interested as well... more for our freelancers than our hirers, but happy to hear more
On Thursday, November 1, 2012 1:46:29 PM UTC-4, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking wrote: > > Yesterday I launched > *Hire<http://densitycoworking.com/new-service-hire-a-freelancer-through-creative-density/> > * 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
