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IMPROVING ACCESS TO SKILLS
FASTER HIRING 24-HOUR PRODUCTIVITY
A long tail of specialists is growing on oDesk.
4 Million Freelancers
Listing 2,389 skills in the past year
With more than 2.6M tests taken as proof of these skills
90% of spend on oDesk
With teams in multiple time zones, two-thirds (59%) of online work happens outside the client’s 9-to-5 hours.
ONLINE
OFFLINE
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87
ONLINE WORK
HAS ARRIVED!
MORE THAN $1 BILLION
HAS BEEN SPENT ON WORK VIA ODESK
SPECIALIZED ROLES ARE ON THE RISE
40%
50%
55%
45%
60%
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Nonroutine
Occupations
Routine
Occupations
THE DECLINE OF INDUSTRIAL AGE WORK
Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey
“If you literally have twice
as many productive working
hours in a 24-hour cycle as
your competitors, you can
get much further ahead than
they can in one day.”
The online workplace delivers:
The Rise of the Online Workplace
TECHNOLOGY TODAY BRINGS WORK TO THE WORKER
64% of businesses were looking for a new way to hire when they found
online work.
“talent shortages are likely to a�ect their bottom line in the next 5 years.”
66% of multinational companies say...
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OP
EN
ING
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SKILL RANK ON ODESK
4 CATEGORIES
35 CATEGORIES
(with 42 other categories growing quickly)
VS
WHERE DOES WORK GO FROM HERE?Futurists describe the evolution of work
“We've passed into a new economic era, confronting business
and individuals with mounting challenges. Work marketplaces based
on social platforms—'placeforms'—fill a new societal need."
– Stowe Boyd
“Cloud computing is making it easier to start businesses anywhere.
Over the next decade the ‘rise of the rest’ will play a key role in creating jobs.”
– Steve Case
“Technology is transforming our relationship to assets and ownership.
Technology unlocks the idling capacity...”
– Rachel Botsman
"Millennials will be 75% of the workforce by 2025.
They see no need to be confined to a corporate o�ce, view the future of work as virtual,
and want freedom and flexibility to work anywhere and anytime they please."
– Dan Schawbel
“It will become di�cult to distinguish online workers from traditional employees.”
– Jeremiah Owyang
“Work is no longer a place. Future teams will be flexible and results-focused.
This creates more economic opportunity for both businesses that need to get more done,
and professionals who want to be untethered from a desk.”
– Gary Swart
“Where, how, when, and even why we work is changing rapidly.
Five generations—from digital natives to digital immigrants—are all in the same work
place, but with di�erent expectations. Organizations must strategically invest in
human capital or face epic failure.”
– R. Ray Wang
Joshua Warren // Creatuity Corp.ON ODESK ALONE
By 2018 online work is
projected to be a $5B market
The $1B already spent on oDesk makes it the largest
online workplace
3
Average days to hire
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FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE WWW.ODESK.COM/RISEOFONLINEWORK
Love the way you work.
June 2012 study by the Economist Intelligence Unit
U.S. O�ce of Personnel Management
Sta�ng Industry Analysts
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IN 2007 IN 2012