Have you done a Google search for “freelance jobs” lately?  If not, give it a try and you’ll find that you get a listing of literally thousands of possibilities.  While this may make your heart beat a bit faster with joy, you also have to be careful about approaching some of these jobs.

 

One of the best rules of thumb about job searching is to go to sites you can be sure are legitimate. For instance, is this a new job listing site or one that’s been around for a while?  New sites pop up all of the time and while I support new business opportunities that offer job connections, you have to be sure that the site is legitimate and that the leads you’re given are real, even before you simply list your name.

 

Here’s a example of what I mean. I’m listed on several freelance Internet sites.  Recently, I received a personal email from a person who said she found me on one of these sites.  She liked my background and wanted to invite me to bid on a very lucrative job.  I’ve learned not to get too excited about things like this but I was curious.  Sure enough, when I clicked through to learn more, it was a scam job.

 

At least I knew enough to understand what was going on and reported the scam. So be careful is the big warning here.

 

Some legitimate sites include

 

  • Elance.com                           General Freelance, All Specialities
  • Guru.com                              General Freelance, All Speicalities
  • oDesk.com                            Global professionals pool
  • Dice.com                               Tech jobs
  • Affordableprogrammers.com     Affordable Programmers