Jobs in Odesk

@sajujohn (1005)
India
February 10, 2013 7:59am CST
Is there anyone here who is also a member of Odesk.I am new to the Odesk. I have applied for two jobs and have got replies form them.But the links given by them are leading to some other websites. Now I am having a doubt that am I working for a legit employee. How can I verify that?Also those two jobs I applied for data Entry jobs but when I got reply it is of captcha code creation !!
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@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
10 Feb 13
o yeah.. a lot of them are like those... they are not real employers... they just want to get referrals when you sign up on the website through their link
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@sajujohn (1005)
• India
10 Feb 13
Do they pay us if we do the job that they have mentioned.Or else I am just waiting my time? Why should I work for someone who never pays?
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• Philippines
10 Feb 13
There are some employers especially those who are not Verified who post those kinds of jobs. I have been paid in all my oDesk work. You just have to read the job post properly to determine if they can be a scam or not. You also have to look at their Open jobs to check if there's any current projects. That's one good way of knowing that they are paying.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
11 Feb 13
I am also a member in that site and never get any jobs there since I am inactive after I pass the exam. I think to apply for a jobs there to try my luck...
@Lucky12 (767)
• United States
10 Feb 13
Odesk is a great site, but like others you have to be careful, because you can actually run into people that want to post stuff just to get referrals to a site that they are using. In time those are taken down due to odesk guidelines, but you just have to make sure that you get hired on Odesk. If you work for someone off of Odesk you may find someone that is not legit and they will not pay you for your work at least if you are hired through Odesk you can report them. Odesk always says just work at your own will if you decide to take a job or something off of the site. You just have to be careful, but there are a lot of people looking for helpers. There are some companies on there that are looking for writers and stuff like that. You will find people that have started their own company and need help with SEO and stuff like that. I have worked on Odesk and love it til this day. Good Luck
@sujaysen (594)
• India
10 Feb 13
I am also a member of oDesk since few years. I am also facing this problem. Whatever I apply, either it stays non-answered or gets cancelled after few days. But, before few years back it was working somehow to me. Actually, there are some other online companies which are working like oDesk, I think oDesk is somehow down with other competitors.
@rahul2u (200)
• India
10 Feb 13
Hi Sajujohn I'm not in odesk, but i know little bit about this. It is a good site and it pays in time for their workers. So you don't worry about it. The links you seen is an work allocated by the work providers in odesk. They want to improve their business and for that they need new members to their sites. When the work is completed you will be awarded some cash in your account. Thank you.