650,000 new jobs were posted at Elance.com this year where cumulative earnings will probably exceed $500 million by year end. Elance surveyed small businesses and found that over four fifths of them plan to hire half their workers online in the next year! Global economies may be struggling, but online work is thriving. What’s in demand [...]
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Record-Setting Online Hiring in Q4 2010 At Elance
People who found work through Elance earned more than $27 million in just the last three months of 2010 according to their Q4 2010 Online Employment Report. Elance also reported that the fourth quarter of 2010 set a record for online employment in IT, Creative, Marketing and Operations categories, supporting our analysis of other sources that suggests [...]
Group Health For Elance Freelancers
Elance, one of the freelance job boards, has established a partnership with eHealth to health insurance for small businesses and freelance professionals who work online. Is a retirement plan next? The partnership will provide the U.S. based Elance community with “free health insurance quotes, the ability to compare over 10,000 health insurance products from carriers [...]
Commute for Fun, Not for Work
Now here’s a switch, instead of commuting to work, this snowboarding enthusiast chose telework so he can commute to fun! Here’s a video he put together for Elance’s “What does your cloud commute look like?” video contest. In case you don’t know, Elance is one of the largest online freelance job boards in the world. [...]
Getting Paid in a Recession
When times get tough, getting paid for your work can too. There’s a good article by Polly Traylor about how to keep your customers’ cash flow problems from becoming your own on American Express Open today. (full disclosure: she quotes yours truly) Choose customers carefully Establish credit limits Be flexible / get creative Have systems [...]
