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How to Select the Right Freelancer for the Work

Harvard Business Review

As organizations confront new competitive challenges and disruptive technologies, an agile approach to talent provides both a means of rapid strategic change, as well as a way to increase strategic capability. The benefits are compelling: increased flexibility, speed, and innovation as well as cost management.

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The Dawning of the Age of Flex Labor

Harvard Business Review

The second is technology. Recent examples include projects at firms such as General Electric, Staples, and dozens of other Fortune 1000 enterprises that span functional areas from marketing to strategy to human resources to operations. The increased difficulty of saving for retirement from continually changing benefits programs.