subject: How To Find Online Freelance Jobs [print this page] Job opportunities for freelance workers online exist through job websites, which act as meeting places for both employers and providers. Location of the job poster or the job seeker does not matter as the Internet permits them to work as if they were together. Basic computer skills are necessary apart from one's competence and expertise.
One has to first register for free or a small fee with an online service in order to find freelance jobs. A profile has then to be written, a job resume or experience details posted. Having a special skill in demand certainly helps to find work and a portfolio showing the prospective employer one's ability is the way to get jobs faster.
It may be long at first to start receiving job proposals, so it is advised to reply to job offers that are of interest instead of waiting passively. One has to make sure that he has the necessary skills to complete the work satisfactorily and within the agreed deadline before applying, as not doing so may terminate prematurely his online career.
Providers receive marks and comments by employers who tell about their experience with them. It is certain that a provider with good marks and comments is on his way to get more and more work by other employers seeing him as reliable and competent. Good attitude and perfect work will certainly be much more rewarding in the long term.
In the contrary, a provider with bad comments from angry and unhappy job posters mean early retirement. Applying for another job site may work for a time, but on the long run these comments will stay associated with one's name and visible in simple Google searches. Nobody wants this to happen.
As no one can get away with substandard work without long term consequences, it is better to think twice before taking on a freelance job online. Everyone has a special competence on something, and that is the one to use to apply for jobs. Even if the situation is difficult and money is dearly needed, targeting the correct job for the right competence is the best way to go.
A lot of providers work in web or graphic design, Flash animation, HTML or PHP programming, but these fields have quite a lot of competition. Fortunately, not only website related jobs are listed and on offer. Other less popular job offers exist in finance, accounting, translation, creative writing, engineering and manufacturing.
What is important for both employers and providers alike is to have a place where they can work together efficiently and safely to everyone's satisfaction, and that will guarantee payment at job completion. Most of the freelance job sites offer this for the peace of mind of both parties.
by: Michel Gerard
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