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Remote Employees Becoming All the Rage

Written by Deborah Merkin | 01/26/2012

Does your company work in the cloud? According to a new Elance Report the number of businesses seeking to hire online contractors doubled in 2011. 83% of the small businesses surveyed by Elance said they plan to hire up to half of their workforce as virtual in the next 12 months. GiftCard Partners was built on a virtual model and has been recognized for its ability to function in alternative ways, free of the constraints of a 9-5 office atmosphere. Here are Elance's predictions for the 10 most popular online jobs going forward

  1. Software Developer
  2. Visual Designer
  3. User Experience Designer
  4. Digital Marketer
  5. Technical Writer
  6. Web Researcher
  7. Data Analyst
  8. Content Moderator
  9. Accountant
  10. Distributed Workforce Manager
Does your company use flexible online consultants or employees as part of their business strategy? How do you think it could benefit employee flexibility?
For more information on online employees and virtual business practices check out this Huffington Post article.