How to Earn Money with oDesk?

Earning Money With oDesk

If you want to earn money through online jobs, try oDesk. It is a online job marketplace, that intent to hire and manage remote workers. oDesk allows clients to create online workteams coordinated and paid through the company's propriety software and websites. oDesk has a wide variety of programming/software development skills, graphic design, writing and administrative support. The company provides voluntary skills tests in various disciplines from English aptitude to specific programming skills, and profiles include a feedback mechanism.

If your are interested, take time to read some of the guidelines and tips below on how to get started in oDesk.

1. Registered first - Create an Account

This is the first step in everything before you start online businesses. Creating your account and fill up some registration forms.

  

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2. Choose your Qualification Test/Take the Exam

After creating an account, next thing to do is to take an exam. If you passed this test, it will be an advantage to you to raise your job application quotas.
Try to take the test for every skill you listed in your profile. You should make your most impressive test scores public.

3. Building your Profile

Building your profile to introduce yourself as applicant to the people reviewing your cover letter. If your profile is good, many employer will hire or accept you. Your profile should composed of:
Overview
Picture
Hourly Rate
Resume
Portfolio
Honest Information

 4. Writing a Cover Letter

After your profile set, sell yourself to the clients by convincing them that they should hire you. Write a cover letter that proves who you are and what can you do. And for goodness sake - don't send the same cover letter to each and every jobs that posted. The clients will always know. You can't fool them. Don't beg for a job, this will lead you in loosing your self-confidence and professionalism. Never lower your hourly rate or worse, never offer your work for free. It will looked you desperate and give the impression that you don't deserve whatever amount you have given in your profile.

 

5. Look for a Job

Looking for a ob that suits to your ability and skills. Make sure it worth your time, make sure it will cover your expenses (such a cost to withdraw) and if it is fixed price, make sure it reflects the amount of time you will be working on that project.

Two ways to search for jobs.

a. By Category

 b. By Skills

6. Apply for that Job

After choosing the suited job that fits for you, next step to do is to apply for that.

7. Payments Method

Your on your way! The last thing to do is finding a way to get or withdrawing your payments. Here are some payment methods that you can use.

PAYONEER

PAYPAL

MONEYBOOKERS

WIRE TRANSFER

LOCAL FUNDS TRANSFER   

If you have already an account, that will be easy to you. If none, well, the next steps and guides to do on how to get your earning oDesk, will be posted in my next article. So, please come back. Well, for now, try to do the above guides and try to make your cover letter..

Thank you for reading. If you have anything to add or to share, please, feel free to add it in comment section below.  

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