The Gig Economy: How to Hire a Freelancer in Finance
The Gig Economy: How to Hire a Freelancer in Finance

Would you outsource yourself?

The so-called gig economy has come to finance. While there have always been temps, contractors, consultants and seasonal employees, the gig economy is different. That's because numerous online market sites have developed to aggregate supply and demand and lower transaction costs where workers and employers can meet, interview and hire.

By 2020, LinkedIn expects that 43 percent of the U.S. workforce will consist of freelancers, up from 6 percent in 1989. PwC launched its own site to attract freelancers in 2016 because they had trouble holding onto the specialized, in-demand staff required to satisfy their clients.

Here is just a sample of some gig economy finance projects posted from a leading professional freelancer site:

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