Learning How To Thrive As An Independent Contractor

In this down economy it is sometimes difficult to find work

, especially for those that are in business for themselves and rely on service contracts for regular work. As small businesses are experiencing the repercussions of the ripple effect that saw many corporations downsizing, they have been directly affected by the loss of work as companies have tried to save a buck here and there. While specializing in one particular field, the landscape contractors have been cut back by many businesses that are attempting to reduce their overhead expenditures.

However, even when faced with tough economic times, many businesses are still relying on the support services of professional service providers like landscape contractors, to keep their business environments looking beautiful and well maintained. By using the services of several building maintenance companies that are combined under one roof, corporations are able to keep up on the grounds keeping and other regular maintenance that their buildings require with a single contract that costs less than they were paying for the services al a Carte from a spectrum of service providers.

By combining the talents of small business owners and independent contractors under one service-company, the corporations that utilize building maintenance services are saving money. Added to which the small independent services of landscape contractors, plumbers, electricians and others are beginning to thrive through being subcontractors of the larger building maintenance providers.

In some instances, a landscape contractor is able to land a larger job through the umbrella company that they would not otherwise have access to on their own. With the subcontracted regular work of maintaining the corporate office blocks and commercial building landscapes the small independent business owners are able to not only survive the turmoil of the current economy they are able to thrive under the participation of subcontracted assignments that require regular care and maintenance from the building maintenance contractors that are providing every conceivable service that a commercial building manager might need.

With a sound structure for organizing and managing the various services that are required by commercial property managers the umbrella company is responsible for contracting work for the subs, and provides all of the marketing and negotiations to the commercial real estate managers, thereby allowing the independent landscape contractors and other service professionals to reduce their own expenses and overhead. As Benjamin Franklin so wisely observed, a penny saved is a penny earned, and this economy have a few extra pennies on hand by having someone else line up the work, is saving valuable resources that the independent landscape contractors no longer have to give up. From a bottom line position, landscape contractors that aligning themselves with full-service building maintenance service providers can sustain a regular income without the worries of continuously lining up work.

by: Art Gib

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