oDesk Tests - very Helpful for Contractors

Dear readers,
The topic of this post is about various oDesk Tests. oDesk.com provides more than 300 free skill tests for the contractor. These tests are really very helpful for the freelancers usually who are new. oDesk provides various tests from Adobe applications to English grammar to XML. oDesk is continually adding and revising their test selection, so it will be better if you check back regularly to their site for any new test. You can take these skills tests to highlight your newly acquired skills to your potential clients.

If you new to freelancing than there's nothing to worry! oDesk also offers the a Readiness Test to help acquaint the new contractors with their system. After getting registered, Contractor job application quotas are restricted until they pass this readiness test. Once they pass the Readiness Test, their job application quotes are increased or their bid limit exceeds. The duration for the oDesk Readiness Test is only 60 minutes. There are total 25 multiple choice questions, each question has between 1 and 8 options of which 1 or more may be correct.

You can take as many as tests as you want from more than 300 skill tests. So, oDesk always recommend contractors for check the list and take tests that correspond with skills they want to present to potential clients. Because these helps any client to find out his desired contractor. There is no penalty for failing in any test and it is FREE and anyone can retake the test after 30 days. You can also hide any tests scores if you do not like.

Here are some helpful suggestions / tips based on web portal of oDesk.com:

• If you see a job post that you are interested in, take any skills tests listed in the requested qualifications. The Client probably will not consider your application otherwise. Be sure your passing test score is public, so clients will recognize you as a qualified candidate.

• Take tests featured on the profiles of contractors in your specific field. You can click on other candidates with public profiles on job posts, or do a search for contractors to see what tests your competitors has taken.

• Look for unique tests, the ones not many other contractors have taken. You can sort by Tests Taken to find these hidden gems. They may be new tests or unique skills; either way you will really stand out to any client looking for that specific skill.

• You may take as many tests to highlight as many skills as you want. However, it may not be wise to leave them all visible on your profile. Generally, we advise you make only the better than average test scores public.

• After taking any test, a test score listed as "above average" means it was in the 50% percentile - you scored better than half of all other test takers. But, if it shows as "below average", that means the other half scored better than you. Your profile is all about showing the client you're the best person for the job. Any test where you didn't score better than most people (a percentile of 50% or lower) will hurt your profile more than it helps. So hide it, work on your skills (oDesk suggests creating things you can add to your portfolio), and retake the test after 30 days.

Readers,
The Readiness Test is not a hard test. Its an easy test, actually it helps any contractor to increase his / her daily bid limit. Making money online is getting popularity day by day through world. Freelancing / Outsourcing is one of the competitive money making strategy on the net. Lots of competitors are already trying hard. So, if you really want to make real cash from this kind jod than lots of work you have to do. Don't be late, start today.


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Freelancer.com Blog - Learning Tool for Freelancers

Dear Readers,
In this post, I am going to tell you about another interesting, helpful and important but most common (I said common because all the people who are involved with freelancer dot com, he / she knows about it), the tool is Freelancer Blog. If you think that this tool won't help you anymore, than you are right but if you think that this tool will help you a lot than you are on it ! The main aspect of this writing is to help yourself prepared for learning new Announces, NEWS, Tips etc from Freelancer.com.

If you think that the freelancer blog is not going to help you. It's fine ! You can use another tool to increase your online income. There are lots of tutorial tools that can help you to become a master in the Freelancing or Outsourcing world. Every Outsourcing / Freelancing sites are trying to help both their Contractors and Providers, I think their main profit depends on the relation between the Buyer and Coder. So, lots of free tools are available around you. You can use whatever you want.

The truth is if you want to earn money from online outsourcing sites, than you have to do everything your own. Specially who are new to freelancing need to know that the money making way is easy but competitive, lots of competitors are waiting for you. The online freelance market is increasing rapidly around the Globe due to the availability of telecom devices and services. So, Interests, Hard Working Attitude and Patience are the three most common requirements to make a clear place for yourself in the Virtual Freelancing Marketplace.

Some blog post are like as follows, click on these link to read more details:

Freelancer.com acquires Scriptlance
New Feature - My Credentials 
Outsource Website Design - Success Story

If you want to be a successful freelancer than you have to keep yourself informed about for the various NEWS, Features, Tutorials, Tips about and from the Outsourcing Sites you work with.

For those who are new and want to make some real cash from outsourcing field: Before get registered with any freelance or outsourcing site, just read more than once the Help / Tutorial or related section of the sites. You don't need to read lots of tips from other blogs or sites to be a good rated provider. At the very beginning, I made lots of these kind of mistakes. To be professional in this field, Concentration on work is very important. At the starting, follow the instructions or tips or tutorials, keep on biding, make a clear and intelligent profile of yourself, attractive description of your work and experiences etc. See at least 10 to 15 best profiles, it will help a lot and I think it won't so hard for you.

Anyway, readers thank you very much for reading my post.


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Get Micro Payments at Microworkers - Freelancing

Microworkers.com another excellent Freelancing / Outsourcing site for online Freelancer. If you want to make money from online as a individual contractor or provider, from your home computer by completing some simple tasks than Microworkers could be better choice for you. Job offered by microworkers are Forum posting, Making comments on Youtube and other sites, Providing Yahoo answers, Small article for Blog / Site, New Signups etc. Since all jobs are simple and easy, the payment is also small and micro. May be that's why the name is Microworkers.


Microworkers provide two types of account:

1) Employer: As an employer you can posts a job to be done. You can make your profile rich and ask people to:
* Vote for your Photo
* Rate your Videos
* Help you promote on FaceBook
* Follow you on Twitter
* Sign up to a Website
* Bookmark your website and much more.

2) Workers: Completed the job and get paid by the Employer. As a Worker or Provider you can do the following:
* Browse from lots of micro jobs.
* Select jobs you like
* Finish the task and submit the proof.
* Get paid for your job done.

Sample works: Take a look at the following screenshot for Sample works.

Payment method accept in Microwprkers:
Alertpay, Payza, Visa / Master Card, Wire Card, Moneybookers, Skrill, Comodo Secure.

If you want to know more details about microworkers just visit their FAQ Section, you will get your answer.


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ODESK | Outsourcing Site to Make Money Online

Making Money from Online is going to be more popular day by day. People who are not related to any kind of IT services or even not an IT professional, know that there are some ways that people can earn money from the internet.

Among all the methods of make money online Outsourcing / Freelancing is the most common way to get started. People from Bangladesh can make huge money from online as a Freelancer or a Freelance Worker. Already lots of freelancers are making money from Bangladesh via Outsourcing. India is the most leading country in the field of Freelancing / Outsourcing around the world.

I have written one of my previous posts about various freelancing money making sites. In this post I am going to say something about odesk.com. If you want to work as a freelancer from Bangladesh then odesk can be the right choice for you. As far as I know, at present there are more than 2000+ providers are making money through odesk from Bangladesh as freelancers. And for India the number is huge. Freelancers from some other South Asian countries like Pakistan, Srilanka etc are using odesk and making money.

So if you think you can earn money as a freelancer than odesk is the right place for you. The registration is here is absolutely free. But you can register as a Freelance Provider or Buyer once. Buyers are posting jobs here to be done, and Providers are freelancers like you, they work for buyers and after successful completion of the buyers project they get paid directly from Odesk.

Start now, go to www.odesk.com, Create a new account as a Freelance Provider or Provider Company whatever you want. Please don't provide any wrong information cause it's about money! They will make you payment via Check or Moneybookers etc. And it’s absolutely free service!

The registration process is easy, after successful registration go to the help center for beginner’s tutorial. I recommend for any new Freelancer to read the help section carefully and details about it. Video tutorials will be helpful for new freelancers.

Initially you will get 2 bid limit. To increase your bid limit from 2 to 10, first you have take Odesk Readiness Test. The pass mark is 5 out of 5. This is the basic test.

There are more than 300 odesk Qualification tests available for Freelance Providers. Passing marks is different for different test. Anyone can take these tests for free. You can take part in any test once in month (except the Odesk Readiness Test). These tests helps provider to build a strong profile.

To make a better Portfolio describe yourself, your expertise's, your experiences, your vision in the appropriate section of your profile. Its a little bit tough for any new provider to get job easily. So, try to make your profile rich that can attract buyers.

Odesk support various Payment methods:

1. Pioneer Debit Card

2. Moneybookers

3. PayPal

4. Direct Deposit / ACH

5. Wire Transfer

You can select any method from those, which will be better for you. For Bangladeshi Freelancer / Outsourcing Workers, it's better to choose moneybookers. Before select moneybookers, you need to have a moneybookers account. Go to moneybookers.com, open an account today, its also free.

After completion of your odesk account setup, start biding for your desired project. Browse project by category.

• Before bidding a project read carefully your buyers requirement.
• Don't bid for any job if you think that you are not qualified for the job.
• Write your cover letter that attracts your buyer.
• Ask question to your buyer if you have any.

Good Luck! Happy biding!

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