12 October 2009 |
Commentary & Analysis, oConomy |
Erica
Due to the popularity of our Stay Employed – Jobs with the Least Competition and Greatest Opportunity post (and the ongoing requests we’ve received for updated information), we thought we would follow up with recent information from the oDesk Trends vaults to help you develop your resume and determine what skills to focus on to [...]
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09 July 2009 |
Freelancing Tips, Tips, oConomy |
James
Last week I began my series on pricing with some heavyweight current theory. I believe it’s almost always worth the time to become a better pricing and negotiation expert as the actions taken in the few hours of settling on terms can affect the output of countless hours working under those terms. [...]
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15 May 2009 |
Fun, oConomy |
Shannon
Last week, oDesk crossed more than $70M in dollars billed through our service, and surpassed 13k online hours/day. But we also passed another important milestone – we resolved our 100,000th Support Ticket.
Customer Service and Support is an important priority for oDesk. Our stellar team has tripled in size, from just four team members to 12 [...]
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24 March 2009 |
Commentary & Analysis, oConomy |
Amit
“The business of America,” famously observed U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, “is business.” Economic recession or not, work must continue to get done. Last month, we reported on the acceleration of homeshoring (US-based companies turning to U.S.-based freelancers to get work done) and the growing freelance economy. Today, we’re releasing some new survey results that fall [...]
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18 February 2009 |
Commentary & Analysis, oConomy |
Amit
Still sick of hearing dreadful news every day about the U.S. economy? Earlier this month, we provided some rare good news when we reported on the acceleration of U.S. freelance job growth. Today, we’re going dig deeper into our data to try to provide a fair & balanced assessment on the state of the Freelance [...]
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