Fast and flexible, free contracts are on the rise these days! These service providers make it possible to quickly come to the aid of an entrepreneur in need of additional skills. However, speed and haste should not be confused when choosing a freelancer. The survival of your project depends on it!
For this, how to avoid errors during the selection of freelance? Codeur.com answers this question in 8 points.
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Don’t Define Your Needs Before Your Prospecting
You are about to begin your search for a freelance provider whose aim is to entrust them with the realization of your project, whatever it may be.
Before you advertise on Codeur.com or pick up your phone, have you clearly defined your needs? In fact, to be able to target the best freelance provider for your project, you must first identify all of your needs!
In this sense, it will be easier for you to set your selection criteria…
choose on price only
Price shouldn’t be a deciding factor, although we understand you may not have an expandable budget.
Of course, you might be lucky enough to meet a freelancer who combines quality of service with a very low price, but that happens very rarely. The point is that the best are usually the most expensive!
Also, a service provider who will provide you with poor quality work will eventually cost you more, as you will have to correct yourself or return the work to them and lag behind in your project.
get the wrong skills
Pre-establishment of requirements, desired profile and additional skills allow one to know what type of service provider to turn to.
The right profile is the profile that best suits your needs. If you have multiple needs, look for multiple providers!
You can’t ask an independent webmaster to be as relevant as a web editor in creating content, or a community manager to be as effective as an SEO in your search engine visibility.
hurry to choose
It is important not to go with the first provider to respond to your ad.
our advice
Wait until you get several responses, taking the time to go through and compare each quote offered.
To know more about your freelancers,
- Consult their profile on social networks and their website
- His rating on Codeur.com
- View their current clients and past jobs etc.
A few days will be required between your advertisement and the recruitment deadline.
You will of course have to proceed through several stages, the first sorting out on citations, the second on references and the last after the telephone interview, which is our next point…
don’t give him a telephone interview
The telephone interview is key to analyzing whether you are on the same wavelength as freelance.
To do this, contact the pre-selected providers for a direct exchange.
You’ll let them know what you’re expecting and listen to them to find out how far they meet your criteria. The faster and more accurate you are, the more likely candidates will feel whether they meet your expectations (and vice versa!).
don’t check references
They say it’s good to trust your instincts, but if emotion is important, never forget to check the skill of the provider!
A freelancer can be great, knows how to sell himself brilliantly, but be completely inexperienced.
our advice
Ask the candidate about his latest projects and refer to past clients he worked for. Their answers will serve as the basis for verification to reduce the risk of casting errors.
Committed immediately to the entire mission
First give him a small task from the mission and wait for it to complete so he can check:
- his ability to think
- its flexibility
- its reactivity
Don’t Provide Him With Specifics
Writing specifications is essential to frame your project and define its boundaries for your freelance provider.
This allows you to give your freelancer all the useful information and keys that will allow him to deliver quality work in line with your expectations.
Warning
So skipping this step will run the risk of getting an off-topic job for which your service provider may not be able to understand all your requirements.
If you need help with your project, post your ad on Coder to find the ideal freelancer! Then avoid the errors mentioned in this article while making the final choice.
Have you already done a freelance recruiter? What advice would you give to our readers?