Online labour exchanges: The workforce in the cloud [my butt ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/144628 @baroug] | The Economist
▻http://www.economist.com/news/business/21578658-talent-exchanges-web-are-starting-transform-world-work-workforce
There is bound to be a limit to the sorts of work that can be offered through online exchanges, but maybe not much of one. So far, most of the jobs on oDesk and Elance require skills in information technology. The top two skills hired on oDesk last year were in web programming and mobile apps. Yet the range of work offered is expanding fast, says Mr Swart. In 2007 just four categories of work accounted for 90% of the dollars billed on oDesk; in 2012, that 90% was made up of 35 sorts of work, with project management, translation and copywriting among the fastest-growing.