By now, you may be well aware of oDesk's daily job alerts. However, job alerts only come once a day. Many jobs receive 30+ applicants within the first couple of hours of listing. And within those first few hours, many buyers are already well on their way to interviewing candidates and even making their selection! Don't ... more »
My thanks goes out to everyone stopping by as a result of oDesk's latest newsletter. An even bigger thanks goes out the those who've subscribed to my RSS Feed. For those of you subscribed to my feed, I do apologize for the Feed being a bit wonky today (if you even noticed). The feed wasn't ... more »
It's a given that if you're trying to make your break working through oDesk, you need the oDesk Insider's book, Making Money in Your Pajamas - when it comes to getting ahead on oDesk, this is definitely the book for you. But the purpose of this post wasn't to pimp the oDesk Insider (even though it is ... more »
When it comes to intellectual property, there is only one exception to the rule that everything you create belongs to you: Work for hire. When you sign the oDesk Marketplace Agreement (along with other freelance board agreements), you are giving up the rights to everything you create, and it becomes property of the buyer - all work produced ... more »
Whether it's through ignorance, misinterpretation, or misdirection, a lot of the non-rates-debate "talk" about oDesk in the blogosphere focuses primarily on two things: Privacy and the Hourly billing model. While oDesk is not for everyone, the (previously unheard of) hourly model it introduced to the freelance job-board market drew in a lot of buyers and providers in ... more »
When you've been on oDesk (or any other freelance job board) for a while, you can rest on your laurels when bidding on jobs and let your work history speak for itself. When you're just starting out, however, having a great profile is crucial. Regardless of how long you've been freelancing on the outside, when you join a ... more »