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How To Create an Employee Mentorship Program

How To Create an Employee Mentorship Program

Find out how to build a successful employee mentorship program. Learn the benefits of mentorship, how to get started, and solutions to common challenges.

Oct 25, 2023

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How To Create an Employee Mentorship Program

How To Create an Employee Mentorship Program

Oct 25, 2023

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13 Min Read

How To Have Difficult Conversations With Employees

How To Have Difficult Conversations With Employees

Sep 26, 2023

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12 Min Read

How To Be a More Adaptable Leader

How To Be a More Adaptable Leader

Jul 11, 2023

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12 Min Read

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Fixed Price or Hourly: What’s Right for Your Next Hire on Upwork?

Fixed Price or Hourly: What’s Right for Your Next Hire on Upwork?

Nov 4, 2025

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10 Min Read

How To Prevent AI Slop and Preserve Quality Work

How To Prevent AI Slop and Preserve Quality Work

Nov 3, 2025

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8 Min Read

Is Upwork Reliable? What You Need To Know

Is Upwork Reliable? What You Need To Know

Oct 29, 2025

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6 Min Read

48-Hour GTM Sprint With Microteams: Build, Test, and Learn Faster

48-Hour GTM Sprint With Microteams: Build, Test, and Learn Faster

Oct 28, 2025

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6 Min Read

How To Balance AI and Human Connection in the Hiring Process

How To Balance AI and Human Connection in the Hiring Process

Oct 28, 2025

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8 Min Read

Upwork Client Profiles: What You Need To Know

Upwork Client Profiles: What You Need To Know

Oct 27, 2025

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6 Min Read

Global Company Creates Single-Source HR Hub in Partnership With Upwork

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Global Company Creates Single-Source HR Hub in Partnership With Upwork

Dec 6, 2024

How Upwork Enterprise Helps Beat Budget Constraints With Top Talent

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How Upwork Enterprise Helps Beat Budget Constraints With Top Talent

Jun 7, 2024

How a Global Industry Leader Uses Upwork to Keep Up With Changing Market Forces

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How a Global Industry Leader Uses Upwork to Keep Up With Changing Market Forces

Mar 19, 2024

How a 115-Year-Old Company Continues to Innovate with Independent Talent

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How a 115-Year-Old Company Continues to Innovate with Independent Talent

Nov 12, 2023

How Flexible Talent Helps a D.C. Firm Save Its Clients Millions

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How Flexible Talent Helps a D.C. Firm Save Its Clients Millions

Nov 9, 2023

How Upwork Talent Helped an Investment Company Launch Two AI Businesses

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How Upwork Talent Helped an Investment Company Launch Two AI Businesses

Oct 20, 2023

How Independent Pros Are Key to Upwork's Best Creative Work

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How Independent Pros Are Key to Upwork's Best Creative Work

Oct 14, 2023

How Upwork Helped a SaaS Company With Rapid Growth

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How Upwork Helped a SaaS Company With Rapid Growth

Sep 19, 2023

How a Leading University Aces Innovation Goals With Independent Talent

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How a Leading University Aces Innovation Goals With Independent Talent

Aug 7, 2023

How Loquere Partnered With an Independent Pro to Launch an AI Coach for Inclusive Conversations

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How Loquere Partnered With an Independent Pro to Launch an AI Coach for Inclusive Conversations

Oct 6, 2022

Upwork Innovators: Erik Allebest | CEO of Chess.com

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Upwork Innovators: Erik Allebest | CEO of Chess.com

Mar 19, 2021

Upwork Innovators: Holly Cardew | CEO and Founder, Pixc

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Upwork Innovators: Holly Cardew | CEO and Founder, Pixc

Mar 19, 2021

Upwork Innovators: Oded Ran | CEO, Touchnote

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Upwork Innovators: Oded Ran | CEO, Touchnote

Mar 19, 2021

Upwork Customer Highlight: Samsung NEXT/Whisk

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Upwork Customer Highlight: Samsung NEXT/Whisk

Mar 19, 2021

Building Teams Where the Talent Is: Zendesk's Global Hiring Approach

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Building Teams Where the Talent Is: Zendesk's Global Hiring Approach

Mar 19, 2021

How Microsoft's Teams Are Increasing Their Agility

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How Microsoft's Teams Are Increasing Their Agility

Mar 5, 2021

Vivino Taps Flexible Devs to Build a Leading App Under Budget

Success Stories

Vivino Taps Flexible Devs to Build a Leading App Under Budget

Oct 12, 2020

Thumbtack Lowers Costs by 5x With Independent Talent

Success Stories

Thumbtack Lowers Costs by 5x With Independent Talent

Jun 25, 2020

Fortune 1000 Company Scales Online Content at 40% Savings

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Fortune 1000 Company Scales Online Content at 40% Savings

Jun 22, 2020

How On-Demand Devs Provide PGA of America Time and Budget for Testing New Ideas

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How On-Demand Devs Provide PGA of America Time and Budget for Testing New Ideas

Jun 19, 2020

How Independent Talent Enable Singularity to Seize Marketing Opportunities Faster

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How Independent Talent Enable Singularity to Seize Marketing Opportunities Faster

Jun 19, 2020

Singularity University Invents Their Future with On-Demand Independent Experts

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Singularity University Invents Their Future with On-Demand Independent Experts

Jun 19, 2020

Championing Innovation at PGA of America

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Championing Innovation at PGA of America

Jun 17, 2020

Software Startup Grows With Niche Content + Freelance Experts

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Software Startup Grows With Niche Content + Freelance Experts

Jun 17, 2020

Lone UCLA Professor Builds Online Learning Platform In Just 3 Months

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Lone UCLA Professor Builds Online Learning Platform In Just 3 Months

Jun 17, 2020

Tophatter Gains 30% Rise in CSAT Scores With Global Support Agents

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Tophatter Gains 30% Rise in CSAT Scores With Global Support Agents

Jun 11, 2020

Penn Foster Gains Higher-Quality Matches and 20x Faster Time to Hire

Success Stories

Penn Foster Gains Higher-Quality Matches and 20x Faster Time to Hire

Jun 11, 2020

How Flexible Talent Helps a Fast-Paced Company Improve Productivity

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How Flexible Talent Helps a Fast-Paced Company Improve Productivity

Jun 11, 2020

Lean Company Grows by Depending on Flexible Specialists Worldwide

Success Stories

Lean Company Grows by Depending on Flexible Specialists Worldwide

Jun 11, 2020

How Remote SEO Talent Boosted FIXR’s Organic Traffic by 500K/Month

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How Remote SEO Talent Boosted FIXR’s Organic Traffic by 500K/Month

Jun 11, 2020

Construction Industry Veteran Launches Innovative Team Scheduling App Using Remote Talent

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Construction Industry Veteran Launches Innovative Team Scheduling App Using Remote Talent

Jun 11, 2020

Success Stories

From Global Cake Boutiques to Lifestyle Brand: How Lady M Scales with Flexible Talent

Jun 10, 2020

How Microsoft Started Small Then Scaled Fast Using Freelancers to Design Presentations

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How Microsoft Started Small Then Scaled Fast Using Freelancers to Design Presentations

Jun 10, 2020

Success Stories

How Woodruff Sawyer Tackled a Brand Overhaul with a Leading Design Agency on Upwork

May 29, 2020

The Modern Tech Talent Playbook

How To Work With Tech Talent

Embracing Business Transformation To Future Proof Your Workforce

A Guide to Effective Remote Team Management

Accelerating Digital Transformation in HR

Strategic Guide To Build a Blended Workforce

Building a Reliable Analytics Team with Independent Talent

From Chaos to Clarity: How To Simplify Freelance Hiring

From Chaos to Clarity: How To Simplify Freelance Hiring

5 Signs It’s Time To Build a Reliable Freelance Bench

5 Signs It’s Time To Build a Reliable Freelance Bench

Key Findings From Upwork's Not Just Tech Report

Key Findings From Upwork's Not Just Tech Report

6 Business Growth Lessons From 2020 Worth Keeping In 2021

6 Business Growth Lessons From 2020 Worth Keeping In 2021

How Does Upwork Work?

How Does Upwork Work?

Fixed Price vs. Hourly Projects on Upwork

Fixed Price vs. Hourly Projects on Upwork

Flexible Talent vs. Independent Contractor vs. Employee: How to Know What You Need

Flexible Talent vs. Independent Contractor vs. Employee: How to Know What You Need

Upwork Monthly Hiring Report: Growing Demand For Seasonal Support

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Upwork Monthly Hiring Report: Growing Demand For Seasonal Support

The Key to Growth: How Small Businesses Turn Disruption Into an Edge

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The Key to Growth: How Small Businesses Turn Disruption Into an Edge

Upwork Monthly Hiring Report: Increasing Demand for Skills That Combat AI “Workslop”

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Upwork Monthly Hiring Report: Increasing Demand for Skills That Combat AI “Workslop”

The Best-Kept Secret of Top-Performing Teams Isn’t AI

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The Best-Kept Secret of Top-Performing Teams Isn’t AI

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Upwork Monthly Hiring Report: AI Amplifies Demand for Human Skills

From Tools to Teammates: Navigating the New Human-AI Relationship

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From Tools to Teammates: Navigating the New Human-AI Relationship

The Future Workforce Index: Evolving Talent Trends in 2025 and Beyond

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The Future Workforce Index: Evolving Talent Trends in 2025 and Beyond

From Burnout to Balance: AI-Enhanced Work Models

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From Burnout to Balance: AI-Enhanced Work Models

Freelancing Meets Gen Z Modern Work Needs

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Freelancing Meets Gen Z Modern Work Needs

7 Things Work Innovators Do Right Every Day

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7 Things Work Innovators Do Right Every Day

Prepare Your Workforce for the Job Disruption Wave of 2024 and Beyond

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Prepare Your Workforce for the Job Disruption Wave of 2024 and Beyond

Why HR Needs a 360-Degree View of Talent

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Why HR Needs a 360-Degree View of Talent

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Future Workforce Report 2022: Leveraging Independent Talent as a Key Workforce Strategy

The Adaptive Enterprise

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The Adaptive Enterprise

The New Geography of Remote Work

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The New Geography of Remote Work

Freelance Forward Economist Report

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Freelance Forward Economist Report

The Great Work Teardown

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The Great Work Teardown

Future Workforce Report 2021: How Remote Work is Changing Businesses Forever

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Future Workforce Report 2021: How Remote Work is Changing Businesses Forever

Not Just Tech: Remote Freelancing Across Industries

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Not Just Tech: Remote Freelancing Across Industries

Future Workforce Pulse Report: Trends & Statistics on the Growth of Remote Teams

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Future Workforce Pulse Report: Trends & Statistics on the Growth of Remote Teams

Work Without Limits 2020 Executive Trends Report

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Work Without Limits 2020 Executive Trends Report

2019 Annual Impact Report

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2019 Annual Impact Report

Advanced Leadership Response Strategies to Changing Workforce Patterns

Advanced Leadership Response Strategies to Changing Workforce Patterns

Turning Workforce Risk into Resilience

Turning Workforce Risk into Resilience

Ardent Partners Report: The Talent Shift

Ardent Partners Report: The Talent Shift

Ardent Partners 2023 Digital Staffing Technology Advisor Report

Ardent Partners 2023 Digital Staffing Technology Advisor Report

Frost & Sullivan 2023 Best Practices New Product Innovation Award

Frost & Sullivan 2023 Best Practices New Product Innovation Award

Keys to Ensuring Business Continuity in 2022 and Beyond

Keys to Ensuring Business Continuity in 2022 and Beyond

The Grand Redesign

The Grand Redesign

Leadership Response Strategies to Changing Workforce Patterns

Leadership Response Strategies to Changing Workforce Patterns

Securely Working With Remote Freelancers

Securely Working With Remote Freelancers

How To Pay Freelancers on Upwork: Fixed-Price vs. Hourly Contracts

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How To Pay Freelancers on Upwork: Fixed-Price vs. Hourly Contracts

Aug 23, 2025

The Costs of Hiring a Freelancer vs. In-House Employee: What You Need To Know

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The Costs of Hiring a Freelancer vs. In-House Employee: What You Need To Know

Aug 22, 2025

How To Craft a Winning Job Post on Upwork

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How To Craft a Winning Job Post on Upwork

Apr 29, 2025

How To Hire Upwork’s Top-Rated Freelancers

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How To Hire Upwork’s Top-Rated Freelancers

Mar 27, 2025

A Day in the Life of a Small Business Owner

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A Day in the Life of a Small Business Owner

Mar 27, 2025

How To Scale Your Business

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How To Scale Your Business

Feb 27, 2025

Upwork vs. Fiverr: Which Is Better for Hiring?

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Upwork vs. Fiverr: Which Is Better for Hiring?

Feb 24, 2025

How To Hire Employees for a Small Business

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How To Hire Employees for a Small Business

Jan 31, 2025

How To Hire a Virtual Assistant

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How To Hire a Virtual Assistant

Jan 31, 2025

How To Hire on Upwork

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How To Hire on Upwork

Jan 17, 2025

How To Hire Freelance Talent On Upwork

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How To Hire Freelance Talent On Upwork

Sep 17, 2024

Foster Distributed Team Best Practices

Foster Distributed Team Best Practices

Feb 2, 2024

Create Environments and Cultures for Flexible Talent Models

Create Environments and Cultures for Flexible Talent Models

Feb 2, 2024

Embrace New Technologies With a Systems Mindset

Embrace New Technologies With a Systems Mindset

Feb 2, 2024

Find the Perfect Fit on Upwork

Find the Perfect Fit on Upwork

Dec 7, 2021

Meet the Creatives: Upwork CoLab x Budweiser

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Meet the Creatives: Upwork CoLab x Budweiser

Sep 17, 2021

Focus on Outcomes

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Focus on Outcomes

Jul 10, 2020

Virtualizing the Value Chain

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Virtualizing the Value Chain

Jun 27, 2020

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Double Down on 1:1s

Jun 22, 2020

Quality Talent

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Quality Talent

Jun 18, 2020

What Kind of Freelance Talent Can You Hire Through Upwork?

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What Kind of Freelance Talent Can You Hire Through Upwork?

Jun 11, 2020

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