Google's Upwork program

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Welcome to Google’s Upwork program

Google decided to partner with Upwork so teams across the business can scale strategically on the world’s largest work marketplace.

Learn more about what’s available to you and your teams, including resources to support your next project.

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Through our partnership, you have a dedicated Upwork team supporting Google. We’ll help you scope your project, quickly identify the talent needed, set up interviews and onboard candidates that you select. We’ll even handle managing the deliverables, setting up contracts and paying the freelancers.

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The first step is to meet with our team so we can understand the scope of your project, your budget and timeline. Then all that's needed to complete work is an SOW and Purchase Order. We’ll kick off the SOW process while we identify qualified talent.

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Connect with your dedicated team at google@upwork.com or schedule a call.

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Why Upwork

Access highly skilled in-demand talent choosing to work independently
Scale up or down quickly to meet business demands
Get greater visibility into hiring, including ratings and reviews on past projects
Find and onboard talent faster and at a lower cost than traditional staffing

What your colleagues say about Upwork

Upwork helps Google save time and money

Upwork makes it easy to quickly complete projects with trusted independent professionals

Google results to date

1,300

Avg Google projects completed on Upwork per year

50+

Languages supported

5k+

Upwork contractors have worked on projects for Google

180+

Countries Supported

How Google is getting work done on Upwork

Certified Physicians for Data Validation

The Situation

YouTube needed help establishing the validity of medical-related information before it appears to the public.

The Solution

Upwork provided 80+ certified medical doctors to perform ratings on medical related search content on Health Program.

The Impact

The medical experts found on Upwork were able to complete a volume of more than 15K ratings per month.

Full-Service eBook Production

The Situation

Area 120 needed to find & hire over 75 writers, editors, designers and translators for a children’s ebook project (Rivet). These books were directed at encouraging children to read what they might have watched on a video.

The Solution

The team was able to source experts to translate the books into all of the necessary languages.

The Impact

The complete list of books were translated by Upwork freelancers, creating more than 6,700 ebooks over 2 years.

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Tapping Into Expert Talent for Employee Training

The Situation

People Ops needed a way to onboard and invoice two professors to give an anti-racism training for Googlers.

The Solution

Upwork met with the team and quickly pulled together an SOW based on the agreed upon proposal the professors had presented.

The Impact

The instructors were onboarded within the week and Upwork paid them out for each training module they delivered over a 3 month period.

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Talent Spotlight

A few, top-rated vetted experts you can hire for your next project

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Upwork is a total talent solution for Google

Teams engage in different ways based on business needs

Source talent

Your colleagues come to Upwork to find, hire, and manage project contracts with independent talent, all while complying with applicable worker classification laws.

Bring your own talent

When teams already have pros they like to work with, they can bring that talent to Upwork. This lets them hire, pay, and manage those contracts in line with worker classification laws.

Large project support

For more complex projects, Upwork helps your colleagues build the right team of independent talent—and even get end-to-end project management support.