Despite the current recession, there are plenty of companies in a variety of fields looking for qualified employees. Sean P. Aune has collected over 100 sites for job listings, resume reviews, networking and more.
Whether you’re in the tech world, a teacher, translator; in the United States or abroad, these sites will help you launch a modern day job hunt.
Blogging & Writing Jobs
AboutFreelanceWriting.com – Offers helpful tips about being a freelance writer as well as posts summaries of the latest writing jobs.
BloggerJobs.biz – Has both open jobs from established sites and the ability for people to post “For Hire” listings.
FreelanceWritingGigs.com – Mixes listings for freelance jobs for both the Web and print with tips on improving your writing.
Jobs.ProBlogger.net – Darren Rowse’s Problogger has a jobs board filled with quality, paid blogging positions available from around the Web.
JournalismJobs.com – Offers listings for all sorts of journalism jobs from blogging to television.
WritersWeekly.com – A weekly online e-zine that has numerous job listings for regular jobs as one-off projects.
Technical and Design Jobs
37signals.com – A job board from the well known 37signals that features listings for programmers, designers, executives and even iPhone app developers.
AuthenticJobs.com – Companies looking for all kinds of designers, from full-time to freelance.
CompanyMeetCreative.com – Site offering part-time, freelance, and contract job offerings for creative types in Web fields.
CoNotes.com – CoNotes specializes in jobs at Internet startups.
Coroflot.com – Designers can sign up to host portfolios of their work as well as browse job listings.
Dice.com – Allows you to search based on job title, skills or location for tech industry related jobs.
ejob.com – Specific to jobs in and around Silicon Valley for the tech set.
Elance.com -Elance features jobs from all different divisions of Web operations from design up to administration.
To see all categories and listings click here.
Hi, this is Nicole from Rent a Coder. Rentacoder provides access to programming, writing, illustration, even data entry jobs. (You can get a sense of the broad scope of work available here: http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/SoftwareCoders/BrowseWork.asp).
I’d like to point out a few differences between our service and services like Elance since those differences could influence your satisfaction and earnings.
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Cost:
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The more a site charges you, the less you have to put in your own pocket at paycheck time. Unlike Elance, Rent A Coder does not charge you a monthly subscription fee for any bidding or certification privileges.
1) Free and unlimited bidding and certification privileges
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Workers on Elance cannot place more than 3 bids a month unless they pay a subscription fee ($9.95/month for 20, $19.94/month for 40 or $39.95/month for 60). The majority of sites do not charge subscription fees.
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Working with a new buyer on Pay-for-Deliverables projects:
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The cheapest and easiest way to work with a buyer is to bill by the hour (called pay-for-time). However, a new buyer doesn’t know yet that you’re productive, and won’t run up a huge bill with fluff hours. To help you establish that trust, both Elance and Rent A Coder let you work with them safely by bidding a fixed price for the final deliverables (called pay-for-deliverables). However, Elance’s extra charges for arbitration may make it prohibitively expensive to exercise your rights.
2) Payment Guarantee
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If a buyer doesn’t pay you for work you’ve properly delivered (fully completed by the deadline and up to industry-expected standards), then both sites will step in and pay you via arbitration. However Elance charges you $66-$133 to do this. This may also make it impractical to get paid on smaller projects. Rent A Coder, on the other hand, does this for free, so you never have to think twice about exercising this guarantee.
3) Arbitration
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On Rent A Coder you can start arbitration immediately. A buyer intent on abusing the system can stall the start of arbitration on Elance for 21 business days and during this period your money is not available to you. During the first phase (dispute assistance), the buyer has up to 3 business days to respond, and can make this phase last up to 12 additional business days (15 business days total). After this, the arbitration phase ‘begins’, but does actually start because the buyer is given 3 business days to acknowledge the notice of arbitration, and the another 3 business days if they did not acknowledge the first notice. Only at this point is arbitration actually started. See the Elance contract for more information.
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Working with a buyer you know on Pay-for-Time projects:
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Once a buyer trusts that you won’t bill them for unproductive hours, you can bill them by the hour (called pay-for-time). This has many advantages over pay-for-deliverables including cheaper fees, flexibility (you don’t have to define all the requirements in advance to start working) and less risk (under-estimates are no longer your responsibility to bear). However Rent A Coder guarantees payment, while Elance does not.
4) Guraranteed Payment
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Rent A Coder guarantees payment for every hour you properly record in the AccuTimeCard. It also requires the buyer to escrow the funds for the week in advance to make sure they are good for the money. If they try to withhold payment unfairly, Rent A Coder will award you the funds. Elance’s new time clock mechanism guarantees you will be paid for working only 40 hours if and only if you’ve already successfully worked 80 hours on a previous project.
There are other differences as well. I invite everyone to compare the 7 major services through this link to learn even more: http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/DotNet/misc/CompetitorInformation/WhyRentACoder_ForSellers.aspx
If you have any questions, please let me know. You can also call in to talk to a facilitator 7 days a week, or email us (see http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/Feedback.asp).
Nicole
http://www.rentacoder.com