Only Good Guys Look For Jobs?

- Resume Lies and Half Truths -According to thestarts. No matter how big or how small your
resumes that are distributed to largeproject is, there will be plenty of
corporations and smallbidders to choose from. As bids come in, the
businesses, only good guys look for jobs. Thisbuyer can look at the bidder's
seems to be especially true inprofiles. Here, they will find information that they
the Information Technology field. You will neverwould never find on a
see a resumeresume. They can see where the coder is
that shows that a project was cancelled, or thatlocated, how they are
the programmer was removedrated, how long they have been a member of
from a project due to his inability to meet theRent a Coder, the last date and time
needs of the company or athat they were logged into the site, how many
client. Instead, the resume's all show that onlyjobs they have completed through
the best of thethe site, and how many jobs that they have in
best are looking for work.If they are theprogress.Then, they can
best of the best - then why are they seekingsee even more interesting information, such as
work? Why have they had so manyhow many arbitrations a buyer
different jobs? Why aren't these companieshas had. Arbitrations occur when there is a
treating these IT professionalsconflict between a buyer and a
better? Well, the fact is that the majority ofcoder. The results of arbitrations are listed near
resumes submittedthe bottom of the page with
are full of lies and half truths. Unfortunately,the coder's reviews. Many buyers require coders
when a company checks ato submit status reports every
potential employee or contractors work history,Friday. This is common for long term projects
they are very limited in theand required for projects over a
questions that they are allowed to ask - andcertain amount of money. On the coder's profile,
past employers are often reluctantthe buyer can see how many
to give information, sticking with employmentstatus reports the coder missed, if any.Education,
dates and starting and endingwhich
salary information.Work history andis commonly lied about on resumes, doesn't
performance aren't the only lies and half truthsmatter quite as much
that you will find on aon Rent a Coder. The coder can submit their
resumes. People also tend to lie about theirresume, which becomes
education andpart of their profile, and they usually list any
accomplishments. They know that even thougheducation they have had, but Rent
their education can easily bea coder has a better plan. Rent a Coder is
checked, most employers won't take the time orpartnered with 'Expert Rating' at Coders
use the resources to do this.who are serious about their work and their
They also know that accomplishments are rarelyreputations can take certification
checked - so they can easily gettests through Expert Rating, and their
away with stretching the truth, or telling acertifications appear on their Rent a
straight out lie.PersonalCoder profiles. This takes away the need to
references are also useless when it comes tocheck a coder's education to
finding out about someone. Do youdetermine whether or not they have the skills
really think that they would list someone thatthat your project requires.
would say negative things aboutCoder's are not required to take the certification
them? Of course they won't. They are onlytests however - but the
going to give you the names,one's that are serious about their work often do
addresses, and telephone numbers of peopleget certified.After the Expert
who will make them look good - andRating certifications listing on the profile, the
then they are going to coach those people aboutbuyer can view the
what to say and what not to sayresume that the coder has posted. Most buyer's
before you call.With all of theseonly give this a
resume lies and half truths, it is almost impossiblecursory glance, because they are much more
to find ITinterested in what is below that
professionals that can handle the job that youresume. The Rent a Coder All Coder Competition
are trying to fill. ManyScores comes after
employers have even started contacting ITthe resume and this tells a buyer how a coder
schools to hire students and recentranks overall on
graduates - who are vastly inexperienced - justthe Rent a Coder site. This score is calculated
to avoid the possibility ofusing a formula consisting of the
hiring someone who has lied on their resume.number of jobs a coder has completed, the
When they do hireamount of money they were paid, their
someone who has lied, they often find out - tooratings for each job, and whether status report
late - that the person did notdeadlines and project deadlines
have the necessary skills to handle their ITwere met.Coders take this
project. This costs the employersrating and competition quite seriously. It often
hundreds and even thousands of dollars in lostmeans the difference between
time, lost clients, and salarieswinning and losing bids.
that are paid out to these unskilled people.ThisI have completed over 500 jobs through
problemRentACoder successfully.
exists for corporate employers who are tryingWhen someone wants to hire me, they simply
to fill permanent or long term ITlook at my profile,
positions, as well as for small business ownerswhere they can see how past buyers have
who need to hire IT professionalsrated me, and read the reviews of my work
on a project-by-project basis. Until a few yearsI have been rated by hundreds buyers that I
ago, these employers had tohave
take their chances and hope for the best. Today,performed services for, and I have an average
however, there is a betterrating of 9.92. I am certified professional,
way.Back in JanuaryI have missed no status reports, and I have
of 2001, a gentleman named Ian Ippolito had annever lost an
idea. Ippolito is a programmerarbitration. I have a Top Coder rating, and is
with a bachelor's degree in Computer Sciencequickly on my way to becoming
from theone of the Top 10 Coders at Rent a Coder.
University of Central Florida. His idea cameWhen a potential buyer considers
about when he was getting more requests forhiring me, they are usually quite impressed with
programming work than he couldthe reviews that past
possibly handle. By the middle of 2001, Ippolitobuyers left behind on my profile.The rating
had a way to meet the needs ofsystem
clients that he was being forced to turn awayis one of the better features of the Rent a
due to time constraints. 'Rent aCoder site. When a coder completes
Coder' was born, and by the following year, overa job, the buyer can rate them, on a scale of 1
1400 software projects wereto 10, and they can write a
being completed every month. Today, close toreview on the work that was done. These
9000 projects are completedreviews and ratings are better than any
monthly, and that number continues to rise.Rentpolished resume that you could receive. There
a Coder isare no lies here -
described as an international marketplace, wherethe information left behind by past buyers who
people and companies that needhave worked with the coders is
custom software developed can findabsolutely honest - and the coder can't do
programmers - or coders - without worryinganything to hide that information
about losing their money. The coders are equallyfrom you - other than to close that coder
protected as well, meaningaccount and open a new one, which is
that they don't have to worry about completingseldom done. New coders find that it is difficult to
jobs and not getting paid forget their foot in the door
them. People from all over the world are able to- with no jobs completed and no ratings or
do business together in areviews. Furthermore, if a coder
safe, web based environment. Good coders don'tgets caught doing this, they get banned from the
lack for work, and good buyerssite permanently.Of course, all of
don't lack for coders who are willing and able tothis works well in reverse too. The coders also
do the work.While Rent a Coderget to rate the buyers. After a
was originally intended for software buyers andjob is completed, they coder rates the buyer on
programmers, today manya scale of 1 to 10, and can
different types of projects go through the site,write a review on their experience with the
such as content writing, linkingbuyer. This alerts other coders to
projects, and other short term virtual assistantbuyers who are difficult to work with, or who
projects. There are currentlyare slow to respond, or slow to
over 42,000 buyers registered with Rent arelease escrowed funds after work is completed.
Coder, and over 110,000 coders areBefore bidding on jobs, coders
available.Rent a Coder hasusually take a look at the buyer's profile, which is
an excellent system that works well for bothset up almost just like
coders and buyers. First, when athe coders profile, with only a few
buyer has a software need, or other need thatdifferences.When a buyer
can be filled by a freelancer,accepts a bid, the money for the bid amount is
they can sign up for a free account at Rent amoved into an escrow account by
Coder. Buyers are never charged aRent a Coder, where it remains until the coder
fee for using the site's services, and they arereports the work as complete,
not charged a fee on projectsand the buyer accepts the work as 100%
either. The only way buyers are charged fees iscomplete. When the buyer accepts the
when a project is cancelledwork, the funds are released to the coder's
after a bidder has been chosen- and even then,account, and coder's are paid
the cancellation fee may be thethrough paypal, western union, or check either
responsibility of the coder, or split between theonce or twice a month, depending
coder and the buyer,on the options that the coder chooses.This
depending on the circumstances.It literallyprocess of
takes less than ten minutes to set up a buyersescrowing funds protects both the coder and the
account on Rent a Coder. Tobuyer. The coder knows that
protect the coders, the buyer must go through athey will get paid, and the buyer knows that is
short verification process.the coder does not complete the
This is done by telephone and it is automated.work as agreed, they can put the project into
The buyer can choose to pay forarbitration, and a Rent a Coder
projects through paypal or with his or her creditarbitrator will listen to both sides and make a
card. This information is entered in when settingdetermination about releasing
up the buyers account, and is part of thethe funds. The arbitrator facilitators are
verification process. This phase ofcompletely neutral, and award the
the verification process can take up tofunds based on the facts that they have. That is
twenty-four hours, because it iswhy both the coder and buyer
handled by humans. No charges are made to theare encouraged to keep all communications going
buyer's credit card or paypalthrough the Rent a Coder
account until he sets up a bid request andwebsite, so that there is proof as to what was
chooses a winning bidder.When setting up aasked, what was said, and what
bid request, the buyer has many options. He canwas done.With sites like
set the maximum amount that heRent a Coder, the days of lying on resumes are
is willing to pay for completion of the project,quickly coming to
describe the project andan end. By hiring coders through Rent a Coder,
requirements that must be met, set a deadlinebuyers save money because the
for bidding, and a deadline forcompetition between the coders keeps prices
project completion, and choose certain skills thatdown. The buyer doesn't have to
bidders should have, such asworry about losing their money, or paying large
web design, c++ programming, or writing skills.salaries or benefits for a full
Setting up a bid request oftentime or temporary employee, and they can
takes less than ten minutes, and the Rent aavoid hiring IT professionals who turn
Coder staff approves bid requestsout to be anything but professional!Copyright
for publication to the site within hours, and2005 - Sergey I.
sometimes even within minutes.Then, the bidding