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Online Talent Marketplaces Continue Rapid Expansion

Small Business Labs

There are several interesting new data points on the increasing use of online talent marketplaces like Elance-oDesk, Freelancer.com, etc. The article says 4% of the contingent workforce buyers they surveyed use online talent marketplaces today. work reports from Elance-oDesk, which recently merged.

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Businesses Hiring More Freelancers

Small Business Labs

These results are consistent with other surveys, which also show a growing interest in hiring more contingent workers. No doubt not by coincidence, the company that sponsored this research - Elance  - recently announced a tool to help mid-sized companies do just that.  66% said they have their freelancers work on-site.

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Moonlighting: Booming or Declining?

Small Business Labs

A recent study by the Freelancers Union and Elance paints a very different picture.   The Freelancers Union/Elance report says multiple job holders fall into two broad segments: Moonlighters (14.3   But these differences really matter because the results of each survey present very different views of the state of the U.S.

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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

Small Business Labs

The BLS has not fielded this survey since 2005 due to a lack of funding, but plans to run it again in May of 2017. The media is also surprised that most of this growth came from off-line activities instead of online platforms like Uber and Elance.  million (66.5%) from 14.2 million in February 2005 to 23.6

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The Growing Importance of Talent Agents

Small Business Labs

   - Online Talent Exchanges such as Elance and oDesk.    Our recent survey work as part of the MBO State of Independence study showed that independent workers are very concerned about job pipelines, unpredictable income streams and marketing their services. 

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A New Way To Think About Bribery-Based Business Models

Small Business CEO

This community interaction mechanism is so addictive that it’s been integrated into Ebay, Amazon, Elance and many ecommerce sites for customer engagement. You can use Twitter, a simple online survey or any number of simple mechanisms. This doesn’t have to be some elaborate custom-built PHP code. Just use your imagination.

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Survey: 1 in 3 Americans are Freelancers

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The Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk released a study showing that 34% of the American workforce freelances in some form. According to the study, 53 million Americans said they engaged in some form of freelance work in the past year. The study breaks these folks into 5 segments: "Independent Contractors" (40%, or 21.1

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