Solvate Launches Talent Engine to Optimize Search for America's Premier Freelancers and Consultants

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Solvate, the premium provider of on demand business services, today announced the unveiling of the Solvate Talent Engine. The Talent Engine enables small businesses and startups to search Solvate's proprietary index of uniquely skilled and highly qualified independent professionals, directly connect with Talent and get straight to work.

Solvate recruits and contracts with top independent professionals and provides their labor on an hourly basis to small businesses and startups. Solvate's premier Talent network is comprised of highly qualified industry veterans with experience working for America's most admired companies across more than 2,000 unique business services including marketing, graphic design, business development, finance, sales, IT and administration.

Solvate Talent create their online Talent Engine Profile with a powerful self-indexing tool that enables them to select the specific professional services they have for sale. Talent are required to affiliate each service with the companies and brands they have performed those services for in the past. This makes it easy for businesses to identify the most qualified Talent for their project based on successful track records, by filtering profiles in the Talent Engine according to specific criteria including service, company, brand, industry, specialty, skill and more.  In addition, as a pre-requisite to building a profile, all Talent complete a rigorous recruiting and vetting process that includes evaluating a candidate's public recommendations, samples of work or portfolio and references. This certification process ensures clients a professional experience and high quality results.

"Solvate makes it easy for members to find and engage with top Talent on demand to grow their businesses without increasing their overhead," said Michael Paolucci, CEO of Solvate. "With the Talents' amazing track records positioned front and center, and Solvate in the middle facilitating the interaction and guaranteeing the results, we are bringing an unprecedented level of accountability and transparency to remote work."

Solvate actively markets Talent through a variety of channels and provides additional exposure by optimizing profiles to be search engine friendly, effectively enabling Talent to sell their services all over the United States and the world. Any small business or startup looking to hire Talent on demand can view Talent profiles, and by becoming registered Solvate clients they can directly connect with Talent.

"Solvate's Talent Engine is a great addition to my business development efforts. It allows me to precisely target prospects by customizing my profile to highlight my specialties and past experience," said Amanda Sanguinet, Solvate Talent and President and CEO of Sanguinet Consulting, who has worked for McKinsey, Google and Gap.  "And because Solvate guarantees payment for all time spent on Solvate work, including the initial project consultations with potential clients, more of my time is billable which is great for business."

Solvate eliminates the hassles of hiring by handling time-consuming HR tasks including contract and rate negotiation, budgeting, billing and payment. This saves clients additional time and money and enables Talent to focus on getting straight to work and delivering results. Talent log their hours and updates online, providing clients with a transparent view into their work progress and the ability to efficiently track and monitor spending.

"The Solvate Talent Engine is the most cost-effective and convenient way for my company to find Talent for anything from administrative work to technical projects that we are understaffed on," said Jameson Hsu, CEO of MochiMedia. "It's the safest place to transact, because I know the quality is top notch, and Solvate stands by us the whole way."  

Small businesses and startups can start accessing Talent on demand by signing up for Solvate membership today. Membership benefits include one year of free project consultations with over 500 experts and a dedicated Account Manager to help establish and manage projects. Top US-based independent professionals looking to work on demand with Solvate can begin the recruiting, interviewing and vetting processes by applying online for free.

About Solvate

On a mission to build America's premier on demand workforce, Solvate recruits top independent professionals and makes their labor available by the hour to businesses. The Solvate Talent Engine matches clients with Talent uniquely qualified for their projects by making it easy to search, browse and filter through over 2,000 business services on demand. Founded in 2008, the company is a venture-backed startup headquartered in New York City, New York. For more information, visit http://www.solvate.com.

SOURCE Solvate