You have to check out people with colleagues before working for them. Trade associations are very important for this reason. Jean
----- Original Message ----- From: "Salman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet > ya i've gone through my self with such type of unfare deal. > worked really harf in one of the online job, but in the end they never > even > bothered recognizing me. and that bill of 60 pounds? hahaaha proved to be > merely false hope! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 3:35 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet > > >>I fully endorse this because I do have the unsavoury experience of not >> being paid by some private agencies. These are the ones I found on the >> net who asked for copywriting services with the promise of a large fee. >> >> Subramani >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geetha >> Shamanna >> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 3:12 PM >> To: Access india >> Subject: Re: [AI] employment and internet >> >> *********************** >> No virus was detected in the attachment no filename >> >> Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. >> *********************** >> >> >> Hi Gaurang, >> >> During my initial days as a German translator, I worked as a freelancer >> for >> some translation agencies whose contact information I found on the Net. >> While it is true that Internet is an equal opportunity employer and >> problems >> such as blindness are a nonissue, working for employers one barely knows >> is >> not easy. >> Freelancers are at times given absurd deadlines and are expected to meet >> >> them. Additionally, while some employers pay promptly, others don't pay >> at >> all. >> In the translation industry, most freelance employers (specially the >> ones >> widely found on the Internet) are extremely unreliable and are therefore >> >> rightly viewed with suspicion. >> >> Geetha >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gaurang Kanvinde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 1:32 AM >> Subject: [AI] employment and internet >> >> >>> Hello friends, >>> >>> I would like to know if anyone on this group has sought self >> employment >>> on the Internet. For example, I know quite a few people on this list >> are >>> programmers. So has anyone tried their hands at online programming >>> market places such as rent-a-coder.com, etc. If yes, what has been >> your >>> experience? >>> >>> Of course, this discussion is not limited to merely programming, but >>> extends to other professions as well. E.g., one friend of mine writes >>> technical articles for the general public. So he explains technical >>> things in layman language.He does this on the net, as a free lancer >> and >>> gets paid for it too. >>> >>> Given that the Internet is an equal opportunity employer, finding self >>> employment on Internet based services shouldn't be all that difficult. >>> >>> It would be great to know opinions from people, particularly >> experiences. >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.accessiblenews.com >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >> n >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >> n >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
