subject: Tips For Hiring A Freelancer [print this page] Many sites offer the webmaster, a place to send the projects offered by professionals. All of these sites, you can contact offshore workers who live in countries where wages are only a small part of them are the most industrialized countries. This allows you to keep the project on a budget and save money while maintaining full-time staff of small size.
So how do you find the "diamond in the rough"? You know, this person offers reliable quality work on time and within budget? There is no simple answer. The best thing to do is use the tools provided by the independent website to try to minimize your risk.
Unfortunately, most independent websites that exist to use a very poor classification system that allows a webmaster to give a freelancer on a scale of 1-10. This system has none of the most important variables into account, such as the complexity of the project.
The complexity of the project is important. Freelancer makes a number of simple jobs, and has an excellent rating and do a good job of that type of project. But there is no guarantee that they can manage complex projects. As the complexity of the projects get more expensive to make at least one of a freelance web site has developed a rating system, the complexity of using the dollar amount of the project as part of the evaluation formula gives the webmaster for more information. Then you make the decision a little 'easier for the webmaster.
Here are a couple more tips for hiring a freelancer:
Do not post a budget!
"Why not?" He asks. If you submit a budget, most professionals will be offered based on the amount of the budget. Unfortunately, at a reasonable cost in a part of the world is insanely high or ridiculously low in another part of the world.
For example, you want someone to create a logo for you. Any decent graphic designer should be able to do so. So it is probably safe to go with the lowest bidder. But suppose you need a sales letter written for an Australian audience, do you really think someone is Eastern Europe and China will be able to do as good a job as the Australian Aboriginal? Probably not, but the cost of living is much higher in Australia and that person would need to charge more for the same amount of work.
Do not take outside of their own excellence.
But you say: "If I were an expert, I do not need to hire someone else!" While this may be true, must be sufficiently familiar with the area of work to be able to describe your project to know what is and is not technically possible to offer and I know they have a reasonable workload.
If necessary, ask someone who does not know the field of labor. Most sites offer a bulletin board for you to negotiate with bidders anonymous before choosing one of them for the project. Pay special attention to the response of a freelancer for the project. The ideal candidate is one who loves his work. Ask them to describe similar projects they have done in the past or provide samples of their work if possible. Graphic designers, Web designers and writers will be able to provide samples. Programmers and others may not be able to deliver samples, but they may be able to give a recommendation if they have not yet been rated by other webmasters.
The instructions above and keep the lines of communication open to greatly increase the chances of a good experience in the chosen freelancer. You can save time and money and help you manage your business as efficiently as possible. After all, you meet all the challenges that freelance when it comes to dealing with all employees, and created additional challenges to be in different geographic areas.
