March 2008

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Buyer newsletter 16

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1 Latest stats
2 Professional Contractors Group
3 On-site training
3 Buyer testimonials
4 people4business update
5 people4Web2 update
6 people4charity update

The weather may still be wintry, but there’s a spring in our step.

Now we’re working on a major new site as well as ongoing improvements to the Buyer and Seller experience on all our sites.

Don't forget: we can provide any contractor in any industry for any length of time. Whether you need a Russian translator for an hour or a PHP developer for a year – no contract is too big or too small.

Don’t just use us when your usual agency can’t help. Use us for ALL your contracting needs!

Latest stats…

10,824 registered Sellers

1,895 registered Buyers

4,895 individual skills

Professional Contractors Group

Our partnership with the «Professional Contractors Group» (PCG) has succeeded in driving lots of new Sellers to our sites, particularly in the IT and internet category.

When you’re searching for Sellers in this category, look out for the PCG logo in the profiles of PCG-member Sellers.

White-label sites allow organisations and companies to offer an own-branded freelance marketplace to their users, run and maintained by people4business. The PCG’s white-label site is here.

The PCG is the not-for-profit trade association that helps its members to run their contracting or consulting business in full compliance with the law.

On-site training

If you want to make the best of what people4business has to offer, why not arrange some free on-site training for your recruitment and resourcing teams? – Find out more…

Buyer testimonials

If you haven’t yet set up a contract through one of our sites, you can see what other Buyers have thought about the experience on our client testimonials page, which has comments from both Buyers and Sellers.

Please get in touch to tell us what you think!

As well as the Professional Contractors Group white-label site we mentioned above, we are developing other white-label opportunities, to expand the pool of skilled Sellers for your assignments.

 

Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services may find it quicker and easier to use «www.people4web2.com»

Please let us know if you are looking for specific skills that are not included in this or any of our sites – we’ll try our best to find you Sellers with those skills.

You’ll see the discount icon against Sellers offering a charity discount . Over 73% of newly registered Sellers are offering a charity discount, with discounts ranging from 5–85%, and an average saving for charities of around 14%.

If you know of any charities that could benefit from highly competitive rates for professional services, please contact us:

buyer@people4charity.com | 0870 389 3244

 

Seller newsletter 16

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1 Latest stats
2 Get in touch
3 Professional Contractor’s Group
4 Subscribers win out
5 Umbrella companies
6 people4business update
7 people4Web2 update
8 people4charity update

Latest stats…

The weather may still be wintry, but there’s a spring in our step here at people4business.

While we didn’t quite beat January’s all-time record for numbers of contracts, we came very close to it… We’re looking forward to getting contracts for many more of you this month.

10,556 registered Sellers

1,833 registered Buyers

4,895 individual skills

Get in touch!

When you are shortlisted for an assignment, one of our team will get in touch to double check that you are available and interested.

Please can you let us know as soon as possible, as otherwise we are likely to recommend another Seller for the assignment – one who has told us they are interested.

As usual, this is also a plea to keep your availability information up to date, as it saves a lot of time if we know when you are not available.

Professional Contractors Group

Don’t forget about the special offer to all registered Sellers from the «Professional Contractors Group» (PCG) – the not-for-profit trade association for the protection and promotion of freelance contracting and consulting.

Any Sellers registering as PCG members can have a 15% discount on normal PCG subscription rates. Find out how to gain this discount on our Seller offers page.

Current PCG members can benefit from the people4business marketplace, through our special site for PCG members.

Subscribers win out!

A reminder that subscribers are 16 times more likely to get a contract!

As a subscriber, you’ll get top position in Buyers’ searches plus double the space to advertise your skills to Buyers – so you stand out from the crowd.

Take a look at our subscription page to find out more…

Umbrella companies

Umbrella company «CXC» offers low-cost umbrella services to Sellers, via people4payments.

It costs £20 to set up your account and to process the first payment. Subsequent payments are £10. people4payments also deducts PAYE and NI, so you need to take this into account when setting your hourly rate. Other umbrella companies offer similar services.

Find out more about umbrella companies here…

 

We’re working on new white-label versions of people4business, such as the one we’ve recently launched for the Professional Contractors Group at «http://pcg.people4business.com» – to drive more Buyers to our sites and increase your chances of getting a contract.

 

We’re now directing Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services to use «www.people4web2.com»

We have Buyers urgently looking for OpenID skills, so if you do, please update your skills list NOW! You’ll find OpenID under ‘Web Development/Prog’ in the IT & Internet skills area.

Around 10% of our Buyers are now charities, so – if you haven’t yet selected a charity discount – it is worth remembering that your profile has extra prominence for charity Buyers with the discount icon next to it.

 

Last updated 14.11.08