5 Tips To Hire Freelancers To Moderate The Cost Of Employee In Germany

Once you are done with the Company Formation in Germany, your business starts to grow and so is your need to hire new people. Hiring an employee requires a lot of investment in terms of time, money and other resources. And if these trained new employees do not work out, it creates an even bigger hole than before. In order to overcome this unwanted cost, many companies are now turning to short-term contractors or freelancers, in order avoid some of the struggle they are experiencing.

Hiring a freelancer can decrease the cost of an employee in Germany. Below are some of the tips for hiring freelancers:

 

1. Lay Out A Thorough Description Of The Job

Freelancers are usually hired for the jobs that are low impact or that can be done remotely. These can be in the areas of Web Development, Social Media, Digital Marketing, creatives, Office Management etc.

Regardless of the role you are hiring for, you need to first invest some time to understand and define all the factors related to the role you are hiring for such as, who would be managing the freelancer or what kind of training that is needed or what the duration of the contract should be or how much they will be paid etc.

Try to write down a thorough job description so that bothparties have a clear understanding what is needed of them in the long run.

 

2. Picture An Ideal Candidate In Mind

Once you are through the first step and understand the job, the second step is to set out certain standards for the candidate. Hiring a freelancer often means that you will not be meeting him face to face. Therefore, there must be some characteristics you need to lay down such as a college degree or fluency in German or minimum years of experience.

Once you have laid down your expectations. The next step would be to take other factors into consideration like working hours, working schedule compared to the rest of the office etc. Having a detailed description of the perfect candidate would help you weed out the applicants and arrive at the best match more quickly.

 

3. Know Where To Look

Once you are ready with the job description and the description of your perfect candidate, it is time to start looking for the freelancers. This can be an overwhelming task. There are many online as well as offline options that you can use.

4. Define Measurables And Set Clear Expectations

This is important from the candidate’s point of view. Setting clear expectations and defining measurables would give a fair idea of your expectations and organizational goals. This would create a level of understanding from the very start and help keep the relationship on track. Defining Measurables would give you a say in the work of a freelancer and you could point out whenever there is something that is not going up to the mark. In the same way, the candidate would also lay down his terms and hence would help establish a level of understanding between the two parties.

 

5. Have A Test Period Before Hiring

This is extremely important and would help you to understand a lot of hiccups before you go for any long-term commitment. For example, you want to hire a freelancer to take over your blog and write articles on daily or weekly basis. It would be a great idea to ask him to write 2-3 piecemeal articles before finalizing with him for a longer run. This would give you a fair idea of his approach with your team and also his working style and the level of sincerity he brings to his work. Doing a test project also would help you to weed out any person who looked good on paper but did not turn out to be as great as they claimed to be.