Freelancers are trendy, but how do they work and how are they found? Hiring a single freelancer temporarily is just as time-consuming as hiring a new employee. TEQABLE is the link.
29.11.2018, Martin Petruzzi
Up until half a century ago, Swiss industrial companies developed what they produced. In the mid-1960s, the first service providers began to establish themselves, who took over the technical development for the manufacturing companies, or parts thereof. Today, this service sector is indispensable. The fact that various service providers are now joining forces to jointly develop innovations for their customers is not yet widespread and therefore not necessarily understood.
Freelancers are increasingly working on technical development projects. But a freelancer is not just an external project employee, he is a company. Inevitably, he cannot devote himself exclusively to project work for his customers. He writes invoices, keeps accounts and does other administrative work. However, the most important work for his future is to sell himself for the next mandate. This work differs from all other unproductive activities in one important respect: it cannot be done in the evening or at the weekend. The freelancer only reaches new customers during office hours. This is exactly the time during which he works in the current customer’s project.
This is where the business model often referred to as the “collaborative economy” comes into play. As a service provider – in the field of interdisciplinary engineering – it is a matter of matching the perfectly functioning mix of permanent employees with exactly the right freelance experts to form a highly dynamic, motivated team. This frees freelancers during their project work, and future employment is taken care of. The benefit for the customer is obvious.
As modern as the concept of not being tied to a single employer is, freelancers like to work in a team, to be valued and to have a social and intellectual exchange.
TEQABLE offers freelancers this harbour. Therefore the customer gets the opportunity to form project-specific ideal and highly organised teams. The model has proven to be very successful for several years.
Benefits for our freelancers:
- familiar teams
- varied work
- Stabilised order situation
- no acquisition activity
Benefits for our customers:
- optimal project-specific teamsabwechslungsreiche Arbeit
- one contact person
- clear responsibilities
- source for highly qualified experts
- short assignments at the right time
