44 Percent of companies measure today Freelancer activities a high to very high importance to. Especially in the IT industry professionals are increasingly on the agenda. This is confirmed by the figures of this year's IT freelancers study by IDG Business, after which about two out of three companies use freelance professionals. The relevance of project-based work in this case increases steadily. This is due to an increasingly flexible labor market and, secondly, the lack of skilled workers among its own permanent staff.
For many companies, freelance project workers are a possibility, to attract experienced staff, which absorb the skills gap and thus include expertise bottlenecks and -interruptions in process. In order to stand out from other candidates, points Freelancer with current certifications, give the authority clarity about the freelancers capabilities.
The evaluations of the study of IDG Business Research Service have shown, that on a scale of 1 up to 6, in which 1 is very important, the quality of the featured Freelancer profile is regarded as a particularly authoritative. With a degree of importance of 1,99 is this item at the top of rankings. Closely followed, with a review of 2,09, are based on experience, between clients and freelancers through joint, there are already completed projects. On the subsequent courses are fee rates of freelancers and the time required for the recruitment of 2,23 and 2,27.
The time period until the presentation of the Freelancers and rate of applicability by the service interact with a relevance of 2,34 and 2,37 heavily in the decision-making process with a. So who is ready for, has good cards.
In the project awarding authority go to play it safe: Reliability is beside tray- and methodological skills a prerequisite for cooperation. Particularly important: the freelance expert must be able to integrate into the existing team. Only by far respondents mentioned analytical skills, Branchenkenntnis, Customer orientation and project management experience as essential Freelancer Skills.

Alexandra Mesmer

COMPUTERWOCHE
WEDNESDAY, 11. MAY 2016 11:18 GMT

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