Hotgigs

Received an e-mail notice today from a company called Hotgigs that they just closed a new round of venture funding for $5.3 million. So why is this interesting, you ask?

I've often been asked by independent contractors how to guage the market for their services - particularly what companies will be willing to pay. Hotgigs has created what they describe as "open marketplace" for the staffing industry that facilitates an exchange for the supply and demand of contract talent." Not only does the site facilitate matches between qualified freelancers and potential clients, it also aggregates self-reported data on rates for various services in a variety of high tech areas, as well as for Auditing, Enterprise Change Management, Product Management and Project Management.

Check it out at www.hotgigs.com.