Odesk Tips – Applying For Jobs
By Julia Khusainova • October 3, 2009 • Posted in Freelance, Making Money Online • 6 Comments »
In my previous post How to get started with Odesk I showed you how can you benefit from working as freelancers and how to set up your provider profile and make everything ready to start applying for jobs and make money.
Today we are going to apply for our first job.
How to get your first Odesk job? When I started I got nothing in my portfolio because my past clients were asking me for privacy. That’s why I have nothing to add and show to my potential clients but I started to build my portfolio – just start with several pages and after 1 week I have 2 projects so far – 1 wordpress theme and 1 xhtml/css site. I put a $7/per hour and started offer my services.
I searched for jobs positions that best matches my skills – my priority was (X)HTML/CSS/Javascript front-end developer. I took 2 tests and my job quotas inscreased to 20 per week.
My advice – don’t loose your time. Apply for jobs. Now.
He is the list of top advices I’m used to become a successful provider.
1. Read job description carefully
2. Be polite
3. Be responsive
4. Be creative
5. Be truthful
6. Apply only for those jobs you possess required skills
If this is your first job it’s very important to show yourself to the buyer as a hard-working, responsible and willing to be paid provider. I personally recommend beginners to apply only for hourly-based jobs. You will have the oppotunity to feel what does it look like to work with Odesk tool and estimate your delivery time for future projects. Buyers love asking how many hours will it get you to complete the project.
If you have been invited to the interview write a great catchy cover letter. Mention your skills and you personal interest in this job position.
Do not apply for jobs you are not qualified enough. Anyway you will not finish it and there are a lot of chances for you to get a negative fedback. We don’t need it.
My provider profile has beed favorited 41 times. Not bad.
Give it a try and start making money with Odesk – it’s not hard and have a lot of advanteges. If you have any questions on how to get started read my post How to get started with Odesk or ask questions in the form below.
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6 Responses So Far
Hi, Aasif.
I took a look at your Odesk profile. My suggestions are:
1. Add portfolio projects that contains images of what you have done. It will add some polish to your portfolio and make it more attractive for buyers.
2. Increase you hourly rate. Yes! You have to respect yourself at first to be respected by your clients. Otherwise they will keep thinking you don’t have enough skills to be paid a good rate. I recomment to set not less than $7 including Odesk fees.
3. Add a picture of yourself! Proove you are a real person. It’s very important for building strong relationships.
4. And keep applying for jobs. I’m sure you will success as you have good test scores and skills overview.
If you have any questions feel free to post here.
Good luck!
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Thanks for your good article but how can I write a good cover letter please send me sample………………..
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You provide some rally good information thanks.
But unfortunately i did nt get any job yet, every day i apply for job i cant get it, can you tell me the reason, please see my portfolio/:
http://www.odesk.com/users/~~b59954eadcd21811
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