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REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 8, 2011) - oDesk, the largest and fastest-growing online employment platform, announced today that Jaleh Bisharat has joined the company as vice president of...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 2, 2011) - oDesk, the largest and fastest-growing online employment platform, today announced findings from their August Online Employment Report, a monthly...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 24, 2011) - For the third year in a row, Inc. Magazine has ranked oDesk on its prestigious list of the 500 fastest growing privately owned companies in the United...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 4, 2011) - The Great Recession has put many businesses into an evolve-or-die situation. Between a national 9.2 percent unemployment rate, increased difficulty...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 8, 2011) - Summer is traditionally associated with vacations and downtime, but the June 2011 "Online Employment Report" from leading online employment platform...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 28, 2011) - Businesses and contractors are thriving -- and 9-to-5 employment has nothing to do with it. While national unemployment rates remain frustratingly high...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 3, 2011) - As summer heats up, job demand isn't slowing down. Finding the perfect summer job isn't limited to lifeguarding at the local pool, it's about knowing...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2011) - oDesk, the largest and fastest-growing global employment platform, today announced that it has been chosen as a winner of the TiE50 Award recognizing...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - May 6, 2011) - As businesses in technology hotbeds such as Silicon Valley, Austin and Boston can attest, good local talent is hard to find. Despite March unemployment...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 14, 2011) - oDesk continues its mission to empower the global workforce with today's introduction of International Payments. Traditionally, it has been difficult...