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Co-founder of YunoJuno here. I thought I'd chip in on a general point (I
won't attempt to answer specifics here as I think that's probably inviting
trouble for someone like me, with skin in the game.) What I would say is that we at YJ feel very strongly that the future of
work is freelance. We've (literally) put our money where our mouth is on
this belief (not to mention our careers), and so we, and I'm guessing the
others in this space, really want to work with the freelancer community
to make this happen. I've been a freelancer (developer), and a hirer (as CTO at various companies),
so feel reasonably in touch with both sides of the market, and frankly, neither
side functions properly. You (as freelancers) shouldn't be paying 20%, and
employers shouldn't be wading through the cr^p that traditional freelancer
recruiters put them through[1]. We're all working on making this better. Whilst we're doing our thing, there are some great competitors in this market,
and hopefully they would agree with me when I say please don't give up on us
- the world of work is changing, and we're all trying to push it along
in the right direction. Oh, and one minor rebuff - the very best employers in London, certainly,
are using online services, whether that be YunoJuno or any of the other
sites listed - and whilst the names on the list may change, the migration
to online services is inevitable. This is your future, get involved. [1]There are exceptions to this - some recruiters are good guys - but they
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