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Only Good Guys Look For Jobs?
By Sergey Grachyov, Sat Dec 10th
- Résumé Lies and Half Truths - According to the résumés thatare distributed to large corporations and small businesses, onlygood guys look for jobs. This seems to be especially true in theInformation Technology field. You will never see a résumé thatshows that a project was cancelled, or that the programmer wasremoved from a project due to his inability to meet the needs ofthe company or a client. Instead, the résumé's all show thatonly the best of the best are looking for work. If they are the best of the best - then why are they seekingwork? Why have they had so many different jobs? Why aren't thesecompanies treating these IT professionals better? Well, the factis that the majority of résumés submitted are full of lies andhalf truths. Unfortunately, when a company checks a potentialemployee or contractors work history, they are very limited inthe questions that they are allowed to ask - and past employersare often reluctant to give information, sticking withemployment dates and starting and ending salary information. Work history and performance aren't the only lies and halftruths that you will find on a résumés. People also tend to lieabout their education and accomplishments. They know that eventhough their education can easily be checked, most employerswon't take the time or use the resources to do this. They alsoknow that accomplishments are rarely checked - so they caneasily get away with stretching the truth, or telling a straightout lie.
Personal references are also useless when it comes to findingout about someone. Do you really think that they would listsomeone that would say negative things about them? Of coursethey won't. They are only going to give you the names,addresses, and telephone numbers of people who will make themlook good - and then they are going to coach those people aboutwhat to say and what not to say before you call. With all of these résumé lies and half truths, it is almostimpossible to find IT professionals that can handle the job thatyou are trying to fill. Many employers have even startedcontacting IT schools to hire students and recent graduates -who are vastly inexperienced - just to avoid the possibility ofhiring someone who has lied on their résumé. When they do hiresomeone who has lied, they often find out - too late - that theperson did not have the necessary skills to handle their ITproject. This costs the employers hundreds and even thousands ofdollars in lost time, lost clients, and salaries that are paidout to these unskilled people. This problem exists for corporate employers who are trying tofill permanent or long term IT positions, as well as for smallbusiness owners who need to hire IT professionals on aproject-by-project basis. Until a few years ago, these employershad to take their chances and hope for the best. Today, however,there is a better way. Back in January of 2001, a gentleman named Ian Ippolito had anidea. Ippolito is a programmer with a bachelor's degree inComputer Science from the University of Central Florida. Hisidea came about when he was getting more requests forprogramming work than he could possibly handle. By the middle of2001, Ippolito had a way to meet the needs of clients that hewas being forced to turn away due to time constraints. 'Rent aCoder' was born, and by the following year, over 1400 softwareprojects were being completed every month. Today, close to 9000projects are completed monthly, and that number continues torise. Rent a Coder is described as an international marketplace, wherepeople and companies that need custom software developed canfind programmers - or coders - without worrying about losingtheir money. The coders are equally protected as well, meaningthat they don't have to worry about completing jobs and notgetting paid for them. People from all over the world are ableto do business together in a safe, web based environment. Goodcoders don't lack for work, and good buyers don't lack forcoders who are willing and able to do the work. While Rent a Coder was originally intended for software buyersand programmers, today many different types of projects gothrough the site, such as content writing, linking projects, andother short term virtual assistant projects. There are currentlyover 42,000 buyers registered with Rent a Coder, and over110,000 coders are available. Rent a Coder has an excellent system that works well for bothcoders and buyers. First, when a buyer has a software need, orother need that can be filled by a freelancer, they can sign upfor a free account at Rent a Coder. Buyers are never charged afee for using the site's services, and they are not charged afee on projects either. The only way buyers are charged fees iswhen a project is cancelled after a bidder has been chosen- andeven then, the cancellation fee may be the responsibility of thecoder, or split between the coder and the buyer, depending onthe circumstances. It literally takes less than ten minutes to set up a buyersaccount on Rent a Coder. To protect the coders, the buyer mustgo through a short verification process. This is done bytelephone and it is automated. The buyer can choose to pay forprojects through paypal ( http://www.paypal.com ) or with his orher credit card. This information is entered in when setting upthe buyers account, and is part of the verification process.This phase of the verification process can take up totwenty-four hours, because it is handled by humans. No chargesare made to the buyer's credit card or paypal account until hesets up a bid request and chooses a winning bidder. When setting up a bid request, the buyer has many options. Hecan set the maximum amount that he is willing to pay forcompletion of the project, describe the project and requirementsthat must be met, set a deadline for bidding, and a deadline forproject completion, and choose certain skills that biddersshould have, such as web design, c++ programming, or writingskills. Setting up a bid request often takes less than tenminutes, and the Rent a Coder staff approves bid requests forpublication to the site within hours, and sometimes even withinminutes. Then, the bidding starts. No matter how big
or how small yourproject is, there will be plenty of bidders to choose from. Asbids come in, the buyer can look at the bidder's profiles. Here,they will find information that they would never find on arésumé. They can see where the coder is located, how they arerated, how long they have been a member of Rent a Coder, thelast date and time that they were logged into the site, how manyjobs they have completed through the site, and how many jobsthat they have in progress. Then, they can see even more interesting information, such ashow many arbitrations a buyer has had. Arbitrations occur whenthere is a conflict between a buyer and a coder. The results ofarbitrations are listed near the bottom of the page with thecoder's reviews. Many buyers require coders to submit statusreports every Friday. This is common for long term projects andrequired for projects over a certain amount of money. On thecoder's profile, the buyer can see how many status reports thecoder missed, if any. Education, which is commonly lied about on résumés, doesn'tmatter quite as much on Rent a Coder. The coder can submit theirrésumé, which becomes part of their profile, and they usuallylist any education they have had, but Rent a coder has a betterplan. Rent a Coder is partnered with 'Expert Rating' athttp://www.expertrating.com . Coders who are serious about theirwork and their reputations can take certification tests throughExpert Rating, and their certifications appear on their Rent aCoder profiles. This takes away the need to check a coder'seducation to determine whether or not they have the skills thatyour project requires. Coder's are not required to take thecertification tests however - but the one's that are seriousabout their work often do get certified. After the Expert Rating certifications listing on the profile,the buyer can view the résumé that the coder has posted. Mostbuyer's only give this a cursory glance, because they are muchmore interested in what is below that résumé. The Rent a CoderAll Coder Competition Scores comes after the résumé and thistells a buyer how a coder ranks overall on the Rent a Codersite. This score is calculated using a formula consisting of thenumber of jobs a coder has completed, the amount of money theywere paid, their ratings for each job, and whether status reportdeadlines and project deadlines were met. Coders take this rating and competition quite seriously. Itoften means the difference between winning and losing bids. Ihave completed over 500 jobs through RentACoder successfully.When someone wants to hire me, they simply look at my profile,where they can see how past buyers have rated me, and read thereviews of my work I have been rated by hundreds buyers that Ihave performed services for, and I have an average rating of9.92. I am certified professional, I have missed no statusreports, and I have never lost an arbitration. I have a TopCoder rating, and is quickly on my way to becoming one of theTop 10 Coders at Rent a Coder. When a potential buyer considershiring me, they are usually quite impressed with the reviewsthat past buyers left behind on my profile. The rating system is one of the better features of the Rent aCoder site. When a coder completes a job, the buyer can ratethem, on a scale of 1 to 10, and they can write a review on thework that was done. These reviews and ratings are better thanany polished résumé that you could receive. There are no lieshere - the information left behind by past buyers who haveworked with the coders is absolutely honest - and the codercan't do anything to hide that information from you - other thanto close that coder account and open a new one, which is seldomdone. New coders find that it is difficult to get their foot inthe door - with no jobs completed and no ratings or reviews.Furthermore, if a coder gets caught doing this, they get bannedfrom the site permanently. Of course, all of this works well in reverse too. The codersalso get to rate the buyers. After a job is completed, theycoder rates the buyer on a scale of 1 to 10, and can write areview on their experience with the buyer. This alerts othercoders to buyers who are difficult to work with, or who are slowto respond, or slow to release escrowed funds after work iscompleted. Before bidding on jobs, coders usually take a look atthe buyer's profile, which is set up almost just like the codersprofile, with only a few differences. When a buyer accepts a bid, the money for the bid amount ismoved into an escrow account by Rent a Coder, where it remainsuntil the coder reports the work as complete, and the buyeraccepts the work as 100% complete. When the buyer accepts thework, the funds are released to the coder's account, and coder'sare paid through paypal, western union, or check either once ortwice a month, depending on the options that the coder chooses. This process of escrowing funds protects both the coder and thebuyer. The coder knows that they will get paid, and the buyerknows that is the coder does not complete the work as agreed,they can put the project into arbitration, and a Rent a Coderarbitrator will listen to both sides and make a determinationabout releasing the funds. The arbitrator facilitators arecompletely neutral, and award the funds based on the facts thatthey have. That is why both the coder and buyer are encouragedto keep all communications going through the Rent a Coderwebsite, so that there is proof as to what was asked, what wassaid, and what was done. With sites like Rent a Coder, the days of lying on résumés arequickly coming to an end. By hiring coders through Rent a Coder,buyers save money because the competition between the coderskeeps prices down. The buyer doesn't have to worry about losingtheir money, or paying large salaries or benefits for a fulltime or temporary employee, and they can avoid hiring ITprofessionals who turn out to be anything but professional! Copyright 2005 - Sergey I.Grachyov About the author:Sergey I.Grachyov [MCDBA, MCAD.NET]http://www.takereal.com/profile.asp Publish me! This article may be freely distributed as long asthe whole thing (including all URLs and this notice) remainintact. |
