Think about the last time someone at work absolutely crushed it. Whether you have a formal Employee of the Month program or not, they stood out as the MVP.
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You wouldn’t buy a snowblower in Florida – so why Commit to a full-time hire for a short-term need?
Like any good business Zoom-call about full-time hiring, let’s start with some chit chat about the weather. In January of 2025, something strange happened: it snowed in Florida. It wasn’t a light dusting. No mild flurries. Not even sleet. It was full-on winter snow. Nearly 10 inches of honest-to-goodness, stick-to-the-ground snow blanketed parts of the Sunshine State. It was the kind of weather anomaly that makes the national news – and sparks a thousand group texts starting with, “Can you believe this?”
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Hiring isn’t just about putting someone’s butt in a chair (or their face in a Zoom square) anymore. It’s about strategy — and more specifically, return on investment. When businesses focus only on the up-front salary cost of a hire, they’re missing the bigger picture. In today’s economic landscape, traditional hiring can quietly drain resources — while agile staffing solutions like freelance talent can dramatically shift the cost-benefit equation in your favor.
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Bad Experiences from Swipe-Rights and Gig-Sites
Ah, Valentine’s Day — the annual reminder that love is in the air… or, at the very least, that heart-shaped chocolates are half-price tomorrow. Whether you’re blissfully coupled up or single and thriving, today is the perfect time to reminisce about the universal experience that unites us all: bad dates. Those cringe-worthy, facepalm-inducing, “why did I leave my house for this?” encounters that make you seriously consider adopting a dozen cats and calling it a life.
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In 2021, Adam Cain turned to a Slack forum to ask for advice on finding a freelancer to help with Marketing. Power Target, a leader in the energy sector, needed a way to scale their marketing efforts efficiently without the overhead of traditional hiring methods. With the energy industry’s fluctuating demand and the challenges of maintaining a full-time marketing team, Power Target turned to FlexTal.
This case study examines how FlexTal helped Power Target triple its conversions, streamline marketing operations, and eliminate the time-consuming process of vetting and hiring talent.
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