After 3 months of searching and not being up to par, I finally got an employer. Because the competition to get a project is brutal, I had to lower my fee t0 a 1/5th of the regular price. I had potential employers before this one but never followed through with the requirements due to the lack of time (spent by reading manga). What I've seen though is that people with great reviews get higher pay and get jobs easier.
There's tons and tons of jobs to find in Freelancer. I want to get a transcription project but I still need to get some great reviews first. Right now I get tests for writing articles but its such a stressful job. All the thinking, editing, and researching consumes my day. What I could earn in transcribing calls in an hour is the same I would after writing articles for three hours.
Still, looking at the jobs available on Freelancer can be fun. People look for the craziest things. My personal favorite is reading articles in a certain accent for a dollar per article. But Freelancer make it easy for you to search for jobs. It doesn't take a for a day to get used to the site and bid on projects.
I particularly like the amount of bid they allow you to have when you start. You get 30 bids which refreshes after a month. The detail of the description of each project make it easy for you to distinguish which project to bid to. I only have used 15 bids in 20 days.
If you have a specialty or are really good with softwares, it gets easier. People search for people who can edit, create, support their website and the pay is big. I'm thinking of getting some html classes too.
What I like most about Freelancer is that they do not impose a fee for posting/ accepting projects. You can get several employees with one post and do not have to pay the website a commission.
I visit Freelancer more often than I do Facebook.
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