Freelancers and the self-employed know it all too well: dry spells and project droughts, the constant ebb and flow of workload. One moment you can barely keep up with project enquiries. The next, the market feels like a barren wasteland. But these phases are simply part of freelance life. All the more reason to develop strategies for weathering...
What You Must Know About The Polish Freelance Market – Episode 25 with Przemek Glosny
The way we work is changing faster than most companies realize. What if your biggest hiring mistake isn’t who you hire, but how you think about hiring altogether. In the latest episode of The Independent Workforce Podcast, Przemek Glosny, CEO of Useme, shares how he helps 50,000+ companies, including IKEA, Samsung and HBO, access...
Why Hiring is Changing – Episode 24 with Ray Culver
For decades, companies relied on a simple model to access talent: hire employees and build internal teams. But today’s talent markets are changing. Workforce strategist Ray Culver shares why more companies are beginning to rethink how they build teams and why freelancers and independent experts are becoming an increasingly important part of the...
How Freelancers Help Businesses Scale Faster – Episode 23 with Katherine Steiner-Dicks
For decades, growth meant hiring more full-time employees and expanding internal departments. But in today’s fast-moving markets, many organisations are realising that traditional hiring alone can slow them down. In a recent conversation with industry expert Katherine Steiner-Dicks on The Independent Workforce podcast, we explored how companies...
The Smart Way to Hire Fractional Leaders – Episode 22 with Jamie Jacobs
For decades, companies have defaulted to one solution for almost every business challenge: hire someone full-time. New market expansion? Hire.Digital transformation? Hire.System implementation? Hire. But what if the issue isn’t a lack of talent — it’s the hiring model itself? In this episode of The Independent Workforce, Jamie Jacobs, at Gig...
Why Procurement Is the Future of Freelance Hiring – Episode 21 With Danny Gal
For many large organizations, freelancers are already part of everyday operations, just not always by design. External experts are brought in to solve urgent problems, accelerate innovation, or fill critical skill gaps. Yet behind the scenes, billions are often spent each year on external workforce solutions without a clear strategy, ownership, or...
Top Freelance Jobs: 5 In-Demand Freelance Roles in 2026
Freelancing is evolving fast. Between 2023 and 2025, the overall freelance market slowed by over 20%, but demand for specialised roles soared, with some categories growing by more than 270%. In 2026, freelancers with the right skills can still secure high-paying, future-proof projects — if they know where to look. Companies increasingly hire...
The Truth About Freelancers Inside Big Corporations – Episode 20 With Tony Buffum
For decades, large organizations believed that competitive advantage came from owning talent. But in today’s fast-moving markets, that assumption is quietly breaking down. In Episode 20 of The Independent Workforce, we spoke with Tony Buffum – Head of Enterprise Strategy at Human Cloud – about what’s really happening behind the scenes inside big...
How Freelancers Help Startups Raise Money Faster – Episode 19 With Nir Melamud
Startups don’t fail because they lack ideas. They fail because they hire too slowly or hire the wrong way. In a recent episode of The Independent Workforce podcast with Nir Melamud – Head of Partnerships and Investments at ThinkUp, Managing Partner at Tech Investor Club, Founder of FreshStart – we explored how freelancers are no longer just “extra...
Why Freelancers Are Already 40% Of Your Workforce – Episode 18 with Jack Spencer
The way we work has changed – quietly, steadily, and now irreversibly. In this episode of The Independent Workforce, we sit down with flexible workforce specialist Jack Spencer, – founder of Freeflexer and co-founder of Club Redundo – to unpack what’s really holding companies back from working successfully with freelancers. From missing ownership...