As expansive as it is known to be, the human arsenal has never possessed anything more valuable than that tendency of improving on a consistent basis. We say this because the stated tendency has already got us to hit upon some huge milestones, with technology appearing as a rather unique member of the group. The reason why technology’s credentials are so anomalous is based on its skill-set, which was unprecedented enough to realize all the possibilities for us that we couldn’t have imagined otherwise. Nevertheless, a closer look should be able to reveal how the whole runner was also very much inspired by the way we applied those skills across a real world environment. The latter component was, in fact, what gave the creation a spectrum-wide presence and made it the ultimate centrepiece of every horizon. Now, having such an ingenious tool run the show did scale up our human experience from many different directions, but even after reaching so far ahead, this ingenious idea called technology will somehow keep on bringing out the right goods. The same has turned increasingly evident over the recent past, and assuming Upwork’s latest move does go on to make the desired impact, it will only propel that trend to bigger heights in the near future and beyond.
Upwork, world’s leading work marketplace, has officially expanded its offerings to make full-time hiring available to all customers. As per certain reports, the new solution helps businesses of all sizes to find, vet, hire, onboard, and pay highly skilled professionals in relation to a full-time work arrangement. But what are some of the actionable elements we can expect from this solution? Well, for starters, it allows all clients and job aspirants to test out a contract-to-hire working relationship before they commit to a long-term engagement. The requirement for such a feature is validated by the fact that, since the beginning of 2023, Upwork has seen more than 40,000 contract-to-hire jobs getting posted on its marketplace. Next up, the feature ensures wider availability of the platform’s payroll, compliance, and contract management tools. This is particularly a big deal, because previously, these tools would remain strictly reserved for Enterprise Suite clients. However, it seems like medium and small-sized businesses can also use the stated tools moving forward, and they can do so regardless of whether they have found the relevant talent on Upwork or not. Hold on, there is more. The upgrade has also added enhanced enterprise suite capabilities to the picture, capabilities that are supposed to help large businesses in classifying, hiring, and paying full-time talent at scale. Going by the available details, the enterprise-oriented offering is powered by customized onboarding workflows, systems integrations, as well as an advanced reporting feature which encourages talent innovation like nothing else.
“Today, hiring full-time talent around the globe is an expensive proposition and a leap of faith for everyone involved,” said Dave Bottoms, General Manager of Marketplace at Upwork. “With this expansion into a full-time hiring solution for all our customers, we have mobilized Upwork’s longstanding expertise, experience and technology to further help businesses and skilled professionals build trusted, long-term working relationships. We aim to provide customers the flexibility to choose the work arrangements that best fit their needs.”
The development follows up on Upwork’s 2022 Future Workforce Report that discovered almost 93 percent of hiring managers often or occasionally preferred to convert freelancers into full-time employees. In an event where they don’t do it, the reason, during 71% of the occasions, relates to the freelancer’s work quality. Upwork solves that problem by giving businesses complete access to best-in-class talent. The company’s testimony is wholly evident in a glorious track record, which spans across 180 countries and 10,000 skills. Fortunately, from here onwards, this expansiveness can also be expected around the full-time work niche.
