When you choose a freelancer to work on your projects, how do you place importance on specific elements? For instance, if you were to hire a freelance graphic designer, how would you rank: 1. Past work quality 2. Price 3. Geographic Location 4. Language 5. Payment Terms 6. Attitude/Friendliness 7. Testimonials/References/Reviews 8. Quality of their website 9. Volume of past work (how large portfolio is) 10. Their name Just an informal poll - how do you weigh in?
I hire freelancers through Rent a coder and I always try to hire somebody who has very good ranking on the site and completed a lot of job. The rank is very important for the coders so you can be sure they will do their best because they don't want to get bad ranking.
Past work quality Testimonials/References/Reviews Attitude/Friendliness Price The four most important things in that list IMO.
It depends what project it is. If I'm looking for high quality work which I know will be amazing, then I'll look for someone with a good past record, but if I just need a small job doing quickly then 'price' would probably be the most important factor. Either way, the manner in which they represent themselves is up there. I won't give an application two looks if it is written poorly and contains loads of grammatical errors.
I don't really have a ranking, but I look closely at their attitude, and language, as well as their past work quality. I look at their attitude and language first, because I feel that it tells the most about people.
If they are freshers to the particular work we can give them a chance of giving sample works for free, they will do that for free you know, I have selected the people like that, They have a interest to know the new stuffs, So better we can choose people as freshers. . It's also just like giving them a chance at least. . isn't it?? Regards Raj
Aleady arrange it by sequence. The top is most important Testimonials/References/Reviews Price Language Quality of their website Attitude/Friendliness Past work quality Payment Terms Volume of past work Geographic Location Their name
I think you should also include; Contact details IM/phone number for regular contacts for the updates & discuss about the Delivery and Time Frames.
Ask for a portfolio - or details of previous work they have done that you can check out, if their not prepared to give you this be very suspicious!
It all depends on how I feel about how the communication is going. Sometimes I just get a bad feeling about them, then I ask for references or samples. Sometimes I just know they are going to be a hit and typically have good results with them.
I think there's some of those threads floating around, but that's a good idea for a post on my blog. Thanks!
it's always a hit or miss with finding a good one. its good to do those things mentioned and once you find someone that does good work try to build up the relationship.
I am also working in a freelancing site for the last 5 years. I think communication skill, availalibility, and rich portfolio is enough.
For me i will rank the quality of their previous work and price. Other element is not important for me especially if he is based on where in this world.
Find someone with a good reputation where you can look at previous work and comments from people who have hired them.
I know this may sound risky, but I tend to go by my gut feeling after reading everything about them. I know it can be hard trying to find the best freelancer.
I choose a freelancer based on three categories Most important : Past work quality, Price, Payment Terms, Attitude/Friendliness Important : Testimonials/References/Reviews, Quality of their website, Language Not important : Their name, Geographic Location, Volume of past work (how large portfolio is)