How to Get a Job Guaranteed: Work on Performance

LAS VEGAS - Aug. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- Since the dawn the industrial revolution and likely even before, people have been paid for their time. In fact "going to work" is almost synonymous with earning an hourly wage.

However, in today's competitive environment, with official reports at more than 7.5% unemployment and unofficial estimates as high as 15 and 20%. Many talented, willing and able people simply aren't finding employers that want to risk the additional expense of hiring them.

It's not that they aren't qualified or lack the ability to contribute to a company in ways that outweigh their costs; it’s simply a matter of hesitation by the would-be employer to take on additional responsibilities and costs of hiring someone full time.

And who can blame them. Hiring a full time employee isn't as easy as it used to be; mandatory taxes, benefits, and the soon mandatory insurance (Obamacare) - employers have to weigh their options carefully before making a new hire, even if there's a need for more help.

And therein lays the problem - when employers are slow to hire, jobs are difficult to find and the economy stalls.

But alas before you resign yourself to the fate of being jobless, or unable to hire new staff, take heart! Not everywhere in the economy is it so cold- In fact there's one area that's really starting to heat up: performance based employment.

For example take the site Outbounders.com. Employers have the option to post an hourly based or performance based job meaning to generate leads or sales. Job candidates can choose from over 100 jobs live on the site right now and employers can accept whoever they want.

Unlike the hourly model where employers take the majority of the risk and hope their new hires perform, now the risk is moved to the employee- who risks only the time they would have otherwise been unemployed. And they can minimize their risks by filtering through the right opportunities. Because the risks have been removed, employers are hungry to find as many workers as possible.

It’s easy to see how this situation could be abused, so certain social safeguards need to be put in place. For example On Outbounders.com, sales people get to leave feedback about their experience with a project or employer, and warn others if it’s not being properly represented.  This means employers with the best reputation will ultimately emerge to attract the best performance based staff and abusive employers won’t last very long; everybody wins.

Other performance based sites like Elance.com, Odesk.com and Fiverr.com all have project based options in addition to normal hourly based projects and these sites are flourishing: thousands of active employers and staff, and millions of dollars flowing through this new world economy.

So if you've found yourself questioning why you haven't been hired yet after weeks or months of searching, you might want to consider reducing employer risk by offering to work on a performance based project instead! And employers- now it's easier than ever to find that new hire.

Outbounders.com is a fast growing marketplace that connects performance based staff with employers. For more information visit http://outbounders.com or contact James Stinson, james.stinson@outbounders.com.