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Startups guide to finding freelancers and how much to pay them

Startups however have to face many challenges, and thus the biggest of them being is the  lack of funds. That is why as to the many new companies thus opt to hire freelancers until they  thus can begin in order  to build a team of their own. It’s considered as a cost saving option in the beginning, it thus requires less paperwork, and also however thus comes with a shorter on-boarding process.
However, anyone who thus  has looked into hiring a freelancers thus knows that the array of the hourly rates can thus be daunting. With each of the  individuals who are thus  setting their own rates, it can thus be tough in order  to know if one is hiring quality talent, or whether one is thus paying too much or too little. If one pays  too little, one may however worry that one is thus  not going to receive quality work, and thus paying too much doesn’t really work on a startup budget either.
The purpose of this article is to make the reader aware of the ways in which one can find freelancers and also the fact as to how much should one pay them
We will however first deal with the fact as to where can one find the freelancers :
If one encounters  a problem with the project and also  needs  the freelancer in order to do some more work, one could thus  be left waiting a day or two in order  to have the modifications delivered thus depending on the difference in the time zones. Not to mention, there could thus also  be language barriers as well. These are all thus great discussion points in order  to address in the interview or either in the vetting process.

Also, one may thus  opt to find a freelancer in the local community if one prefers in order  to meet face to face or either  work with someone that is thus in the same time zone as one is . There’s thus a good chance if one can find someone who can thus handle the job within a 50-mile radius. Meetup groups, business networking groups, entrepreneur support groups, and also even the chambers of commerce are thus all places where one can find the best local talent or either  get the referrals.
Meeting with the contractor personally thus also allows one in order to get a better feel for them and also  their work. The internet is considered as a great resource, but most of the people thus still have trouble in thus getting a good read on someone which is  online.
Then , let us discuss as to how is one suppose to determining as to how much to pay
It can however  be very difficult in order to determine as to what are  the right hourly freelancer rates that should be for any given position. One can thus however often be quoted between several hundred to several thousand rupees  for the same job.
One important factor which one is required  to keep in mind is that the freelancers thus  typically charge a higher hourly rate than thus the hourly averages for salaried employees . This is however  due to many reasons, thus however including the fact that they are thus working on the  short term jobs and also don't have the security of a full-time position, salary, and also the benefits; and of course, because they can however also  set their own rates.
As a client, one may thus also  want in order to calculate the number of hours it should thus take to complete the job and also then work out a fair flat rate, taking the freelancer’s hourly rate into the  consideration. In this case, it’s however important in order  to outline the number of revisions, edits, etc. that one however  wants  to include in the agreed upon flat rate. And one must  be sure in order  to agree on the deposit or the pre-payment amounts, as well as what the hourly rate will thus be in the event that the scope of work thus increases later on.
Choosing The Right Freelancer
Beyond interviewing the potential candidates, checking the references and also reviewing the portfolios, it's thus considered as important in order  to start out by thus assigning a small test job. This will thus ensure that one will  be happy with the quality of the freelancer's work, their work ethic, and also that they will thus work well with the management style.
No matter what, one should however never ask a freelancer in order  to do any work for free and should not also promise them more work in the future. This is thus not only considered as disrespectful of their time, but also thus in addition, samples of their previous work, along with the interview should be however sufficient for one in order  to decide whether or not one wants  to hire them for the project. If one  can’t thus  afford in order  to test them with a project, or one isnt  feeling confident in their abilities through the references and also the portfolio, one must continue the search in order to find the right person.
This article has been contributed by Simmi Setia, Content Writer at LegalRaasta, an online portal for GST SoftwareGST Return FilingGST Registration, Section 8 Company RegistrationNidhi Company RegistrationIEC RegistrationFssai LicenseFile ITR Online.


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