Freelance, Consulting, Contract and Temporary Work

Contract Employment Weekly
Associated with the weekly print publication, this site offers members an “Advanced Search” option which they can use to search through a number of job listings by region, keyword, company, posting date, country or state.

Elance
This site matches service providers with specific projects by allowing providers to bid on various projects posted by a number of businesses. Projects are arranged by category, and a rating system provides service providers with pre-selection feedback. This site requires that the service fee be paid by the service provider.

Freelancers Union 
Independent workers make up 30 percent of the nation's work force. This includes freelancers, consultants, independent contractors, temps, part-timers, contingent employees and the self-employed. Most freelancers are taxed more than traditional employees, can't access affordable insurance, and have limited access to protections such as unemployment insurance, retirement plans and unpaid wage claims. The mission of the Freelancers Union is to support independent workers and model solutions so that they can be secure and thrive, no matter how they work.

freelance.com
Freelance.com brings the skills of qualified providers/freelancers to companies in the areas of IT, marketing and communication as well as consultants. These companies, or contractors, use the services of freelance.com to help them in the evaluation and recruiting process of the right provider.

A Temporary Solution for the New American Worker; from NPR

CORESTAFF Services
A staffing company (temping, temp-to-hire, project staffing, etc.) with more than 100 U.S. offices and on-site client locations serving thousands of companies in a broad array of industries. Career fields they specialize in include: accounting/finance, banking, customer service, graphic design, information technology, office administration/support and sales and marketing. Free to job-seekers.

Kelly Services
Kelly offers a comprehensive array of outsourcing and consulting services as well as world-class staffing on a temporary, temporary-to-hire and direct-hire basis. This site allows you to search through job listings by language and country.

Manpower
This staffing company has offices in countries throughout the world (and more than 1,250 offices in North America). Manpower offers short or long term postings, as well as temp-to-perm (which they call contract-to-hire) opportunities in a wide range of fields.

Spherion
This staffing company has 1,350 offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. They offer short-term placements, long-term placements and temp-to-perm placements.

Olsten
This staffing service offers temporary and permanent positions for entry-level to senior-level professionals in many categories. The site provides a list of contact information and Olsten office locations.

Net-Temps
Net-Temps is a job board for temporary, temp-to-perm and full time employment through the staffing industry.

Guru.com
Online marketplace for freelance workers with more than one million registered users.