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.

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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?

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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.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 15, 2013

In 2013, products that help users manage time, life and work effectively will be in demand, as will services targeted to relieve our schedules of mundane tasks and improve personal experience (see trend 4, Small Businesses Hit the Road).   We borrowed this trend from the 2013 Future Workforce Trends from our friends at MBO Partners.

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