business greater agility during times of economic uncertainty. 3. Fifth, the shift to blended team has created new opportunities for freelancers and freelance platforms #biyro #services #smallbusiness #sunnus #bogota More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/the-freelance-revolution-is-ahead-of-schedule/

5 Effective Websites That Are Perfect For Your Startup - Scoop Empire Quick summary: 1. Employers can either post a project providing details about what they want to be done on it, and the website will match the best freelancers for it; freelancers at this point will offer their proposals, and employers can make their selection. 2. When it comes to payment, employers can also choose if they want to stick to an hourly rate or offer a fixed price, and after they've picked all these parameters, the freelancers willing to accept the employer's offer can propose their services #biyro #bogota #commission #foodoverdose #art More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/5-effective-websites-that-are-perfect-for-your-startup-scoop-empire/

Four ways that freelancers can enhance their visibility Recent highlights: 1. Image courtesy of CanvaBoost freelancer visibility how to enhance freelancer visibility how freelancers can increase their visibility freelancers freelancing freelancing tips freelancer marketing how to market yourself as a freelancer 2. What's more is that social media platforms each provide unique marketing tools that allow freelancers to create and manage their own adverts on these sites. 3. If these reasons aren't enough, joining reputable freelancing platforms is another guaranteed way to up your credibility in the eyes of potential clients #biyro #threadless #newyork #eatthesun #bogota More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/four-ways-that-freelancers-can-enhance-their-visibility/

Seeking Platform Intelligence: How Smart Platforms Help Freelancers Succeed - Hustle Chronicle Quick summary: 1. In fact, it is like a good bet that as platforms compete effectively for top freelancers in the coming years, those that provide platforms with intelligence to aid freelancers' success will provide those platforms with a significant competitive advantage. 2. Toptal is well-known for its talent development support, helping freelancers succeed by providing early support for profiles, regular meetups, regularly scheduled webinars, and ongoing investments in internal and customer-directed blogs and scholarships for training freelancers in the latest technologies #biyro #chicago #illustrator #losangeles #wynwood More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/seeking-platform-intelligence-how-smart-platforms-help-freelancers-succeed-hustle-chronicle/

In The Future, Freelance Workers Will Dominate Over Full-Time Employees Recent highlights: 1. Businesses are more willing to hire freelancers—in fact, almost half of U.S. businesses (that's 16 million small businesses!) today leverage freelancers to support their mission, growth and revenue. 2. More than ever, businesses are leveraging the talents of freelancers, but the tools needed to hire and pay freelancers include dozens of fragmented online and offline tools manually strung together. 3. Drenik: Has the Great Resignation influenced the way businesses think about hiring freelancers #biyro #miami #photoshop #artistshop #creative More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/in-the-future-freelance-workers-will-dominate-over-full-time-employees/

Let's Bring Great Business Education To Every Freelancer: Here's How Recent highlights: 1. I'm a part-time Expert in Residence) might work with freelance platforms and communities to co-create a global utility for freelance business education, and perhaps work with universities to offer freelance business education at the undergraduate level. 2.   Let's meet that challenge by organizing to provide high quality, low cost, education to every freelancer on every platform on the planet, and reduce the gap in educational support between well-funded platforms and others. 3. As competition for good freelance talent continues to grow, platforms are increasingly investing in freelancer education #biyro #artists #portland #artbasel #commission More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/lets-bring-great-business-education-to-every-freelancer-heres-how/

How to manage freelancers and independent contractors Quick summary: 1. Remember that most freelancers aren't completely freelancers, but have contacts and networks that help connect them to other jobs. 2. Freelancers are mostly freelancers because they want more autonomy and independence, and often work for organizations other than your own. 3. A dissatisfied and underpaid freelancer can denigrate your organization after the job is done, making it difficult to recruit freelancers in the future. 4. But despite these benefits, companies often complain about freelancers saying that the freelancer they hired did a sloppy job and it turned out to be a complete waste of time #biyro #chicago #thelightwithin #smallbusiness #newyork More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/how-to-manage-freelancers-and-independent-contractors/

How to Manage Freelancers and Independent Contractors Recent highlights: 1. Freelancers are primarily freelancers because they want greater autonomy and independence, and often are working for other organizations besides yours. 2. A dissatisfied and underpaid freelancer may badmouth your organization after the job is done, making it harder to recruit freelancers in the future. 3. The New York Times notes that vague job descriptions cause either unqualified candidates to apply or qualified candidates to stay away, and that applies to freelancers as well.  4. Like a new employee, freelancers lack the cultural knowledge and specific details about how your organization works #biyro #services #art #foodoverdose #tokyo More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/how-to-manage-freelancers-and-independent-contractors/

How to Provide Continuing Education for Your Freelancers Recent highlights: 1. Even if you aren't familiar with this first-hand, you could connect them with other freelancers to show them how to build an online portfolio and network online.5. 2. Eighty-five percent of the most successful freelancers we spoke to were part of online communities and meetups, they report. 3. Although freelancing is largely a lonely road, our research found that the most successful freelancers (17 of the top 20 earners) are those who take advantage of the strength in numbers, note Ben Laker, Lebene Soga, Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun, and Ashish Malik in HBR #biyro #designers #smallbusiness #thelightwithin #threadless More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/how-to-provide-continuing-education-for-your-freelancers/

Top 5 Websites For Freelancing For Students - Scholarshiphive Quick summary: 1. Create a job post and the site's algorithm will search the freelancer database, urging freelancers to contact you directly and discuss your requirements. 2. Freelancing type: marketing, programming, administrationGuru is a global marketplace for freelancers and businesses. 3. PeoplePerHour is a leading freelancing website since both customers and freelancers save time looking for the ideal match. 4. Upwork is a global freelance marketplace that connects customers and freelancers #biyro #artists #gmoart #miami #photoshop More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/top-5-websites-for-freelancing-for-students-scholarshiphive/

The Freelance Revolution Has A Supply Problem, Not A Demand Problem Quick summary: 1.  To attract more full-time freelancers, more platforms will have to refashion themselves as virtual town centers where people meet with clients, pitch their next project, enjoy a virtual coffee with colleagues, learn or practice a new skill, whiteboard with a project team, or learn what's new in their industry or technology. 2.  There aren't enough full-time freelancers to fully meet the needs of enterprise clients who increasingly depend on full-time freelancers. 3. be expand its freelance month agenda to help part-time freelancers make the shift to full-time #biyro #services #smallbusiness #gmoart #designers More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/the-freelance-revolution-has-a-supply-problem-not-a-demand-problem/

Majority of independents are satisfied with freelancing career Recent highlights: 1. The data lines up with earlier results; freelancers value the flexibility and independence that freelancing provides, enjoy the quality of life it offers, and appreciate the chance to build satisfying client relationships. 2. The 'Global Survey on Freelancing' from Professor Jon Younger and Gerald Cupchik of the University of Toronto surveyed nearly 1,900 freelancers, and found that the majority are extremely satisfied, when it comes to their key career indicators. 3. The majority of freelancers are satisfied with their independent careers, according to a new academic study #biyro #services #foodoverdose #designers #portland More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/majority-of-independents-are-satisfied-with-freelancing-career/

French Media Company L'Officiel Sued by NYC For Not Paying Free Lancers - The Jewish Voice Recent highlights: 1. As a result, the lawsuit seeks double the unpaid wages for the freelancers, and that L'Officiel change their policies and practices in paying freelancers, submit monthly reports to DCWP about its payments to NYC freelancers, and pay civil penalties to the City. 2. When we advocated for the creation of the Freelance Isn't Free law, this is exactly the result we were hoping for freelancers across the city, stated Rafael Espinal, President of Freelancers Union #biyro #thelightwithin #losangeles #design #gmoart More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/french-media-company-lofficiel-sued-by-nyc-for-not-paying-free-lancers-the-jewish-voice/

The 'Great Resignation' Offers Tech Startups An Opportunity To Serve Growing Class Of Solo Professionals Quick summary: 1. According to a recent survey of 800 business executives globally by McKinsey, a full 70 percent plan to increase their dependence on on-site freelancers, and 22 percent plan greater hiring of remote freelancers. 2. If we're going to see an increase and mainstreaming of freelancer and contractor employees in the future, the other side of the fence—the businesses doing the hiring—needs their own set of tools to manage the more rapid and flexible hiring and onboarding of more freelancers than they've ever had before #biyro #thelightwithin #photoshop #tokyo #smallbusiness More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/the-great-resignation-offers-tech-startups-an-opportunity-to-serve-growing-class-of-solo-professionals/