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Guidelines on establishing your relationship with a subcontractor

In a subcontractor's contract, you need to include anything that he or she needs to know to be a credit to you and your company. Here are the points you should cover in the contract.

Project Management

Advice on finding a good subcontractor

If you determine it's time to bring in a subcontractor to help with your projects, read these tips on finding a subcontractor and easing that person into the client relationship.

Banking

Negotiating on-call and retainer arrangements

Repeat clients can help you stay afloat, but they might also demand a great deal of your time. Make sure you have a retainer or an on-call agreement in place that meets their needs and yours.

Project Management

Consider alternate arrangements to do contract work in a foreign country

Landing an overseas consulting job can seem impossible unless you consider all your options. Here are alternatives that could expedite your journey.

Tech & Work

Find contracting work with foreign clients using these resources

If you're thinking about contracting outside the United States, here are some sites that provide information about international consulting work.

Tech & Work

Got the travel bug? Consider contracting outside the United States

If you've considered working outside the United States, but you haven't taken the plunge yet, here's what you need to do before you pack your bags.

Banking

Research client financials and business environment before signing on

Finding out about a client's financial and business information can help a consultant determine if it's too risky to accept a contract offer. Here are ways to get detailed financial information on what could be your next paying client.

Banking

Research clients before agreeing to work with them

Meredith Little discusses the reasons for and the benefits of researching potential clients. She also advises on where to go for information that will help you determine if you should accept that new contract.

Tech & Work

Getting expensive software without buying it

A drawback to being an independent consultant is that you have to pay your own bills. If there's expensive software you need to use but you haven't bought it yet, read these cost-cutting tips.

Tech & Work

Cultivating great client recommendations

Read some useful tips and advice on how letters of recommendation from former clients can help IT consultants build and maintain client relationships.

IIoT software assists manufacturers and other industrial operations with configuring, managing and monitoring connected devices. A good IoT solution requires capabilities ranging from designing and delivering connected products to collecting and analyzing system data once in the field. Each IIoT use case has its own diverse set of requirements, but there are key capabilities and ...

Recruiting an Operations Research Analyst with the right combination of technical expertise and experience will require a comprehensive screening process. This Hiring Kit provides an adjustable framework your business can use to find, recruit and ultimately hire the right person for the job.This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium includes a job description, sample interview questions ...

The digital transformation required by implementing the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a radical change from business as usual. This quick glossary of 30 terms and concepts relating to IIoT will help you get a handle on what IIoT is and what it can do for your business.. From the glossary’s introduction: While the ...

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Guidelines on establishing your relationship with a subcontractor

Advice on finding a good subcontractor

Negotiating on-call and retainer arrangements

Consider alternate arrangements to do contract work in a foreign country

Find contracting work with foreign clients using these resources

Got the travel bug? Consider contracting outside the United States

Research client financials and business environment before signing on

Research clients before agreeing to work with them

Getting expensive software without buying it

Cultivating great client recommendations

Industrial Internet of Things: Software comparison tool

How to recruit and hire an Operations Research Analyst

Quick glossary: Industrial Internet of Things

Software Procurement Policy