Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 29, 2014
"Freelancer Management Systems (FMS)" is a term used to describe cloud-based systems that allow businesses to better engage and manage independent workers, freelancers and other contingent workers. These systems allow users to search for contingent talent and then activate, manage and pay the independent workers they hire.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 2, 2013
Because of this 68% of the respondents said they would be interested in a tool that made it easier to hire, manage and pay freelancers. No doubt not by coincidence, the company that sponsored this research - Elance - recently announced a tool to help mid-sized companies do just that.
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Small Business Labs
JUNE 18, 2014
There are several interesting new data points on the increasing use of online talent marketplaces like Elance-oDesk, Freelancer.com, etc. work reports from Elance-oDesk, which recently merged. The chart below, from the Elance-oDesk reports, highlights the relative strong growth on online job listings.
Success
JUNE 19, 2022
“We want to work with people who are up to date in the areas that we’re iterating toward, so we outsource software development but keep design, engineers and product management within the company,” she says. You can advertise for freelance help on sites such as Guru.com or Elance-oDesk.com. Who you gonna call?
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Andrew Karpie's Online Work Arrangements Platforms presentation does a great job of explaining the changing ways contingent workers are sourced, engaged and managed by hiring organizations. It also describes the rapidly growing and diverse online talent marketplace industry.
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
. The author calls MBO Partners a "work arrangement intermediation platform" that share traits with the online staffing firms like oDesk and Elance. Technology is enabling firms to be more effective in hiring and managing independent workers (freelancers, self-employed, etc.)
Small Business Labs
JUNE 27, 2013
Online talent marketplaces like Elance and oDesk have seen substantial growth over the past couple of years. Most interesting is a new focus on supporting small business micro-task buyers. These moves come as no surprise.
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