The new competitive edge: Malt’s Freelance Maturity Report
Is your freelancer strategy impacting your company’s performance?
How top companies turn freelance talent into a profitable business advantage
Freelancing has crossed a tipping point. It’s no longer a stop-gap, but a core part of an agile, future-ready workforce.
Malt has released a first-of-its-kind industry report on the state of freelance maturity, based on custom research conducted by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), the global authority on workforce solutions.
Out of 140+ global senior respondents across HR and Procurement, a staggering finding emerges:
Freelancing as a competitive advantage
Some companies track volume, spend, or headcount, but those metrics don’t show whether an external workforce strategy is actually helping a company drive real business value.
By benchmarking freelance maturity across six dimensions, this report reveals how companies can transform fragmented freelance management into a strategic program that boosts ROI.
Download the report to discover:
The #1 driver of success that 91% of top performers share
The critical blind spots that are costing you top talent
Why top companies include freelancers in their Total Talent Management strategy
The three blindspots holding back your freelance strategy
Some companies track volume, spend, or headcount, but those metrics don’t show whether your external workforce strategy is actually valuable, scalable, or secure.
Our research benchmarks companies across six critical dimensions of freelance maturity, uncovering the best practices, systems, and mindsets that move programs from fragmented to future-ready.
Across all levels of maturity, companies are turning to freelancers for critical business needs. Our study revealed the top five reasons leaders engage on-demand freelance talent:
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