I recently came across a work at home job opportunity that might interest you. There are two companies that are offering home based jobs in the field of Internet research.
Leapforce is hiring Search Engine Evaluators. According to their website…
Leapforce is looking for highly educated individuals for an exciting work from home opportunity. Applicants must be self motivated and internet savvy. This is an opportunity to evaluate and improve search engine results for one of the world’s largest internet search engine companies.
Guaranteed pay. No set hours or schedules. Exciting Work.Leapforce at Home agents enjoy guaranteed hourly pay, have no set work hours or schedules and enjoy the benefits of running their own home-based business.
As a Leapforce At Home independent agent you will have the flexibility to schedule your own hours to fit your lifestyle and to work around your career and family demands. You are given complete freedom to choose when and how much you would like to work. Never again will you have to rearrange your personal activities to fit a rigid work schedule. For any given day, you are free to work more or less time. You are in control.
All Leapforce At Home agents enjoy guaranteed hourly pay as independent contractors. And there are never any complicated payment schemes or calculations to deal with.
Leapforce At Home agents conduct in depth internet-based research and provide information evaluation for leading companies from around the globe. Ideal candidates are self-reliant, self-motivated, are very internet savvy, have a broad range of interests and enjoy online research and evaluation.
You can apply with Leapforce here.
Also offering home based positions is Lionbridge. Lionbridge is looking for Internet Assessors. From their website:
Based in over 54 countries worldwide throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America, the Lionbridge Rater Program is an opportunity for all types of people to earn money and assist in achieving the main objective of the program: the continuous improvement and quality of internet search capability. To achieve this, we have a search relevance program management team based at our European solution center in Ballina, Ireland who manage a Global Rater Team of over 1,500 people. The team also manages rater recruitment, pre and post examination support, payments, rater education and training, as well as productivity feedback to ensure successful candidates reach their full potential as a member of the Global Rater Team.
The Rater role involves evaluating results of a web search, for appropriateness to search query input. Participants will be required to provide their opinion of the result displayed based on a set of guidelines we provide. Hours of work are flexible. The recommended hours of work are 10-20 hours per week. Interested candidates must first successfully complete an exam before being accepted into the Rating Program. The exam consists of two sections: Section 1 has 24 theory questions and Section 2 consists of 270 practical exams. More detailed information will be provided in the study material.
You can apply to Lionbridge here.
I took the exam for Leap Force and passed Part 1 on the first try but failed Part 2. No indication of score or which questions I missed. They allowed me to take it again and I passed the 2nd time. It was helpful to use the simulator before starting the exam the 2nd time to see what they are looking for. And you need to read the Guidelines. The questions are very specific. They now want my bank routing info to pay via direct deposit and that had me concerned as all my contact has been on-line-no personal contact. So I’m glad to see no-one seems to have a grievance about that as I have been hesitant to give out my account numbers, etc.
Hi Tpitts,
The same happened to me, although I have not received such a request for bank details as yet, I did get an enquiry from them asking how long I had resided in my country which I found a bit odd, since they have my details and CV.
Still no reply from them even though I have emailed several times.
I am interested in knowing people who are in the Leapforce At Home for Google Quality Rater, since some of the reviews out there are not as coherent as I would like; and their silence is not a good omen.
I look forward to hearing from you and anyone in a similar situation as ours.
Thanks.
Regards,
Daniel
Congratulations! I currently work for Lionbridge. Yes, Leapforce, Appen Butler Hill and Lionbridge hire web evaluators and are all reputable comapanies to work for.
I’ve worked with Leapforce and they are legit. Pay is consistent too and helpful tips from your co-workers on the chat page. I wish you all the best as you start your online endeavors!
I’ve attached an interesting article from Mashable with the raging Yahoo debate.
tpitts, I just completed the first test and passed. Where is the simulator that you speak of?
I have worked for Lionbridge and found them to be extremely harsh and unfair. I worked from December to the end of February without any feedback as to how I was doing. Then all of a sudden I received an email to say the quality of my work was under review, then about 3 weeks later they told me I was being removed from the program. I did earn some money with them. However my overall feeling about this company is that the parameters they give you to complete tasks are inhumanly possible. Therefore it works out that you are not paid £10 per hour, rather £2.00 or less.
Be careful, Leapforce is not entirely serious!!!I passed both exams and I worked for them. The first few months I worked for many hours a day, to give my best and show my commitment but the company,unlike other, do not give you the ability to track your progress or errors, then at first and natural rating’s error without clear and precise instructions without giving you the opportunity to remedy, and work practice disable any materials available on which to work. Else very incorrect is the lack of communication, despite the many requests for explanations and the legitimate request to understand the error in order to not repeat, so they don’t reply or respond in a totally inappropriate.This seems to be a very common policy that Leapforce applies with many of their members