Sentences with phrase «including odesk»

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That's a far cry from the results of a study commissioned this year by the Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk, which put the number of freelancers — a broader category that includes temps, part - timers, and moonlighters — at 53 million, or one in three American workers.

Some of the most popular are Amazon's Mechanical Turk, Crowdflower, Innocentive, Elance, and oDesk, which collectively include about 10,000,000 participants.

Dan's insights, combined with the firsthand experiences of more than 3,000 oDesk freelancers surveyed (including almost 2,000 Millennials), provide a fascinating glimpse into what the future of work will look like.

Now, don't get me wrong, there are many quality freelancers, myself included, who use oDesk and other job databases, and it's perfectly possible to hire a good SEO writer there - but - ask for samples and review content they've done for other sites before committing!

Evidence that short - term, informal work models are becoming more accepted include last year's merger of freelancer platforms Elance and oDesk and the growth of companies such as Gigwalk and TaskRabbit.