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New iPhone Application!

January 1st, 2010 | 2 Comments

New iPhone Application!

For all of those who travel, especially when you are traveling with a group of people, you know how easy it is to forget not just your room number, but the room numbers of your traveling companions. We can help! As the saying goes ‘there’s an app for that’! Introducing “My Room”. Here’s what My Room can do for you: My Room will keep track of all the rooms you’ve previously stayed in allowing … Read entire article »

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Great American Job Fair Attendance

January 14th, 2009 | 5 Comments

I’ve attended a lot of job fairs in my day, but I’ve never been so taken back by the number of people who attended a job fair at this hour of the day! I was asked by oDesk to consider manning a table a the Great American Job Fair hosted by Tory Johnson who does the work segments on  Good Morning America. This job fair was going to be held in Boston.   Here’s the catch: We had to be there at 5am and the job fair ran from 6am to 10am.  So here’s my story: First off  I want to commend oDesk staff Josh and Elizabeth for giving us so much information up front and I also want to thank my fellow partner in crime for the day Erin.  Thank heavens there … Read entire article »

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Don’t Waste My Time!

December 6th, 2008 | 2 Comments

As a freelancer, our time is precious. As a buyer, we ask that you have the same respect for our time that you expect us to have for ours. I want to share a story about a job that I posted for this week. Let me start this off by saying this: I’ve been signed up with oDesk for more than a year and I’ve had very few instances when I’ve really complained about buyers because for the most part they are extremely helpful, cooperative and they are good to deal with. But this story is a ‘red flag’ warning to providers and a red flag to buyers as well! Since March I have applied for less than 100 job postings. Since this is December that means that I apply … Read entire article »

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