Upwork is a freelancing website that connects businesses with independent professionals allowing them to work together remotely. The process that Upwork uses is relatively simple. First, a company simply posts a job they need completed through the website. Second, after the job has been posted, Upwork selects potential freelance workers they believe will be best for the job. Third, the company looking for work browses through the suggest profiles and can then hold an interview before selecting who they want to hire. Fourth, the company and freelancer work are able to communicate and send files back and forth while the freelancer completes the project. The fifth and last step is payment, once a project has been completed, the company pays the freelance worker through the Upwork Website.

Freelancers aren’t going anywhere anytime soon; in fact, it is expected that by 2020, 40-50% of the workforce will be made up from freelance workers. There are many benefits to companies who hire freelancers through Upwork, for example, a project that typically would take a month through the traditional methods are completed within roughly one week by hiring a freelancer. Another huge benefit, is that there are no constraints on who you can hire, a company doesn’t have to hire an individual who lives in the same city.

Not only do businesses see the benefits of hiring freelance workers, but the workers also benefit. Freelancers have the ability to work when it is convenient. If they are using it as a part-time gig to supplement their income, then they can choose to only complete work at night or on weekends; however, if someone works full-time as a freelancer they can work at all hours of the day if they choose. Another major benefit is that freelancing is that, as long as a worker has access to a computer and the internet, they can work from anywhere in the world. Many people dream of traveling the world, because of freelance work, this can become a reality because you can easily earn an income while you travel.

It is a common belief that the concept of freelance working is a relatively new phenomenon, however, it has actually been around since the 20th century when individuals would use freelancing to write for newspapers and magazines. The process they had to go through, before the internet, was much more difficult and time consuming than it is today. To help make this process easier in 1999, after the creation of the internet, Elance was created; and in 2013 Elance merged with oDesk; just two years later, in 2015, the combined companies became Upwork Global.

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