How Do You Start With Outsourcing A Job?
Once you have decided that you will outsource a particular job due to some reason, you have to ensure you are using the right techniques to get a suitable person or firm for handling the task. At the same time, it should also be economical to you in terms of money. The following are the steps you will have to take to get a job provider for your outsourcing needs.
Decide Why You are Outsourcing
Though this seems like an obvious thing to do, you have to make sure that you know why you are outsourcing. Are you outsourcing because you cannot do the job for lack of time? Or is it because you don't have that particular skill? Or are you trying to find a more cost-effective solution? If you know these answers beforehand, you won't fill cheated when the deliverables come. Also, make sure you have the money ready because you cannot delay payments even by a day – it reflects poorly on your business.
Get on to a Freelance Jobsite
Go to some leading freelance jobsite and make an account there if you do not already have one. The following are the jobsites that you can consider (go to these sites immediately!):-
http://www.getafreelancer.com/
Get A Freelancer is the most preferred one because it has a huge number of professionals as well as employers. The fees system is very good too. The website favors the employers more than the providers. That will work well for you.
Make Your Job Post
You will have to make your job post. When doing this, you have to be as concise as possible. You have to give a title to your job post so that people know at a glance what it is about. You can specify your budget and the number of days you want the job completed and delivered in, if you wish to. In the main post, you will describe the actual nature of the job and other specifics that you wish the readers to know before they can bid. You may also ask for samples of their past work.
The Bidding and the Selection
When the post is done, you can expect people to read it and those that are interested will bid on it. If you have specified a budget, they will not be able to bid out of that range. They will also submit samples if you have asked for them. You can scan through these and select your bidder. If you want to know more details, there are Private Message Boards where you can communicate with the bidders.
As soon as you select your chosen bidder, you get an email from the jobsite giving you their address. If project posting charges apply, that money will be deducted from your account as soon as the bidder confirms that he or she is on the job.
Payment is through various methods which we shall discuss further.