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Ok, the thing is I have made a bluff... a big one. I joined oDesk to earn few bucks, and I have selected many categories like data entry, writing, voice over and customer services. now the thing is I can write, but other things? Well you can guess.
Anyway... you guys provide the best resources and site reviews on almost anything, so could you please supply me with a few sites on learning Excel, Word, PowerPoint and customer services? I would be really grateful!
2012-12-11 01:29:33
I agree. I advertised a bunch of things on fiverr.com. I couldn't deliver on my first client and my rating tanked. No one wants to hire me now with a 0% rating. It is definitely wise to be able to do exactly what you offer otherwise you will quickly find yourself out in the desert like me. I can do lots of things, but not many as a "past master". I should have known better. Time to make a new account :-(.
2012-12-11 01:31:47
By the way there are other places besides oDesk of course like freelance.com. I'm sure their are writer-centric markets too aren't there?
2012-09-07 15:27:10
Quite frankly you should never really advertise skills or knowledge you don't have, be it on oDesk or in real life.You may miss out a few opportunities which were looking for more skills than you have but you will end up getting jobs you get done with satisfaction.I occasionally get applications from young people (16-20) who list all kind of skills that may be of use for the job and they may know or have done a thing or two about. However, just the combination of them and the persons age usually tells me what to expect (or better not).For example I have advanced certificates for Word, Excel and PowerPoint but I would never list them because executing those things in a test and actually knowing them are different things.
2012-09-08 04:40:09
i really agree with you on that mike, i do know basic ms office, but my actual field is computer engineering and programming. i am good at c++ and java then other things but when i see your (i mean americans/britain) code, it's different. why is that?
2012-09-07 14:56:58
You can learn much about Office mostly (2007 to 2010) in the links below -http://www.howtogeek.com/tag/microsoft-office/Makeuseof guide for office 2010 -http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-microsoft-office-2010-ultimate-tips-tricks/
2012-09-07 09:57:45
odesk help section covered all spheres of your career as a freelancer like how to right a cover letter and how to get more and more job.you can use http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/ portal to learn more but truth is that no free portal offering professional courses.when you finished then you should try another portal like elance.com
2012-09-07 09:05:41
As someone who HIRES people from odesk, I find that behaviour to be quite deplorable. You should not be applying to jobs you are incapable of doing, and I strongly suggest you remove your account now before dissatisfying a client with bad work - you will end up with bad ratings and unable to get work anyway. It is precisely this kind of action that gets outsourcing a bad name. Remove any skills you're not capable of and add a portfolio - a real portfolio - of your "writing" skills. If you're good enough, you will get work.
2012-09-07 05:57:53
See? i told you, you guys are the best :P