Most of my freelancing jobs through oDesk have been from invitations to interview. In fact, my first job came two weeks after making my profile and taking a few tests in Technical Writing, Email Etiquette, and Phone Etiquette. I didn't expect anything to come of it, but sure enough, I was invited to be a beta writer for a software development company.
A lot of people who join oDesk think they'll get a job pretty quickly just for making a profile and doing well on a skills test. I knew this wasn't the case and ever since, I've been warning people against thinking it's just some vat of jobs. Of course, oDesk is this overflowing vat of jobs, but it's also an overflowing ocean of international workers. It's nearly impossible to get noticed.
About once a month, I get an influx of invitations to interview. They range from article writing, to product review writing, but usually for low pay. I ask, "How did you find me out of everyone else on oDesk," and they always say, "Because of your test scores." I don't think I have outstanding test scores. Even if I'm in the top 10% of almost all of them, they aren't difficult tests! Maybe someone at oDesk is putting me higher in the listings!
I received two invites yesterday, one for product descriptions and the other for editing. I declined the first (with a message thanking the person for the invitation) and responded to the second. Editing is simple. I'm no professional, but people came to ME all through school and uni for help.
The job seems kind of crappy, paying $0.50/article to check them over for quality. If I get it, I'll have money for fast food, if I don't, whatever. I almost think the job was automated, but I could be wrong.
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