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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

PhD Freelancing platform Kolabtree launches ability to hire scientists by the hour

PhD freelancing platform Kolabtree launches hourly rates enabling employers to tap into scientific expertise by the hour.

London based PhD platform Kolabtree has announced that freelancers registered on it’s platform can now be hired on an hourly basis. This comes as good news for businesses that struggle to tap into high level expertise in order to solve complex issues.

“Our customers have been asking us for this functionality for some time. It’s great news for both our freelancers and our customers as it gives a huge amount of flexibility to businesses who in the past have struggled to get help from high level experts” said Kolabtree CEO Ashmita Das.

Generally, businesses need to think very carefully about who they employ due to the huge overheads and commitment involved in hiring new employees. Freelancing platforms have been hugely popular due to the fact that they remove a large amount of this overhead and risk, and give both the employer and freelancer a high level of flexibility around the way they work.

Launched in 2015, Kolabtree now has over 4,200 freelancers registered from an array of backgrounds including food scientists, medical researchers, biostatisticians, scientific researchers, health economists, data scientists and researchers. Experts include scientists from the likes of NASA, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and Cambridge.

In a similar way to other more generalist freelancing platforms, Kolabtree enable companies to list projects for which they need expert help, whilst freelancers can create a profile for free and apply for projects where they see a skills match. It’s only after the two parties have established a dialogue, agreed a fee and completed the work that the fee changes hands. Kolabtree charges a small commission on the fee.

www.kolabtree.com