| Struggling to find cost effective personnel? Want to | | | | they have to manage information from multiple |
| avoid paying someone to do half a job? There are | | | | sources. |
| many ways to find cost effective freelancers, but | | | | 6. What specific skills will they need. Make sure you |
| there are very few that can do a job well. | | | | ask for examples of them using these skills, and they |
| Here are a few suggestions to find freelancers: | | | | should include the how, what, where, when, why of |
| 1. Google for freelancers and you will find plenty of | | | | those examples too. |
| website that offer freelancers for hire. They all have | | | | 7. Ask them to include a timeline of when and where |
| their positives and negatives, however you want to | | | | they will be able to deliver the project. |
| find the one with the biggest pool of talent in the field | | | | 8. Be specific in what you don't want in the proposal. |
| you are looking to propose the project. | | | | Ask them not to list irrelevant URLS, because they |
| 2. Ask for specific examples of work done before, | | | | probably will. |
| how long they took, how much they cost and what | | | | 9. Make sure you have a clear idea of when you want |
| they did in those examples. | | | | the project delivered and state that in the plan. |
| 3. Ask links to pages of work completed that are | | | | 10. Ask in forums to find people that might know |
| "specific" to what you are asking for. | | | | freelancers. Don't just rely on using elance websites to |
| 4. If you need them to speak a specific language, | | | | find suitable candidates. |
| make sure you say so, for example "Must speak | | | | 11. Once you find a good candidate, ask them where |
| excellent English." | | | | to find good candidates. |
| 5. Make sure you list if they will only deal with you or if | | | | |