Demand growing for tech freelancers

Let's face it: The demand for IT personnel has never dropped. It's just that the number of companies hiring full-time workers has declined.

Two job sites that match employers with temporary IT workers are on the rise: Elance and oDesk Corp. These two companies report sharp increases in the number of employers hiring temporary workers. Elance is averaging 25,000 job postings a month from employers, up almost 50 percent from this time last year. oDesk says it has seen job postings increase by 100 percent over the past year to about 17,500 jobs.

This rising interest in tech contract help "is what we would expect to see right now," IDC analyst Stephen Minto told CIO.com. He said that the increased project-by-project hiring does not signal an improving economy.

Regardless of the reason, it's a way into a job for many IT workers with valuable skills who find themselves jobless.

For more on temp IT jobs:
- check out this CIO.com article [1]

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