Cool, very cool. Been looking into options to solve this problem ourselves. This is simple and elegant, looking forward to hearing how the experiment turns out.
Do you have any criteria for gigs to make it through to the freelancers? What wouldn't make the cut? Any accountability on your part for helping make the link if something goes wrong? I'm usually not one to focus on the negative sides of a model like this, I'm just wondering what you've thought through and determined? -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia Got Community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org On Nov 1, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday I launched Hire on Creative Density's site where local Denver > companies can submit projects to the freelancers that cowork at Creative > Density. I'm branding it as a personal recommendation service for freelancers > versus a straight jobs connector because so many of those already exist and > this is a more curated service. How it works is pretty simple, companies say > what type of project they want to work on, the budget, and further details. I > then respond to the company with three or less recommendations of people that > I know would be interested and meet the job requirements. This process will > change as membership increases and the community will be asked for input into > the process because I want to avoid favoring people and creating politics. I > simply want to give honest feedback to companies on freelancers that I work > with on a daily basis and understand their strengths and passions. > > I take no cut of work and it is a service and benefit to the coworkers. > > The need CD is trying to solve: > Companies don't know where to go to find talent. They often just post on > Craigslist or go through their current networks. This is a long process or > the company is limited to how many freelancers they actually know. Hire > becomes a hub for local talent. > > Freelancers have a new opportunity to work with local companies and get > discovered. They get more work, able to spend more time coworking, we build a > stronger community. > > Creative Density benefits by becoming a hub and support system for > freelancers. As Tony would say, we'd help fix this stupid job crisis. In > addition, I'm starting to see more work passed between members and I'm > getting approached by companies looking for talent already. Hire will provide > a formal outlet for outside companies and to encourage them to use coworking > members for gigs. What I don't want is for people to join Creative Density > just because of job leads, but I'm going to react versus worry too much about > it up front because I think good community management and culture can > overcome this problem. > > I'm not sure if any other coworking spaces are launching services like this > but I would love to know your reactions or how you'd change it. This is a > beta and will be adjusted as need. > > Craig > Creative Density > Denver, CO > > > > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
