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What is the Prolancer model?
At BossaBox, the key to ensuring excellent deliveries lies in hiring truly senior professionals. The approach is not just about finding talent, but about connecting the right skills with the exact needs of each project. By carefully selecting each Squad, BossaBox ensures that professionals not only have the necessary experience, but also a cultural and technical alignment with the project, which is essential for the success of deliveries.
BossaBox has adopted the term 'Prolancer' to elevate freelancing to a new level, adjusted to the needs of the current technology sector. 'Prolancer' combines 'professional' and 'freelancer', highlighting the independence of freelance work with a high level of specialization, experience, and seniority. They are professionals dedicated to carefully selected projects, aligned with their skills and interests.
Although hiring freelancers may seem like a good choice due to flexibility and reduced cost, opting for Prolancers brings significant additional advantages.
With BossaBox's intermediation, we guarantee a series of benefits such as:
Rigorous Validation: Each Prolancer is rigorously evaluated for their technical skills and interpersonal competencies before being accepted into the BossaBox network. This ensures that only the best and most reliable professionals are highlighted for the projects.
Integrated Management: BossaBox manages all aspects of the work of the Prolancers, from onboarding to continuous support, ensuring that they seamlessly integrate with the client teams and adhere to project schedules and standards.
Flexibility with Security: Offering flexibility to adapt the team to the project's needs, each Prolancer is contractually committed to BossaBox, providing stability and reducing the risk of discontinuity.
Specialization and Focus: Prolancers are selected based on the alignment of their specific skills with the project's needs. This means that they not only understand the technology, but also its practical application within the specific project context.
In addition, BossaBox's Prolancing model ensures that each professional remains highly engaged and interested by involving them in projects that truly leverage and value their specific skills and contributions.
Selection criteria for Squads at BossaBox
The composition of Squads at BossaBox is based on rigorous criteria designed to ensure that each team not only meets, but exceeds the expectations of the projects to which they are assigned. These criteria include:
Relevant Experience: Professionals are selected who demonstrate a deep understanding of the required technologies and have a history of practical application of those skills in similar project contexts.
Experience Segment: Professionals with experience in market segments or similar project types to the current demand are prioritized. This familiarity with the specific sector ensures a deeper understanding of the challenges and nuances, allowing the team to anticipate problems and offer solutions more tailored to the client's needs.
Application Similarity: The professionals' past experiences are evaluated for alignment with the types of applications that the project demands. This includes a portfolio analysis to identify previous projects that share similarities with the technical and business objectives of the current project.
Behavioral and Cultural Profile: It is crucial to have harmony between the professional's values and the client company's culture. Cultural affinity can significantly influence the work dynamics and collaboration between the team and the client. Behavioral interviews and assessment tools are used to ensure that each team member not only fits technically, but also shares the client's values and work practices.
Experience Time and Previous Performance: The professionals' career trajectory is taken into consideration, prioritizing those with a proven track record of successful delivery in similar projects. Performance in previous projects, especially those under BossaBox's supervision, provides valuable insight into the professional's ability to meet and exceed expectations in challenging environments.
Each of these criteria is evaluated through a selection process that includes technical interviews, portfolio analyses, and cultural fit sessions. This ensures that the selected professionals are the most technically and culturally fit, as well as aligned with the clients' long-term strategic goals.
This rigorous approach is what allows us to assemble Squads that are best prepared to face the specific challenges of each project, ensuring high-quality deliveries and fostering a surgical and successful partnership.