Small businesses frequently need help with small projects that may not require a full-time employee. Fortunately, a number of websites have sprung up in recent years that can help you get the temporary help you need to move your company forward.
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How I Did It: From Full-Time to Freelance Entrepreneur
Thursday Bram talks about her journey from corporate cold-caller to launching a successful consulting business
When an 8-Hour Day Earns You $4.38
There are plenty of paying gigs to be found in online marketplaces, where employers hire freelancers to complete quick mini-tasks like transcribing interviews, verifying info listed on websites, and committing quasi-plagiarism. The only problem with this system—well, the only problem besides the plagiarism—is that even the most …
Labor Day Lament: How Come Everybody Works 12-Hour Days Now?
Something tells me that even though (on the East Coast anyway) it’s late in the work day on a Friday that kicks off a holiday weekend celebrating the working man and working woman, there are still plenty workers still at work as they read this. How’s that working for ya?
A Totally Unconvincing Story about How Workers Prefer Freelancing Over Full-Time Employment
As full-time jobs dried up or disappeared during the recession, more and more workers became independent contractors, signing on for short-term projects and part-time responsibilities. And an undetermined number of these so-called “disposable workers” prefer the life of free agents, floating from gig to gig, with no benefits, and no …
