5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Freelancer
So, you’ve decided to hire a freelancer. Congratulations! This is a great way to take some of the workload off your team and bring in some outside expertise. A great freelancer can help you elevate your brand to new levels while saving yourself the cost of hiring a new full-timer. Plus, freelancers typically specialize in one or more niches, so you can take advantage of their highly refined skill set to boost your company’s performance.
That said, freelancers can still cost you a premium (if you want quality work), and you have to choose them from among an ever-expanding sea of options. Sites like Fiverr and Upwork are inundated with unscrupulous freelancers who charge cheap rates but have little to offer. Meanwhile, the quality freelancers are hard to find among the crowd.
As a freelancer, I’ve heard from many a client that another freelancer took their money yet turned in shoddy work. From overseas competitors willing to work for $1 per hour to delusional newbies who think that their three months’ experience commands $100 per hour, it’s hard for a reasonably priced, accomplished freelancer to break through the noise. Often, I’ve been hired to clean up another freelancer’s mess.
This isn’t meant as a criticism of freelancers in general, but rather an acknowledgment that as in any field, wannabes wanting to make a…
