Recently on the Young Professionals Group, we had this question from Boni:
Hi Guys
I have had this eager to venture in this thing called online data entry jobs which pay well but u have to register an amount for you to join.
- Now I don’t know who or where to begin searching for them
- If they work or not
Kindly please advice me and probably give sites that have paid.
Here’s my answer:
Hi Boni
How are you? I hope all is well.
In my experience, data entry jobs are among the worst type of online jobs out there. Why? Because they usually involve a whole lot of work. The amount of data to be processed is not anything small, trust me. For example, I once had to input 3600 entries (several columns) into an excel sheet for a mere $30.
The best way, in my view, to make online data entry work for you is to do more than just one gig here and there. Perhaps you can organise some people and then your role becomes that of just getting the jobs and then passing on the work to them. If you get 10 jobs paying $30 each that is $300. You then just make sure you pay your people less than $300. I know several people who do this from their own homes, using their friends and younger siblings for labour.
Better yet, do something else other than data entry. Probably, every other type of job pays better than data entry. Do you have a particular skill or technical training? Yes? Good, you can find hundreds of job with that.
Here are some of the sites that I know actually work:
www.getafreelancer.com
www.guru.com
www.elance.com
www.rentacoder.com
There are thousands of jobs available but the competition for them is fierce. People from India and other parts of Asia have particularly flooded the net looking for jobs.
How can you outcompete them? Well, basically, it involves clever marketing. Put yourself out there in a way that you are seen as not just another freelancer but a serious professional. When looking for work online or elsewhere, it is sometimes very difficult to demonstrate what you can do to potential employers. You don’t really have anything tangible to sell and convincing clients to pay can be hard – they may even resort to asking you to do the work and then “if” it is good they will pay you. How can you change this? Use a portfolio. A portfolio is key in making potential employers feel secure and confident about you.
I hope I have been of help. Please feel free to ask any other questions that you may have.
Additionally, we have written a whole lot on this subject on this site so you will probably get some of your questions answered if stick around. :p
Here are some articles that may be interesting to you:
- Here is a method that is helping job seekers get jobs.
- Freelancing – the art of making money online by using your skills
- Beat the global recession with an online job
- Do you also want to be a freelancer? (An Interview)
Hi Kelvin, I would like to get in touch with you if its possible. My email is Thundu@gmail.com.
Thank you.
Hi Njeri. I sent you an email so you can get in touch
thanks for the good work.the easiest place to get this jobs is odesk.com
Thanks for the heads up. I’m loving odesk already
I’ve been searchn for an online job like forever!!! Please help.
Kind sir, what kind of help do you need?
Good work your doing keep up.
Thanks, friend.
Any leads for me to find a job
What kind of job, Willy? What are you good at? What can you do?
Also, perhaps you may like this: http://likechapaa.com/biashara30/
Any sites you can recommend for graphic design or desk top publishing jobs?
J.
What about the ones listed in the article?
hae Kelvin.
how do you create an impressive portfolio to get all the professional online jobs.
How do you make a portfolio?
Please advise.
regards,
Christine
Hi Christine, how are you? Well, a good portfolio is basically an improved CV.
You want to tell the world about you, your skills, and give samples of your prior work – as well as your contact details.
You can make one easily if you know how to handle any content management system but, if you don’t, then I recommend you use a competent designer. (It should NOT be expensive.) I recommend: http://www.spaceyangu.com
Hi Kev
i have gone to odesk.com looking for jobs but i cant place a bid or how is done?
odesk is a bit more complex than the rest. You have to register and then build up your odesk profile. I believe you have to take some odesk tests.
Thanx for this information. I have worked as a freelancer as an academic writer and its good but some con
Some con?
yeah! I worked withessaywriters.net who really stress with unnecessary fines. At one time they fined me $36 and when I questioned they said that a customer had complained of a job I had done. what suprised me later was that they replaced the fine with giving me @24 to my account and then closed it coz of asking that question. I have friends who also complained of harrassment by the same company, they closed the accounts with @600 for one and the other @200.
that is to say that you can get you job i mean the job you have been looking for at freelancer.com just try it and you will be amazed withthe results yoy get
where does con apply to i dont get it or maybe i have not been inot it that much
Once you are http://www.getafreelancer.com, you can sign up to the site, then you can apply for any job listed there.
hi all,this is a great idea,but theres alot of literature that makes it all the more complicated rather than easy,is there any simple explanation of how this works