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With theOnly Such Skills Test Available Today, oDesk Helps Facebook ApplicationDevelopers Distinguish Themselves, While Helping Companies Ensure TheyHire the Very Best Facebook Developers
TodayoDesk (www.oDesk.com),an online marketplace that helps companies hire, manage and pay remotetechnology workers around the world, released a Facebookdevelopment skills test to help businesses hire the mostskilled Facebook application developers to build cool, new widgets andapplications for the popular social networking site.
oDesk provides more than one hundred different skills tests tohelp its developers set themselves apart by highlighting their areas ofexpertise. With a sophisticated feedback system in place, developersand other remote technology workers can build their reputations andcommand higher pay for their unique skill sets. Other high-demanddevelopment skills in the oDesk marketplace include Ajax, CSS, .Net,DHTML and ASP, among others. Using oDesk’s transparent remotework marketplace, employers can search for developers and other skilledtechnology workers to hire based on prior employment history andfeedback, test scores, skills and pay rates.
“Since Facebook opened up its platform to thirdparty developers earlier this year, there have been thousands ofwidgets and other applications developed in order to take advantage ofthe viral nature of the popular social networking platform,”said Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk. “We've seen a rapid increasein Facebookdevelopment job opportunities on oDesk and the oDesk FacebookSkills Test is a great new tool for finding top Facebook developertalent.”
oDesk is a marketplace of remote software development firmsand technology freelancers that offers a unique set of integratedmanagement and collaboration tools to help employers hire, manage andpay remote teams of employees. Using oDesk’s collaborationsuite, employers track project progress and collaborate with teammembers as though all were working in the same office. oDesk handlesall invoicing and payment, making it easy for small to medium sizebusinesses to access the global talent pool, a luxury once reservedsolely for the large corporation. In addition, oDesk gives technologyfreelancers the freedom to work from and get paid anywhere, anytime.
With more than 21,000 tested and rated providers working forthousands of companies around the world through the oDesk platform,oDesk is proving that the nature of technology jobs is changing. Morethan 1,000,000 hours have been logged in its remote work marketplacesince inception, and the company was recently named one of the“most promising” companies driving the future oftechnology by Red Herring.
About oDesk
Every day, oDesk helps people all over the world work together, as ifthey were seated in the same office. Founded in 2004, oDesk (www.oDesk.com)is a global marketplace for programmers and technology freelancers thatenables businesses to build and manage remote teams. Hiring managerscan search the oDesk network and choose from among thousands of tested,top-rated technology professionals in over 50 countries around theworld. Using oDesk web-based collaboration tools, project managers canvisually track and verify all work performed, both historically and inreal-time. oDesk is venture-backed by Benchmark Capital, GlobespanCapital Partners and Sigma Partners.
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