Gary Swart, Chief Executive Officer, oDesk

The new world order of hiring

The interview with Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk, discusses the use of the Internet and the capabilities of a sophisticated website to hire, manage, and pay remote talent when knowledge workers are not available locally. Swart explains how the need to access talent from around the world is driven by businesses being pressed to “do more with less”. Swart and Reiss also discuss a vision of the future office and Swart’s advice for building the ultimate in agility for an organization.

Interview Aired: 11/11/2007

Gary Swart, Chief Executive Officer, oDesk

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