| Many companies never consider the benefits to be | | | | Particularly for specialised projects, hiring in a |
| had by hiring in freelance talent for specific projects. | | | | freelance worker can offer the largest benefits. This |
| It has only been in recent years, with the growth in | | | | is true for smaller companies as it is unlikely they will |
| popularity of online freelance job sites, that finding | | | | have a member of staff already on hand with the |
| freelancers has become relatively pain-free. | | | | skill set required. |
| Most companies are looking for ways to make their | | | | The cutbacks in the investment management and |
| businesses more dynamic and more cost effective. If | | | | investment banking sector will benefit from hiring |
| the project is a fairly short one then hiring a full-time | | | | freelancers. Financial companies who hire a freelance |
| employee is often outside of budgetary scope, | | | | marketing consultant who has either specialist |
| therefore the company would traditionally outsource | | | | knowledge or a specialist skill set particularly benefit |
| the work to another company. This can often be | | | | from this arrangement. Homebased freelancer or |
| expensive and the organisation loses the ability to | | | | freelancers with their own office can benefit the |
| manage the project closely. In this situation hiring in | | | | employer immensely due to the ability to carry out |
| freelance marketing consultant makes good sense. | | | | confidential or sensitive research. Hiring a freelance |
| The company benefits by not having to recruit a | | | | marketing consultant can be cost-effective, highly |
| permanent member of staff for a short project, but | | | | productive and beneficially rewarding for both parties. |
| is able to manage the person directly. | | | | |