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[Definition of a Subcontractor - A subcontractor is an individual or in many cases a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract.]

Tips for Subcontracting Out Your Freelance Work - Subcontracting your work out is one option that you can take in order to get your deadlines met and to keep your clients without compromising your own health and sanity. By asking another person to take over your work, you can keep the customers happy and get the job done … and you can even make a little bit of money for yourself for work that you aren’t technically “doing”.

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Answers.com Encyclopedia Entry for Subcontracting - Subcontracting refers to the process of entering a contractual agreement with an outside person or company to perform a certain amount of work.

Considering Subcontracting?: Getting Started in Self Employment - There are a lot of ways to get started in self employment, and subcontracting is one of the most viable. Considering subcontracting? Find out how to find the right "in."

Sub-Plots: Successful Subcontracting - Subcontracting has received a lot of bad press lately. Thanks, in part, to the Wal-Mart raid that uncovered nearly 250 illegal immigrant workers, some people see subcontracting as a way for unethical contracting firms to gain advantage over law-abiding companies. But, that is the exception to the rule.

TechRepublic Members Offer Advice on Subcontracting - In response to a recent article on subcontracting, several TechRepublic members advised that subcontractors are wise not to tie payment in to when the primary contractor is paid. Read on to see what other tips members had to offer.Communicate often with your clients.

Round 'em up: How Entrepreneurs Should Pursue Subcontracting Entrepreneur - More money. More prestige. Entrepreneurs have plenty of reasons to pursue subcontracting opportunities - but there's a lot to know before you take the plunge.

Outsourcing: What is it and is it Good? - Outsourcing. It's a big economic boom for some and a big nightmare for others. Outsourcing has been a hot topic of debate among politicians for a long time. Turn on your TV and you'll see many a show, especially "The West Wing" tackle the issue of outsourcing.

Get guidance on Subcontracting from TechRepublic - Subcontracting can be a great source of work for independent consultants, if you know how to make it work for you. Our three-part series on subcontracting can help you get the most from both hiring subcontractors and from taking on subcontracting work.

Subcontracting Made Easy - Tips from America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs How I Did It.

Subcontracting to Advertising Agencies - Subcontracting, or outsourcing as it is known in the Business Process industry, is a trend that is developing the world over. Rather than starting an entire setup, many companies prefer to let others who already have a dedicated set up to execute a specialized task.

Partnering: Dealing with Clients Beyond Your Expertise - Partnering helps you become the virtual solution for your clients. Line up subcontractors before you need them so you can meet your clients' needs by partnering.

Keys to Subcontracting - Northrop Grumman, the second largest federal government contractor, regularly uses a variety of consulting firms as subcontractors. Here are some tips for firms who'd like to get in on the action.Recently, we wrote about how partnerships can help small and minority-owned firms win government contracts.

Subcontracting Versus Hiring Employees - While you should talk to a lawyer about the specific differences between subcontractors and employees, this article will present you with a list of things to watch out for when utilizing subcontracting.

Sub Contracting Work: Tax and Accounting Issues - Introduction Sometimes you may need to engage the services of another sub contractor. This might be due to workload, or perhaps when using a right of substitution clause if you have a contract for services. Sub contractors usually provide their services through a limited company, or as self employed individuals. This article examines the tax and accounting issues you will need to consider.

Should You Subcontract? - We can never know everything about IT, so we're sometimes faced with the choice of turning down work or farming it out. Columnist David Parkinson weighs in on how to make the all-important decision of whether to subcontract.

Subcontracting: Why Enter In To These Relationshiops? - First, you need to figure out what your in-house techs can handle on their own and then you’re going to need to figure out how to supplement it. As a small consulting firm, you can’t hire someone who’s got five different certifications and pay them their outlandish salaries of $65,000 or $75,000 a year. Instead, start subcontracting work.

Subcontracting Consulting Business Can Work for Both Sides - I have a one-person consulting business, and the good news is business is great. The downside is that I have more work than I can handle. I don't want to take on employees. My fantasy is to find other consultants with whom I can subcontract as needed. What should I do?

No Rejection Slips : Subcontract Out Writing Jobs - Would you like to get an abundance of article assignments without writing a single query letter? By getting sub-contact work from public relations agencies, I wrote over 100 newsletter articles, a professional column in a monthly trade publication, and a chapter in a travel guidebook. Sub-contract work gave me the opportunity to write for large, prestigious companies such as Bell & Howell, Grant Thornton, LaSalle National Bank and many others.

Subcontracting Out Your SEO and Web Development - Web development for the SEO (search engine optimization) expert includes using copywriters to generate SEO articles. Writers are tasked with generating copy based on lists of keywords. The challenge for the SEO expert is to find a writer that is capable of generating informative, interesting and at times entertaining copy that also meets the requirements of needed for SEO web development.

Intro to Subcontracting on Government Jobs - Government jobs are a multibillion-dollar world, and public agencies aren’t the only potential customers for your business. Prime contractors — those companies that have already bid on government jobs — also often hire businesses to provide the goods and services they need to fulfill their government jobs.

Primer on Contracting and Subcontracting - A long page detailing the essentials of contracting and subcontracting.

Outsourcing: Another Variation - In this article we're going to go over another form of outsourcing that is just as common a practice as sending jobs overseas. It's the hiring of contract workers.

Small Business Subcontracting Plan Wizard - Our Small Business Subcontracting Plan Wizard uses a model/template format to make preparation of a Small Business Subcontracting Plan easy and efficient. It takes the confusion and frustration out of small business plan preparation.