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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/

How to Find Reliable Freelancers Recent highlights: 1. If your business gets a bad reputation in the circles freelancers run in, it's going to be hard to get good freelancers to do work for you. 2. The better you treat your current freelancers, the more likely they are to recommend your company to other freelancers. 3. It can be an effortful endeavor, but one that will pay off time and time again when you have a roster of reliable freelancers to turn to. 4. But finding good freelancers isn't the same thing as simply finding any freelancer #biyro #miami #losangeles #wynwood #portland More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/how-to-find-reliable-freelancers/

American freelancers' healthcare hustle Recent highlights: 1. As only the third leader of Freelancers Union since its founding in 1995, Rafael is committed to engaging with freelancers across the country, listening to their concerns, amplifying their voices in important policy debates, and continuing to strengthen and expand a movement that serves a broad spectrum of independent workers and helps them thrive in a fast-changing economy. 2. … expanding the social safety net so that freelancers are paid on time,  so that freelancers have access to affordable health insurance, [so] that they have programs like Paid Leave, for example, available to them #biyro #illustrator #design #creative #tshirts More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/american-freelancers-healthcare-hustle/

5 Reasons Freelancers Might Not Want to Join Your Team Recent highlights: 1. Solar Staff works with over 1,750 clients and more than 750,000 freelancers and offers talent onboarding, task management, security checks, payments made to 190+ countries and territories, copyright rights transactions and tax payments for freelancers from different jurisdictions. 2. Independent contractors are highly educated, motivated and optimistic about their career prospects, so the companies that address freelancers' concerns will be able to attract top talent and close the talent gap sooner #biyro #miami #bogota #tokyo #foodoverdose More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/5-reasons-freelancers-might-not-want-to-join-your-team/

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/

The best websites for finding freelance tech gigs Quick summary: 1. A tech cooperative, all prospective freelancers are given a piece of the network, so your acceptance hinges on being interviewed and accepted by the freelancers already there. 2. If the client and worker agree on job details, Onward Search will handle the worker's pay and provide the option of benefits. 3. Employers on this site hire workers in a wide array of technology and creative positions — project management and account services, web design and development, content and copy writing, video, animation and production #biyro #eatthesun #thelightwithin #services #bogota More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/the-best-websites-for-finding-freelance-tech-gigs/

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/

The freelance revolution has a supply problem, not a demand problem Recent highlights: 1. To attract more full-time freelancers, more platforms will need to transform into virtual urban hubs where people meet clients, pitch their next project, enjoy a virtual coffee with colleagues, learn or practice a new skill, whiteboard with a project team, or find out what's new in their industry or technology. 2. etc There are not enough full-time freelancers to fully meet the needs of corporate clients who increasingly depend on full-time freelancers. 3. be extend its monthly freelance program to help part-time freelancers transition to full-time #biyro #digitalcontent #digitalmarketingagency #freelancetravelwriter #freelancedrummer More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/the-freelance-revolution-has-a-supply-problem-not-a-demand-problem/

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/

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/

How to Become a Freelance Web Developer in 2022 Recent highlights: 1. As a freelance web developer, creating an effective landing page can help enhance your client's business's credibility, improve user experience, and ultimately drive more sales. 2. Freelance developers typically offer services such as creating software with programming languages, designing websites, managing complex data, and ensuring a website is compatible with different browsers and devices. 3. To thrive as a successful freelance web developer, you should master a wide range of coding skills and programming languages #biyro #graphicdesigns #style #freelancerlife #freelancerdesigner More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/how-to-become-a-freelance-web-developer-in-2022/

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/

New York City Sues French Fashion Media Company L'Officiel USA for Failing to pay NYC Freelancers Quick summary: 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 #artistshop #wynwood #services #threadless More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/new-york-city-sues-french-fashion-media-company-lofficiel-usa-for-failing-to-pay-nyc-freelancers/

what it is, price and how it operates Recent highlights: 1. In addition, Argentine self-employed professionals avoid change your funds between end of current month and beginning of next, since the price of PayPal and Payoneer balances go down, given the strong offer of freelancers looking to get cash after receiving payments. 2. In the last year, they grew 120% the amount of Argentines they only have one account of these means of payment, plus one bank savings bank configured on our platform , he points out to iProUP Gastón Levar, Argentine representative of Airtm #biyro #art #services #artbasel #miami More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/what-it-is-price-and-how-it-operates/