subject: Find Freelance Jobs Online [print this page] Businesses worldwide are seeking people to do a wide range of independent business services away from their own premises. Outsourcing business processes is the right thing to do for companies that can not afford to hire another employee, yet have more work to do than their existing employees can do.
Online subcontractors work from the comfort of their own home, or small office if they have one, and have access to an international market. Most of the work available through job auction sites are one-off tasks, such as the designing a company website or the programming of an application.
Still, these sites provide the ability for freelance business services providers to build their own profile and maintain a presence on the internet by giving them a personal space on their website. This makes it feasible to build more work from previous clients and progress towards securing full-time subcontracting jobs.
For the best chance at work from the outset, lots of freelancers make use of one or more of the following proven, respected websites: Rent A Coder; Guru; Elance.
Operating through an online auction site, freelance business services providers must take responsibility for their business reputation. Those they provide services to can give ratings and/or feedback on the provider's profile.
Providers need to be able to keep their own books, market their own services, seek out their own online opportunities, and manage their own scheduling and deadlines. No one is going to jump in and complete a job in the case of the provider having an emergency.
Those thinking of signing up at any online job auction sites, should take the below advice to maximize their chance of succeeding:
- Be clear on the processes of the site and the rules in operation.
- Use some time a few days a week looking through job listings to ascertain if the type of project that interests you is available and whether your experience measure up.
- Take the time to build a solid profile page.
- Visit freelancing forums or blogs, to learn as much as possible about the site.
- Produce a portfolio on the internet of samples of whatever type of work you do. Refer prospective employers to your portfolio, or attach samples to bids.
- Create a standard contract or use a work order template from the job auction website.
By following these simple guidelines, and acting in a dedicated and professional manner, there is no reason why anyone with any computing, programming, designing or writing skills can not make a living for themselves as an online freelance service provider.
