Upwork (formerly oDesk) is the world’s largest freelance talent marketplace. Their vision is to connect businesses with great talent faster than ever.As an increasingly connected and independent workforce goes online, knowledge work —like software before it— is shifting online as well. This shift is making it faster and easier for clients to connect and work with talent in near real-time and is freeing professionals everywhere from having to work at a set time and place. Freelancers are earning more than $1 billion annually via Upwork. From seasoned executives to college students, from lawyers to transcriptionists, from Bostonians to Bolivians, Upwork offers a world of work opportunities for all skills.Businesses of every size use Upwork, from one-person startups to major corporations, to hire any kind of work that can be done on a computer. They offer more than 2700 skills in categories including:Web Developers Mobile Developers Designers & Creatives Writers Virtual Assistants Customer Service Agents Sales & Marketing Experts Accountants & Consultants