The document discusses the rise of social freelancing as an alternative to traditional recruitment agencies and classified ads. It notes that job postings on online freelancing sites like Elance and Odesk have increased by 35-105% in the past year, while classified ad sales in newspapers have dropped 43.6%. The document lists several popular sites for social freelancing and notes that freelancing opportunities now exist for more than just technical skills, in industries across the board. It encourages readers that through these sites, they can find work by leveraging skills that others need worldwide.