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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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You can advertise for freelance help on sites such as Guru.com or Elance-oDesk.com. This article was published in February 2015 and has been updated. You uncover outsourcing talent the same way you find employees: by networking in person or online, asking for recommendations and interviewing carefully.

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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

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million in November 2015. The media is also surprised that most of this growth came from off-line activities instead of online platforms like Uber and Elance.  Key quote from the article: As measured by Katz and Krueger, the share of workers in alternative work arrangements climbed from 10.1% in 2005 to 15.8%

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How to Avoid Being Named in a Fancy Hands Type Lawsuit

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Which begs the question, how ethical is it to take advantage of a situation like the one at Fancy Hands, Fiverr, Guru, Elance and other services that so many have turned to for extremely low cost virtual services? Fancy Hands isn’t the first at your service ’ type company to face a lawsuit for misclassification of workers.

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