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Before COVID-19 one of the most popular ongoing discussions at #WorkTrends was about the gig economy \\u2014 which was already breaking open the traditional 9-5 model of working and shifting the perspective from payroll to project. Coworking, freelancing, independent contractors \\u2014 we were looking at generational preferences and realizing that it was highly likely that we would not be bringing talent into the workforce the same way we had before.\\xa0

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Then came the pandemic, and suddenly we shifted to remote working and flexible schedules out of necessity \\u2014 which as more than one colleague of mine has said is, after all, the mother of invention. And with that shift came the realization that we really can break out of the 9-5 mold, undo our adherence to staying in cities in order to be near our workplace, and detach from the need to stay on salary for being independently affiliated. There are, of course, tangible matters to address, including how we best source and hire freelancers with the chops and skills we really need. But here\\u2019s another revelation: HR is a great opportunity for hiring freelancers \\u2013 and being a freelancer. Freelancers with HR talent are on the rise and for a number of reasons, we\\u2019re going to see more organizations turning to freelancers \\u2014 and finding that both strategically and practically, it\\u2019s a win.

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Today I\\u2019m welcoming Chris Russell, Founder, HR Lancers, and Jim Stroud, VP marketing, Proactive Talent, to talk about the enormous shift we\\u2019re seeing in how people work and how organizations hire \\u2014 from salaried to gig. And that includes HR as well, which may surprise some of you. But with millennials leaving major metropolitan areas and remote working becoming the norm, freelancing is becoming a viable way to build a great HR team. We\\u2019ll talk about effective strategies for hiring the best and the brightest freelancers for HR, from best practices to best resources.