Freelance employees and virtual assistants are a common sight nowadays on the internet, with the advent of popular job boards like Rentacoder and Quora. Alex Houg explains the pros and cons of hiring freelance vs. having regular employees, and why freelancing within online marketing has it's own set of risks.





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Written by SPCowan
3379 days ago

I'm currently all about freelancers, however, I understand why an employer would hire a permanent staff member; consistency, growth, etc. Having said that, I used to work in recruitment and was faced with the challenge of matching up compatible permanent candidates with my clients, because the sector was luxury retail the client would sometimes take on a temporary candidate during the interim and end up hiring said temp, great for them but not so good for my commission!



Written by charlielegend39
3538 days ago

I have had great luck with freelancers, but there is nothing like a loyal employee to do some great work!



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