Upwork Work Without Limits

2023 Highlights

Last month Upwork hosted its 7th annual Work Without Limits Summit. The event is targeted at Fortune 500 executives, HR visionaries, and industry leaders to discuss ideas, tactics, and trends related to flexible and remote hiring.

Here are highlights from 2023 Summit:

AI was the hot topic as C-suite executives’ plan to hire more and more professionals of all types to capitalize on the potential of generative AI.

As Upwork CEO Hayden Brown said, “The era of generative AI is not going to be defined most by job destruction. It will be defined by humans amplifying their potential.”

So, if you are not yet using AI to boost your potential, you should start now whether it’s design, development, marketing or any other niche you work in.

Listen to more insights from Upwork CEO in this recording: https://www.upwork.com/work-without-limits/welcome-to-the-work-without-limits-executive-summit-2023

Companies and management recognize that traditional “talent acquisition” approach (filling roles with full-time employees) is too slow and too costly for businesses to remain competitive. Being a freelancer is not just a ‘gig’ any more. Industry leaders from Indeed, Adobe, Duolingo and Berkeley University understand that independent talent bring external expertise and perspectives.

Listen more in a speach on “A Game Plan for Evolving Talent Strategy” here: https://www.upwork.com/work-without-limits/survival-of-the-strategist-a-game-plan-for-evolving-talent-strategy

As budgets tighten and layoffs loom, business leaders who are pioneering new ways of working gain higher levels of performance. More and more companies are expected to work with freelancers because it allows them to leverage expertise on limited budgets.

Watch more in “The Suprising Cost of Unfinished Business” https://www.upwork.com/work-without-limits/the-suprising-cost-of-unfinished-business

Listen to more recordings from the event here and come back to tell us which speaker was your favorite! https://www.upwork.com/work-without-limits

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