What's New
Posted Aug 15, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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Posting a Job with the new category system:�
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You can now narrow your job and provider searches based on the categories that interest you.� Use Advanced Job and Provider Search to narrow searches by category:�
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Providers: To add yourself to a job category:�
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We have already categorized all providers that had skills listed on their profile, but we encourage all providers to login and make sure you add all of the categories for which you would like to be found.�
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We hope these new features make it is easier for the right people to find each on oDesk.
Posted Jul 27, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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This should alleviate some of the concerns around getting paid on fixed price jobs. Providers may even want to request a small payment before starting any work to ensure that the buyer is serious about completing the project. It’s up to you how to use the feature. �
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We’ve also prepared a short play for you: �
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(Act I – working on a fixed price project before today)�
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Provider: “I finished the first phase, can you pay me 25% for reaching the milestone.”�
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Buyer: “I don’t see any way to do that on oDesk, I’ll just pay you the full amount at the end”�
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Provider:� I’m nervous, this buyer might not pay me. �
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(Act II – working on a fixed price project after today)�
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Provider: “I finished the first phase, can you pay me 25% for reaching the milestone.”�
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Buyer: “Sure, happy to. Good job.” �
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Provider: “Thanks, I’ll keep working now.” /*thinking*/ I feel much more comfortable now that I’ve received some partial payment.
Posted Jul 24, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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Go to My Account – Company Info – Add User (see screensnap)�
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If you’d like to add more managers to your team, they will be able to post jobs, hire providers, and update financial information. �
If you’d like to just add other local employees, contractors, or non-oDesk providers, do not add them as a team manager. �
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Once you add a user, they’ll receive an email invitation to join your team and their registration can be completed in just 2 minutes. Then they can join you and your oDesk providers.
Posted Jul 12, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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For example, if I’ve completed 2 projects:�
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Project X: $5,000 earned. 5-star feedback�
Project Y: $100 earned. 1-star feedback�
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My total feedback score would be a (($5000 * 5) + ($100 * 1)) / ($5000 + $100) = 4.92�
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The feedback score for affiliates has historically been calculated as a simple average of the feedback scores of the individual affiliate contractors. It has been updated to be dollars-weighted for all projects completed by the affiliate contractors, past and present. �
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For most affiliates, this should not cause a significant change in total feedback score in either direction, but you may notice that it has moved slightly.
Posted Jul 11, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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Once the buyer has posted their job, they can quickly review the providers that meet all their criteria and invite them to interview. Buyers will see this option when they’re viewing their job opening in the My Jobs tab.�
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And for providers that are viewing job openings, you will see the buyer’s preferences listed in the job opening page. We hope this helps providers gain a better understanding of exactly what the buyer is looking for in a candidate. You can always apply to the job even if you don’t meet all the preferences, but it should help set the right expectations and lead to more effective applications. �
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Posted Jul 04, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
Now, it’s easy to find what you are looking for when searching for candidates.�
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What did we change?�
�We hope these enhancements help make everyone’s hiring experience a great one.�
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If you have any feedback for us about provider search, please tell us here.
Posted Jun 18, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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We hope you utilize the new editor to spruce up your profiles, customize your messages, and add some color to the marketplace.
Posted Jun 15, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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Today, we are happy to announce that we have 4 new tests available for all of our providers:�
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You can click on the link above to take the tests or also go to the “My Qualifications” area in your account console.�
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When taking any of the new tests, remember to help us improve the quality. Recently, we enhanced the online testing program with a feedback feature that allows users taking an online test to submit issues, concerns, or errors in the questions. We have received a great response from our providers and in a short period of approximately 2 months we have received a huge number of tickets regarding our test questions. We look forward to getting your comments and suggestions on these 4 new tests as well.
Posted Jun 13, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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-Transparency breeds accountability�
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This principle has always been most evident in our core application, oDesk Team and the Work Diary. Many oDesk outsiders have looked at the Work Diary that includes screenshots and sometimes webcam shots and thought that we were spying on our providers. Some have gone so far as to call us “Big Brother”. We know that oDesk is unique and doing things differently than anyone else before us and we are proud of that. We also know from your comments that our users almost never share the same opinions as these external critics and bloggers. �
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This principle has led us to what we believe is another important milestone in the development of the oDesk marketplace. We are pleased to announce that full job history is now available online and searchable. Over 15,000 job openings including those that have long since completed and/or cancelled are all available online as part of a user’s assignment history. We will always give the option to our user to hide the details of their jobs if they choose, but we believe that transparency in the majority of jobs will help all of our users learn about the marketplace and make better decisions about who to hire / work for. Now, when looking at oDesk Assignment History for a buyer or provider, you will see job opening titles and will be able to click thru to see the details of the job if it is not private. �
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You will also note that you can now view a candidate list at the end of every job opening and provider profile. On job openings, this will give providers that may apply some insight into the other applicants. On provider profiles, it will give to potential buyers some indication of the interests of the provider. �
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We welcome any feedback on the feature in the ongoing discussions in the community forums here or here.
Posted Jun 11, 2007 by oDesk Marketing
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Take a look at what’s new:�
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Thanks to all of you who gave us feedback on how to improve this page.�� Be sure to always let us know what we can do to make oDesk work best for you.�
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Best,�
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Product manager�
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