Many business owners are hiring freelancer to help them with their businesses. Freelancers come in different forms such as Graphic Artist, Web Designer, Web Developer, Researcher, Research Analyst, Human Resource, Recruiter, Bookkeeper, Accountant, Copywriter, Writer, Transcriptionist, Office Assistant, Personal Assistant, Data Entry and many more. Whatever you need, it’s very possible to find in the freelancing industry.
So what is it for you in getting a freelancer? Here’s some list of how a freelancer can benefit you.
1. A freelancer is not your employee. We all know that in every company, employee benefits are already part of employee welfare. In any Labor Law, there are always topics dealing with employee benefits. Hiring a freelancer reduces your risk of non-compliance to your Labor Law. There are no mandated benefits because a freelancer is not your direct employee, not included in the employee list and not included in the payroll list.
2. A freelancer is the expert for the job. Once a freelancer posted his/her skill, you are sure that this is what they do best. Because a freelancer knows what best skills they have acquired, they are confident to show to their profile the skills they can offer. For assurance, carefully review their profile to other social media sites to know if their skills are true enough.
3. You are updated on the status of the project. You can choose whether a project is hourly rate or by fixed price. When you choose an hourly rate, you can see the work done on an hourly basis, thus letting you have the confidence that your project is moving according to your desired schedule. When you choose a fixed price, you and the freelancer usually agree on the different milestones of the project. Each milestone has a target date of completion. From each milestone, you can easily monitor if the objective of the project is done accordingly to what has been agreed upon.
4. You can easily terminate the freelancer. There are some countries where employees are duly protected by the Labor Law. As such, they cannot be terminated in an instant without providing due process. When you hire a freelancer, you have the option to terminate immediately the project with the freelancer if you are dissatisfied with the work he/she produces. You do not need to pay all the damages when you terminate the project. You just have to compensate the work done by the freelancer. After all, efforts were already made to the project and the least you can do is to pay for the work contributed.
5. No tardiness issue. A freelancer usually indicates the working hours and both business owner and the freelancer agree on it. And because the freelancer commits on the agreed schedule, he/she saves that particular schedule only for your project. Since this is a freelancing job, usually work from home, it lessens the chances of getting stuck in the traffic or road accident making the freelancer late for work.
6. Freelancer have work-life balance. Because freelancer works at his/her own pace, they still have time for their family, friends, social life and other life goals. You don’t take much of their time. And because they still find happiness in their life, they produce better job than your office employees.
7. Freelancer continues to acquire more skills. When you talk about freelancing industry, you speak about skills that are acquired or learned. Most of the freelancer keeps on increasing their skills to make them more competent that the others. They keep on boosting themselves as compared with employees who might be contented with the skills they have from the time you acquired them until they reach their retirement.
8. Freelancer provides own working place. You don’t have to worry about the area of work for your freelancer. Thus, making you free from the electric bill, water bill, and no additional desk-chair set up. Instead, the freelancer offers services only and will not ask for anything more but your payment.
There are other benefits for you when you get the service of a freelancer. Above are some of the common benefits you can easily enjoy. The number of freelancers are increasing everyday making it easy for you to reach out to them. You just have to carefully choose who to get to work with you.
I have been working in the corporate world for more than 14 years. Being in Human Resources, I understand the issues to business owners/management. I realized then that business can move to freelancing job to help them with their business needs without hampering its operations. In case you need assistance with your human resources, I will be available to help and be glad to work with you.