Founded in 2017 by Aurore Moser and Lionel Lionel Seltz, the Montpellier Specialist-Wanted platform connects companies (PME-TPE) and freelancers, for services (administrative, marketing, communication, human resources, digital, accounting, coaching, …). With the Covid-19, the demands and aspirations of professionals have evolved. Interview with Aurore Moser.
Your platform therefore forms the link between VSEs and SMEs and freelancers for support functions (administration, HR, accounting) and above all for positions that allow companies to develop digitally. Why these services in particular?
It is complicated for companies to find skills and especially services that are sized to their needs and also at the price they can pay. And especially, it’s a real obligation, since the Covid-19 episode. Since the lockdown, we have realized that consumers have completely changed the way they verify the existence of companies. Before, we trusted word of mouth. Today, when you see a plumber’s van drive by, you tend to check their website and social media to be sure the business is serious or responsive. Existing on the Internet has become a bit of a new storefront.
Have the demands changed with the Covid-19?
We had many more requests for digitization. Before, it was more about specific issues. Today, we have more monthly support requests, so with websites, social networks, commercial mailing, etc …
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It is a kind of teleworking that you are proposing for the self-employed. They do not move around the company. For what reasons?
Yes, everything is online. This is what also allows the sizing of the price. If the specialist does not need to travel within the company, to make quotes, it is the price that is impacted.
The idea behind it is to allow the landscaper who lives in the depths of Aveyron to have a professional web marketer who lives in Montpellier. Corn it also allows marketers to make a living from their skills, even when living in the countryside. With, of course, all the positive consequences which ensue: The fixing of populations, public services, etc.
Not everyone is comfortable with everything digital. What do you offer for them?
In fact, on our interface, you can use videoconferencing, document sharing, chat … In real life, we realize quite quickly that entrepreneurs, when they start to get to know specialists well, it goes over the phone. We have a monthly meeting with contractors and specialists to ensure the quality of services on an ongoing basis.
The company will be at CES in Las Vegas, a prestigious meeting place for companies that innovate in technology and electronics, from January 5 to 8, 2022.