Independent Contractors: Page 2

Business News

European Gig Workers May Soon Be Classified as Employees

Employee status would grant benefits and protections to millions of gig economy workers.

Career

3 Reasons Your Small Business Needs Flexible Talent

To survive and stay competitive in today's business landscape, small businesses need to be agile. Hiring flexible, talent can be the answer.

Thought Leaders

This Is Why It's Critical to Avoid Employee Misclassifications

Oversights stemming from gray areas can lead to major legal repercussions.

Starting a Business

7 Strategies for Starting and Scaling a 7-Figure Business From Home

There has never been a better or easier time to start and grow your own business as an entrepreneur than now.

Leadership

A Game Plan for Introducing Flexible Talent

With flexibility flooding workplaces across the world, leaders must now determine how to incorporate flexible, contracted workers into their workforce for increased agility.

Science & Technology

Using a CRM to Manage and Support Independent Contractor Sales Agents

For businesses with independent contractor sales reps, a customer relationship management system can help hire, train, deploy and manage these teams.

Resumes & Interviewing

Employee or Freelancer: Which One Do I Need?

Discover the pros and cons of hiring a freelancer and learn when it really does make more sense to bring on an employee instead.

Leadership

7 Tips to Manage Freelancers Efficiently in a Post-COVID-19 World

Managing remote workers and independent contractors requires processes, planning, and reliable services to make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

Resumes & Interviewing

7 Things to Look for When Hiring Experts

Tips to help guide you in selecting the right expert to get the job done.

Growing a Business

Why Brands are Ditching Their Agencies for New, High-Growth, Venture-Backed Business Models

Well-vetted, expert contractors are disrupting the agency model, boosting KPIs, and providing a more valuable return on investment.

Career

Independent Workers Are Essential and Deserve a Fair Deal

Google's 'two-tier' workforce reveals a dependence on contract and temporary help and highlights the need to change how companies engage with independent workers

Resumes & Interviewing

The Art of Knowing When to Hire and When to Contract

Employees are for important tasks that aren't going away. Hire good contractors when you need to get finished with something in particular.

Career

The Surprising Reality Is Freelancers Are Happy and Prospering

The gig economy proves that independent contract work is much more than something to do between jobs. It can be a full-time career.

Growing a Business

How 'Unconventional' Workers Can Be the Answer to Your Company Culture Woes

Offering freelance positions at your company is no longer about worker desperation but worker convenience.

Thought Leaders

Those Who Talk About It and Those Who Be About It

Posers think entrepreneurship is glamorous. Real entrepreneurs know the gritty work of keeping a business open and a payroll met is anything but.