Personally, I prefer freelancers but this is under the condition that they are trustworthy and hard working. From my experience, despite plenty of marketplaces to look for talent, it's gotten harder to find trustworthy expertise and quality help for short term jobs. There's still too much overhead and inconsistency to rely on third party marketplaces.
In my opinion, the best place to hire contractors and freelancers are through using the network you already have. Recently, my solutions to hiring and being hired is through AskFora.com, where you describe what you need, and AskFora then helps find qualified people from your network. With AskFora, a client can find a consultant or contractor, get their job done, and pay them, all in the same day. I highly recommend it. If you have a chance to check it out, I'd be curious to get your thoughts on how it works for you.
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I do, both! Freelancers are great when I need an expert. VAs are great at the routines.
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Personally, I prefer freelancers but this is under the condition that they are trustworthy and hard working. From my experience, despite plenty of marketplaces to look for talent, it's gotten harder to find trustworthy expertise and quality help for short term jobs. There's still too much overhead and inconsistency to rely on third party marketplaces.
In my opinion, the best place to hire contractors and freelancers are through using the network you already have. Recently, my solutions to hiring and being hired is through AskFora.com, where you describe what you need, and AskFora then helps find qualified people from your network. With AskFora, a client can find a consultant or contractor, get their job done, and pay them, all in the same day. I highly recommend it. If you have a chance to check it out, I'd be curious to get your thoughts on how it works for you.