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by Gayle Kesten While the economic recession continues to roll on, Elance's June jobs report provides an unprescribed dose of optimism -- providing you have the right skill set. Elance, which I blogged about earlier this year, is a Web site that connects employers looking to freelance projects they don't have the time or expertise to do themselves with skilled contractors who can meet those needs. It's a valuable resource no matter which half of that relationship you represent, and something is clearly working given this week Elance says it'll be passing the $200 million mark for work that has gone through the site. "The notion of working with someone who is a stranger and paying them for important work to get done doesn't sound as far-fetched as a few years ago," said Brad Porteus, Elance's chief marketing officer, when we spoke in February. (Apart from Elance, it's also the way I've been working for two years.)  My conversation with Porteus came a couple of weeks prior to the company's launch of the monthly Elance Online Work Index, which ranks the skills most in-demand on the Web based on data from tens of thousands of jobs posted on Elance. (Jobs fall into eight broad categories, each of which are then further divided into dozens of specific skills.) Since March, the types of expertise cracking the index's top 10 remain 80% unchanged, though positioning has fluctuated a few spots in either direction. Big picture, "businesses are in need of people who can code, people who can design, and people who can write," Porteus blogged.
Elance offers this perspective about index activity, and it's valuable insight whether you're the one with the goods, are considering a new career path, or need of someone to fill the following gaps for your own small business:
| Comments (3) Comments Email handling is definitely an important web skill, as more and more companies are using email marketing to promote their products. Posted by: Sara Kmiecik on July 17, 2009 at 12:42 PM Hello Gayle, Elance is one of the most professional outsourcing resource from what I have heard so far and definitely email marketing is something that should be outsourced as most of the business owners do not have the time or the inspiration to do it themselves, or simply devote their time to others marketing aspects of their businesses. Which should be many :) Great article, thank you very much Joanna Vaiou Posted by: Joanna Vaiou - Success Business Mindset on December 9, 2009 at 7:30 AM |
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Hi Gayle
Well, you really expanded my horizons today with this article. I knew of Elance but had never visted the site. I have now signed up and will be offering specialist resume writing services
Thanks so much for adding another dimension to my business model
Cheers
Brian
Posted by: Brian Moore - The Career Guru on June 19, 2009 at 4:33 AM