subject: Get Good Help Through Outsourcing [print this page] Nowadays, businesses need help after the holiday season. Is there an economical way to pick up some extra help without stretching the budget to the breaking point? Yes, indeed. There are several marketing sites out there where you can post a project and have eager providers bid on the project in the hopes that you will choose them. It is definitely possible to get good help through outsourcing.
Overview
There are multiple sites that you can research on the Internet under the search term "freelance marketplace." When looking for one of these sites to work with, you will want to examine how long a company has been established, what do they offer buyers in the way of providing services, do they offer a payment protection policy to buyers, do they offer a wide array of categories that a buyer can post a project, and are they well-known and reputable.
One of the companies I am a provider for consistently provides a work index that ranks the hottest 100 skills in today's online labor market. What they ranked as the number one spot on the index for the fourth month in a row might surprise you; besides highlighting PHP as having this distinction, HTML and article writing also ranked at the top. It's easy to see why PHP (Personal Home Page Tools) provides confirmation to the surmise that PHP-skilled professionals are the most highly demanded professionals in today's workforce.
More than 28,000 jobs have been posted on this popular website within the last 30 days in all sorts of categories. You need someone to write articles for you? No problem. There is a category for that. Need someone to do website design? Yup, you'll find a category for that, as well. So again, you want to make sure the company has a category that your project will belong in.
Some popular major categories that you can post a job in might be:
* Web and Programming
* Design and Multimedia
* Writing and Translation
* Administrative Support
* Sales and Marketing
* Finance and Management
* Legal
* Engineering and Manufacturing
There may be more categories, depending on which website you have decided to post your project. Within each major category, you have a wide array of skills for hire. Let's look at just five examples in the Design and Multimedia as an example:
* Graphic Design
* Photography
* Animation
* Dreamweaver
* Videography
Remember, this is just a sampling. There is a potential of 30 more skills within the Design and Multimedia major category. Are you beginning to see the wide field of opportunity for getting independent contractor help easily?
How
It's easy. Once you've decided on the freelance marketplace that you wish to be a member of, it's a piece of cake to hire professionals with a standardized way to post jobs and receive proposals, hire, manage, and pay for results, and also enables collaboration, tracking progress and providing feedback. What could be easier?
Time is of the essence
Here you are with all the hustle and bustle of the holidays over; perhaps you are behind on finalizing your marketing plan or just plain need extra help to fill in for someone that is sick. Well, don't stress out about it. Now is your opportunity to post your freelance jobs now. You won't be sorry you did.
