“For companies to survive digital transformation they must rethink their talent models. Hiring is hard and will only get harder, with extreme competition for talent and positions at enterprise companies open more than 40 days on average,” said Stephane Kasriel, CEO of Upwork and co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Future of Gender, Education and Work. Kasriel’s comment came as Upwork, which ranks among the largest online staffing platforms, reported that more than $4 billion of cumulative work has been completed on its platform.