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Demand for freelancers rise over 75% in large corporates, reveals survey
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Nov, 2020
A survey has revealed that the demand for freelancers in large
corporates has increased by over 75 per cent in the last one year even
as the industries faced the wrath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As
per the data collected by Flexing It, a curated platform for access to
vetted independent consultants, it has been revealed that it has
witnessed a 75 per cent rise in demand from large corporates to hire
high quality freelance talent for the duration of November, 2019 to
October, 2020.
As per the data, management consulting, FMCG and
pharmaceuticals/healthcare have emerged as the top three industries
using skilled flexible talent, accounting for more than half the
assignments in 2019-20.
This entails demand for critical
profiles, including strategy and business development (23 percent),
information technology (14 per cent) and marketing (12 per cent).
Fuelled
by greater professional autonomy, increased millennial workforce and
the adoption of big platforms, India's flexible talent is getting
persistent traction for addressing the market shifts, surge in demand
due to Covid-19, and need for specialised roles with a stronger shift
towards digitisation while keeping the costs optimised.
"A lot of
corporates are leveraging the power of flexible talent for redefining
customer experience, minimising cyber security threats and developing
digital commerce strategies, apart from using data analytics to drive
short-term and long-term business growth," the report revealed.
Chandrika
Pasricha, CEO and Founder, Flexing It, said, "Covid-19 has propelled
the growth of high-quality flexible talent in India by making businesses
understand the value of having specialised talent onboard, given
today's evolving environment. We are confident that more and more
companies will focus on having a dedicated flexible talent strategy in
place in the next few years, similar to their permanent workforce."
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