Want Your Job Filled Faster? 5 Tips to Hire the Right Talent for Your Project

Ask any hiring manager when they want a role filled and they’ll likely say yesterday—it can be tough to find good talent. We can point to the talent shortage or the time-consuming process for interviewing and hiring, but the reality is it’s the marriage of a number of components that makes hiring employees so challenging and slow.

Often companies feel they need to choose between hiring fast, which may involve incomplete evaluations, or hiring right, which is more time consuming since it’s extremely thorough. The good news is that these don’t have to be exclusive: If you consider engaging freelancers for project-based work instead, you could be moving forward in three days.

Here are five tips to help you hire fast and right:

1. Consider whether employee or freelancer is the right fit

Ask yourself: What skills are essential for the job? Is this an ongoing or project-specific need? Do you need to closely manage the work or can it be done independently?

Depending on the project at hand, you may find that a freelancer with a specialized skillset is a better fit. Learn more about employee and independent contractor classification.

2. Remove roadblocks for hiring freelancers

To streamline your hiring process, establish a process to quickly review freelancer profiles, proposals, and portfolios. If you take a long time to get back to a potential freelancer or involve too many people in the process, you may risk losing the opportunity to work with a freelancer because he may sign up for another project.

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3. Make it quick to get a freelancer up and running

When you have a timely project, the faster a freelancer is onboarded and working on the project, the better. Shorten time-to-start by choosing a freelancer platform, like Upwork Enterprise, that is customizable based on a company’s needs. This can reduce start time from an average of 60 days to just two days.

4. Expand your talent pool

Consider looking at freelance talent outside of your geographical area. When you expand your pool, you have access to more freelancers with specialized skills and with greater availability. Search online marketplaces and ask for referrals from your network.

5. Delegate independent contractor compliance

Whether you’re hiring employees or freelancers, it can sometimes be challenging to properly classify talent since it depends on the type of work, how it’s done, where it’s done, and many other criteria. To avoid misclassification, delegate that responsibility to compliance professionals. Some freelancer platforms, like Upwork Enterprise, offer classification to help ensure your existing and new talent are properly classified.

Say goodbye to months of lag time between when you post a job and when it’s filled. Hire the right talent faster by applying these tips to keep projects moving.

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