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Hire for impact
On Upwork, companies can expand inclusive economic opportunity one project at a time. With independent talent based across the world, Upwork makes it easy to connect with professionals that are leveraging their diverse backgrounds and technical skills to create incredible things.
Partner with Upwork to hire for impact.
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Engage talent facing hardship
Opportunity Unlimited
Upwork and the Tent Partnership for Refugees have created Opportunity Unlimited, an initiative to help displaced professionals find work and get connected to the resources they need to prepare for, conduct, and get paid for their work, no matter their location.
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"As soon as we heard about Opportunity Unlimited, we knew we wanted to be a part of it. We knew that it would offer an incredible pool of talent. And we knew it would give us one more chance to deliver on our own CSR and DEI mission.”
Sunetra Sil Vijaykar
Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Global Executive Producer, Genpact Studios at Genpact
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Meet Bohdan Huriev
Bohdan is a Top Rated UX Designer who was able to relocate with his family to a safer region when the war in Ukraine hit, thanks to his Upwork earnings.
Get started
Enterprise clients can tell their account managers that they're interested in participating as a hiring partner or email us at opportunityunlimited@upwork.com.
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Build diverse hybrid teams
Upwork makes it possible to build diverse teams and reach your supplier diversity goals.
See our 2022 Freelance Forward report to see other key findings from our research.
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Meet Alex Tuck
A certified minority business owner, Alex is a first-generation American whose mother came to the US from Cambodia as a refugee. With close to $1M in earnings on Upwork, Alex says the ability to work through Upwork has changed his life.
Find veterans
In addition to US-veteran-owned businesses that have obtained Upwork's Diversity-Certified badge, clients can find talent across the globe that self-identify as veterans. Professionals on Upwork that have served in the military and have chosen to identify on Upwork as veterans have a military icon badge in the verifications section of their profile.
Note: Upwork only verifies the veteran status of talent who seek to obtain a Diversity-Certified badge.
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Meet Shari Cruz
As a former marine and military spouse moving from one city to the next every couple of years, Shari Cruz found it difficult to work in a traditional way. Then she found Upwork.
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Look for the Certified-Diverse badges and veteran icons on the left side of freelancers’ profiles or work with our recruiters to narrow your search to certified talent and veterans.
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See what’s possible
Around the world, Upwork customers are unlocking human potential and creating inclusive economic opportunities.
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