Upwork Newswire: Traditional Hiring Isn’t Enough

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Huffington Post | Build On-Demand Teams Instead of Hiring Employees

The number of freelance professionals is growing at the same time demand from business for more flexible talent is on the rise. In many companies, however, this effort is more than a little informal; rogue spend is what happens when the established channels can’t meet demand.

Startup mentor Marty Zwilling says it’s time for businesses to take a more strategic approach:

“Entrepreneurs today can’t afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception that ‘talent’ is only full-time employees,” he said.

Referencing the book “Navigating the Talent Shift,” by Lisa Hufford, he cites eight steps to help businesses break out of a traditional frame of mind:

• Build teams to meet goals rather than organization charts.
• Focus on deliverables and skills required right now.
• Prioritize objectives and seek expert talent to match.
• Build an on-demand pool of strategic do-ers.
• Think in terms of projects to keep up with an evolving strategy.
• Stay nimble by quickly filling gaps in the existing team.
• Leverage the broadest possible network.
• Maintain budget flexibility as the business changes.

Read Zwilling’s full comments to learn more about how to navigate the movement to on-demand talent teams >>

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