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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/

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/

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 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/

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/

How to Make Money as a Freelancer Recent highlights: 1. One study commissioned by Upwork and Freelancers Union found that freelancers have a median rate of $20 per hour, which is higher than the median of $18. 2. Rather than making a long-term commitment to one employer, freelancers work on various projects for different clients that pay them for their services. 3. Clients will then pay the invoice according to the freelancer's payment terms, which detail when payments are due and what methods are accepted. 4. All freelancers are independent contractors, which means they offer their skills to clients on a contract basis #biyro #tshirts #artists #art #sunnus More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/how-to-make-money-as-a-freelancer/

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/

7 Tips For Getting The Most Of Your Enterprise SEO Freelancers Quick summary: 1. Set up an internal process for these check-ins that increase efficiency for both you and your freelance team, particularly if you're working with multiple freelancers across different parts of the project. 2. It's important for freelancers to stay connected to the project, but they may request you not add them to your Slack, not give them additional email addresses, or that you ping them directly if they are added into internal comms systems on the channel they use the most (generally their own email). 3. So what can you do to build a successful team of enterprise SEO freelancers #biyro #tshirts #thelightwithin #creative #newyork More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/7-tips-for-getting-the-most-of-your-enterprise-seo-freelancers/

Let's Bring Great Business Education To Every Freelancer: Here's How Quick summary: 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 #wynwood #tokyo #portland #design More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/lets-bring-great-business-education-to-every-freelancer-heres-how/

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 Manage Freelancers and Independent Contractors - swiftheadline Quick summary: 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 #gmoart #artistshop #foodoverdose #chicago More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/how-to-manage-freelancers-and-independent-contractors-swiftheadline/

The Facts About Older Freelancers May Surprise You Recent highlights: 1.  While 52% of freelancers above 50 see their workload as sufficient or better vs 63% of freelancers overall, 61% of 50+ freelancers say they are satisfied with their financial results compared to 63% of freelancers overall. 2. We know that almost 60 million Americans are freelancing part- or full-time, that hundreds of millions are freelancing world-wide, that a third of freelancers have joined the freelance revolution since the onset of Covid-19, and that most freelancers in our survey and others say they earn as much or more income as they did working as a traditional employee #biyro #losangeles #foodoverdose #thelightthatinspiresfromwithin #portland More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/the-facts-about-older-freelancers-may-surprise-you/

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/

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/

The Public Sector Is Losing The War For Top Freelance Talent Quick summary: 1. The last item, The work I'm doing for this client is interesting and satisfying, drew a stronger rating among non-profit based freelancers; 63% agreed versus 65% to 58% for commercial freelancers. 2. The narrative is very consistent: Freelancers working in the government and non-profit space are more critical of their experience than freelancers primarily working with commercial organizations.  3. Asked Client team members are normally friendly and helpful when I have a question or need 58% of non-profit freelancers agreed but so did 72% - 65% for commercial freelancers #biyro #tokyo #foodoverdose #sunnus #wynwood More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/the-public-sector-is-losing-the-war-for-top-freelance-talent/

Self-employed frightened: Your history of freelance horror - freelance angle Recent highlights: 1. That's what Selena in the Creative Freelancers UK Facebook group did:I have rather a lot of horror stories, from being ghosted to bad clients and walking out of a long contract because my manager kept redoing all my work because he didn't like the file namesThis next one from Melissa in the Creative Freelancers UK Facebook group is a long one but we promise it's worth the read. 2. Read on to see how freelancers face constant hurdles like getting ghosted, chasing late payment, and having bank details locked in a drawer #biyro #losangeles #designers #design #chicago More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/self-employed-frightened-your-history-of-freelance-horror-freelance-angle/

What we learned from the global survey on the freelance Quick summary: 1.  As more professionals turn to freelancing, and more organizations depend on freelancers, they will need to compete for the best freelancers, and must consider the work environment they create and the reputation other freelancers have of them. 2.  Almost 50% of freelancers say clients know how to work with freelancers, and rate client project managers as effective in setting realistic goals and timelines, and helping freelancers feel part of the team. 3.  Our freelancers took serious caution; freelancers understand they lack a safety net as independents, particularly in developing countries #biyro #thelightthatinspiresfromwithin #wynwood #chicago #thelightwithin More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/what-we-learned-from-the-global-survey-on-the-freelance/

Week of European freelancers here. How will you be joy on self-employment? :: Freilance Great Britain Quick summary: 1. So demonstrating against, or contributing to the debate around the professional development disadvantage freelancers suffer from, could be the focus of your own European Freelancers Week event for 2021. 2. And not tin-eared to the challenges of 2020 and 2021, the event this year focuses on collective action to support civil rights and protections for self-employed people, to head off and condemn marginalisation of the very workers which economies across Europe need to recovery from the last 24 months, writes Jeannine van der Linden, a director of the European Coworking Assembly #biyro #foodoverdose #losangeles #portland #designers More: https://biyro.com/blog/freelance/week-of-european-freelancers-here-how-will-you-be-joy-on-self-employment-freilance-great-britain/