by Abdul Rahman

Created on: August 25, 2010   Last Updated: August 27, 2010

Freelancing has been the oxygen for those who are suffocating in the unemployment scenario as global recession has really hit the global economy. The work-from-home jobs are boon for all those who don’t have access to companies or for those who don’t want to be bound in 9 to 5 jobs available in the industry on the basis of competitive salaries being offered by the companies. A freelancer is the person who does jobs or works for any company without being affiliated with it or in other words, we can say a part- timer or employee who works on short term contracts less than  a month.

Today , we are also going to review such a great freelance marketplace which has really brought a revolution in the freelance industry and has become the sole freelance website offering verified jobs for the freelance professionals around the world .

We are talking about none other than Odesk Freelance Marketplace, the only verified freelance marketplace available on the Internet .Odesk is a great platform for the buyers and providers for getting the assignments done in multiple categories. The categories for work include:

Web Development, Software Development, Networking and Information Systems,Writing&Translation, Administrative Support, Design and Multimedia , Sales and Marketing, Business Services and other related categories.

Establishment: Founded by the great sales and leadership manager Garyswart in 2003 partnered by a bunch of online businesses. The Odesk marketplace has really played a vital role in bringing the buyers and the freelancers closer to each other . Odesk has become the freelance marketplace of first choice due to its customer friendly and freelancer-friendly features making it stand apart from the number Competitors.

Projects: Odesk offers the most secure and guaranteed payment- based assignments for the freelancers from the buyers having a verified payment option. Odesk marketplace never allows those buyers who don’t have the required payment options as prerequiste to hire any Freelance provider on the Odesk marketplace. The Odesk offers the two type of projects, fixed amount and hourly based . The fixed based assignment are not guaranteed so freelancers are advised not to take any fixed payment project unless the payment is guaranteed or the buyer possesses the verified payment option. Moreover, freelancers can demand upfront options available on the application

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