FreelanceGhana.com is Ghana's premier outsourcing and freelance jobs portal. The service provides a venue to introduce freelancers (or service providers) who wish to provide professional services and employers (or service buyers) who seek such professional services.
Freelancers and employers across several industries are able to use the service to identify each other and work together online to complete, invoice and pay for projects. The service also provides a secure environment for performing various activities, which makes FreelanceGhana.com your reliable outsourcing portal.
The service is solely powered by iHost Web Solutions (iHostGhana)
A freelancer is a person who provides/sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them. In other words, a freelancer is a person who works on contract basis.
Here on FreelanceGhana, we also refer to freelancers as service providers or contractors.
Here on FreelanceGhana, an employer simply means a person or a group of people who require the services of freelancers. They are people who outsource or hire contrators/freelancers/service providers to work on their projects on short-term/contract basis.
We also refer to employers as service buyers.
Outsourcing means contracting or subcontracting of noncore activities to free up cash, personnel, time, and facilities for activities in which a company holds competitive advantage. Companies having strengths in other areas may contract out data processing, legal, manufacturing, marketing, payroll accounting, or other aspects of their businesses to concentrate on what they do best and thus reduce average unit cost. Outsourcing is often an integral part of downsizing or reengineering.
In simple terms, outsourcing is the process of contracting a business function to someone else.
Cost Reductions
Companies and individuals look to outsource tasks which would be more costly to complete in-house. An example of this type of task would be a software related task requiring specialized training. Companies who do not have an on-staff employee qualified to complete this task can benefit financially by outsourcing this task.
A Larger Workforce
Another advantage to outsourcing is the benefit of enjoying a larger workforce when necessary without the hassle of maintaining a larger staff. Through outsourcing companies can bring in additional employees on a contract basis during times of prosperity without worrying about having to lay them off or keep them utilized when the surge of work begins to wane.
Another advantage of having a larger workforce is the ability to generate a larger profit. This is important because smaller companies can find themselves in a position where they can compete with larger companies for bigger jobs by outsourcing a portion of the workload.
More Flexibility
Finally, more flexibility is another considerable advantage to outsourcing work. Even the most well planned projects may suddenly end up behind schedule or under a time crunch due to minor errors, changes in plans or other incidental activities.
Smaller companies who do not have the resources to compensate for these inevitable mishaps may find themselves in serious trouble without the ability to outsource work when necessary. These companies can take advantage of outsourcing in times of trouble to help them deal with problems without alienating clients or performing poorly on a project.
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We are very much aware of the numerous scammers on the internet. As a result, we have put in place a secure means of payment to protect both freelancers and employers from scammers.
Our escrow payment system ensures that the employer has enough funds to cover the cost of the job before the freelancer begins work. The fund is withdrawn from the employer's account and held by us until the job has been completed by the freelancer.
The employer then reviews the job and authorizes payment if he/she is happy with the job. The freelancer receives the funds and both employer and freelancer are happy.