Special Report

The CEO Guide to the Micro Workforce

Learn how companies are cutting costs by hiring microworkers who are paid by task. Read about the businesses and Websites that are helping match workers with jobs and employers. These include Amazon.com, CloudCrowd, LiveOps and ODesk

Meet the Microworkers

A new breed of online worker is paid by the task
Mechanical Serfdom Is Just That

I spent a day crowdsourcing for Amazon's Mechanical Turk and all I have to show for eight hours in an online work marketplace is a measly $4.38
Slide Show: Twelve Sites That Will Put You to Work Now

Finding a job might be tough these days, but finding work is a snap if you know where to look. A number of websites now let workers choose when and where they'd like to work

Podcast: Where to Find Microwork

An increase in work that pays by the task or by the project means more people can work from home. Can workers really make a living doing this?
Video: Freelance Nation

Kelly Parkinson does 100 projects per year, so she needs to stay organized. One microworker explains how and why she left a corporate job to take the path less traveled
Archive: CEO Guide to Technology

Browse past editions of this special report on emerging tech trends