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Kathy Long
It s still up to you to hire right
My experience 2 times out of 3 has been 1 star but that s in large part because I haven t learned the ropes yet so I m not going to ding the platform for what I myself can t do Platform itself is decent and there are a lot of jobseekers to choose from Site is slow search is mediocre and usability is not the best I think what s really lacking are reviews Would be nice of employers can give feedback on their hires to protect others from making mistakes It s clear that their intake process does a good job at getting applicants to provide a lot of information and the applicants do a good enough job themselves to help you narrow your choices They have tests for the job seekers to take but the scores really mean nothing to me Does the writing test ask them to spell cat and if they get it right do they get 5 stars I don t know I would like them to show those tests to the employers so we can grade them ourselves Now here s where things really fell apart for me This is my fault so it may seem out of place leaving it in a review on their site but a review system may have prevented some of this Out of the 3 I hired from this site 1 turned out to be agency owner wanting you to think he was doing the work but was outsourcing it all and then doing a terrible job of managing his freelancers Another Filipino I hired in Upwork had a hidden agency as well Another I hired may turn out to be a gem but it s too soon to say And the 3rd one I hired had very poor internet connection but didn t divulge it until after I hired her and the lack of connection became unbearable When I reported the problems onlinejobs just came back with suggestions on how to hire better They were good suggestions and I appreciated them I was disappointed they didn t want to investigate the one running an agency I think this should be divulged in the platform This site has lots of good information on how to hire and their case studies are really helpful as well Just be careful when you hire here or anyone in the Philippines - especially if you re trying to build a real team like I am Make them pass tests before you hire them Insist they track time and use software that captures their screen Then hire them for a 2 week trial period to assess their skills Make sure they are online when you are so you can interact with them frequently If they are your employee and yours only they won t mind If they re trying to run an agency they ll pretend they are away or give you excuses The time zone difference can make this really challenging so make sure you re clear ahead of time they have to work at least some of the hours you are And make them talk about the tasks You should be looking for signs that they are actually doing the work and that they know what they are doing If they re outsourcing you work that may not even matter to you but I would definitely ask for honesty and transparency on that Finally before you hire them have them run an internet speed test in Zoom and show you the results The hidden agency racket I ve run into twice now makes me leery of the Philippines because it seems to be a growing fad I don t mind a real agency with real employees and real managers who make sure your requests are done on time and meet your quality standards as well as theirs That s not what I ran into though So the fact that onlinejobs ph doesn t appear to make any effort to either keep them out or be transparent about it is my biggest complaint