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The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want. New York: American Management Association. ISBN 978-0-8144-3734-6. Oppong, Thomas (2018). Working in the Gig Economy: How to Thrive and Succeed When You Choose to Work for Yourself. London: Kogan Page. ISBN 978-0-7494-8355-5
vWorker was an employment website that enabled companies to outsource projects and independent contractors to find work. Together with Elance, Freelancer.com, Guru.com, and Upwork, it was one of the largest global freelance marketplaces of its kind. [1] It organized and streamlined the management of outsourced employees. [2] [3] [4]
The innovative work/study program that is core to DDD's social enterprise enables young women and men from very poor families to gain work experience plus access to higher education. As a result, they secure professional jobs and earn lasting higher incomes, breaking the cycle of poverty. Since 2001, the projected increase in lifetime earnings ...
TaskRabbit is an online and mobile marketplace that connects clients with "taskers" to outsource small jobs and tasks, such as cleaning, performing deliveries, assembling furniture, and more, to others in their neighborhood. [7] The company was originally founded under the name RunMyErrand. [4] In 2010, the company was renamed to TaskRabbit. [8]
Examples of such tasks could be programming, web development and web design, multi-media production, logo design or search engine optimization not forgetting services like translations, research and editorial work. In this case, online platforms can serve to simplify the process of attaining and assigning project based work. [2]
Companies will outsource work to independent contractors or freelancers instead of hiring a full-time employee. This benefits companies because hiring new people is expensive in terms of salary ...
Amal Hassan is a Nigerian technology entrepreneur and chief executive officer at Outsource global [1] [2] providing outsourcing destinations which she started in 2013. [3] [4] In 2018, she was one of 16 women business leaders named among the 2018 Fortune-US Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership [5] and regarded as a role model for the girl-child in northern Nigeria.
On-demand outsourcing is a trend in outsourcing wherein major internal operations processes of a company are being shifted to a provider that is paid for by the number of transactions involved. The business transferring the services pays for the quality, special skills and the competence of the service provider's employees.