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The Legal Landscape: Navigating Compliance with Independent Contractors
Engaging independent contractors comes with many benefits: increased staffing flexibility, access to in-demand skills, cost savings, and a workforce for project-based work. But in exchange for these advantages, companies must be aware of how to navigate compliance in order to operate legally when engaging contingent workers. From a legal perspective, independent contractors fall under a…
Read More10 Things to do When Business is Slow
When business is slow, there can be many factors at play. It might be the time of year for your industry, the holiday season, changing consumer trends, or a sign your pipeline needs a boost. As an independent professional, work can ebb and flow from month to month. One day you may be swamped with…
Read MoreTracking The Growth And Success Of The Freelance Revolution
Data used from MBO Partners Digital Nomad Study.
Read MoreUpskilling and Reskilling in Your Direct Sourcing Program
In today’s fast-paced business space where change has become the norm, worker skills requirements frequently shift. The result is not really a skills shortage, though media and many business experts use that term. Rather, demand is greater than supply at different times and for certain skills. In today’s market, this situation applies to many technology…
Read More15 Ways to Avoid a Worker Misclassification Audit (Guide)
Learn the steps to take if your company is audited and 15 best practices to implement to avoid an audit.
Read MoreAI is a new tension point between creators, social platforms, and brands
YouTube’s suite of creator AI tools could be a big win-win: They make YouTube more appealing to creators and brands, and with 68% of creators already active on YouTube, per MBO Partners, they could help educate a wide swath of creators on how to use AI more effectively.
Read MoreTrue Flexibility is Key to Success in the Future of Work
If you ask leaders at your enterprise what “workplace flexibility” means, what would they say? Many answers would probably revolve around ideas like remote/hybrid arrangements, variable work schedules, and skill-based roles, and they would be right—to a degree. These and other tactics certainly contributed to enhanced flexibility, but on their own, they can fall short…
Read MoreGlobetrotting Families: How Digital Nomads Are Embracing Travel with Their Children
By now, we have all heard about digital nomadism. Earlier this year, I authored a long form piece for HBR on the topic, on how to get started and have a successful digital nomad experience. However, while the phenomenon of employee nomading has been extensively recorded, its allure is now expanding beyond individuals to encompass…
Read MoreHow To Land A Fractional Role: The Path To Career Flexibility
Data used from MBO study.
Read MoreHow to Use an Online Marketplace to Grow Your Small Business
Finding new work is always top of mind when you run your own business. Independent professionals are increasingly relying on online talent marketplaces as a sales channel for their services. In 2022, 41% of independents who provide services to businesses said they found work on talent platforms, an increase from 15% in 2015 and just…
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