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oDesk Announces New Study on Millennials and the Future of Work

Here at oDesk, we are extremely lucky to have some of the world’s most innovative, leading-edge entrepreneurs at our fingertips—our freelancers. As “solopreneurs,” they represent the next generation of professionals; those who realize that the 9-to-5 is a relic of the past and that work should be on your own terms. We recently surveyed the professionals on oDesk about their views on entrepreneurship, their career paths and the future of work, and today we are excited to announce the results. The study, “Millennials and the Future of Work,” was released in partnership with Gen-Y consulting firm Millennial Branding.

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Terri Maxwell: Old Jobs Are Now Gone — The Work Revolution Is Here

Terri Maxwell’s career-seeking clients were frustrated: Their old jobs had disappeared, and even the recovering economy wasn’t bringing them back. As Maxwell began to dig deeper, she discovered two startling facts: First, the positions her clients had once held were indeed gone. Second, the reason they were disappearing was a change so seismic, it was akin to the Industrial Revolution. oDesk recently caught up with Maxwell, co-author of “The New World of Work,” to discuss how jobs have changed and how both the workplace and the economy are being transformed by “the work revolution.”

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