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Websiteskillsfinder.com
Blogskillsfinder.com/...
Twitter@skillsfinder
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone08708115431
Emailinfo@skillsfinder...
Employees3
Founded6/08
DescriptionFlexible Outsourcing for SMEs

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15 Queen Square
Leeds, LS2 8AJ, GBR

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Skills Finderâ„¢

Skills Finderâ„¢, www.skillsfinder.com, is a service marketplace where businesses of all sizes find cost-effective and flexible ways to hire, manage and securely pay fully rated independent professionals, freelancers and contractors online. It’s completely free to register and post projects with no obligation to accept bids.

Skills Finder is not a recruitment agency. We simply provide an online medium where businesses find and hire skilled professionals to work on their projects remotely or on-site, plus the tools to manage online work from hiring, to collaboration, to making payment.

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Above: Skills Finderâ„¢ - Home Page
Uploaded: 7/7/09
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Above: Skills Finderâ„¢ - Freelance Professionals
Uploaded: 7/7/09

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Skills Finderâ„¢

Websiteskillsfinder.com
Blogskillsfinder.com/content/blogcat...
StageLive
Launch DateJune 1, 2009
Tags outsourcing, off-shoring, freelance, flexible-working, remote-working

Skills Finderâ„¢ is an online service marketplace where businesses of all sizes find cost-effective and flexible ways to hire, manage and securely pay fully rated independent professionals, freelancers and contractors in an environment of mutual trust.

Who uses Skills Finderâ„¢ and Why? Small businesses, start-up companies, IT Consultants, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Customer Service Managers, Marketing and Sales firms etc use Skills Finderâ„¢ for the following reasons: Flexibility

  • Companies can staff up when needed, and scale down when demand is low
  • Increase growth by tapping into the Skills Finderâ„¢ pool of fully rate independent professionals
  • Meet compliance and gain access to a wider skills set of CRB and Security cleared professionals

Cost effective

  • The Skills Finderâ„¢ open and transparent bidding system ensures quality and competitive quotes are received from skilled professionals or from more targeted professionals based on buyer specifications
  • The use of remote labour ensures less overheads, less office space and no cost or liability in firing staff
  • Cheaper when compared to traditional forms of hiring staff e.g. advertising, agency or recruiter fees

Control

  • Release payment through Escrow only when requirements are met and results are delivered.
  • Ability to stored and track all project activities, expenditure, projects posted and communications online
  • Public feedback and ratings based on work quality inspires great performance from providers

On the on the hand, more IT Service Providers, Experienced Freelancers, contractors, self employed College and University Students are also taking advantage of Skills Finderâ„¢ for the following reasons:

  • Find more work, manage projects online and get paid securely
  • Sell their skills online and allow companies and employers to find and post more jobs to them
  • Grow their business without huge sales & marketing cost
  • Define and control when and where they want to work, at what price,
  • Get paid securely for the services they deliver and build a strong portfolio

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