Hello everyone, I hope you are well! Fortunately my business is growing and I am slowly delegating some areas of the business to other people.
What I did was select some freelancers on Fiverr. I have created documents specifying in detail how to do certain tasks, in order to free myself from this commitment and leave me free time to do other more important things.
I thought it was enough to do this, but I'm having some serious difficulties finding well trained and hard working freelancers.
Of 4 people find so far:
- One is very good, prepared and precise.
-Another is horrible: he has provided me with jobs that to say badly done is positive. I'm trying to get him to better understand how to do them, but I'm afraid she just isn't capable.
- Two others did decent jobs, but clearly didn't commit. Moreover, while the first time they were good, in the other times they did not follow the instructions (the jobs were full of errors and must be checked in detail).
I am looking for some useful tips to improve in this area, because it seems that it is not enough to make detailed instructions for the tasks. Sometimes, in fact, I felt more like a chicken to be plucked than an entrepreneur with whom to establish long-term partnerships (with benefits on both sides).
For now what I'm doing is:
- Create documents with high detailed instructions
- Specify that if the job is done well we can continue to work together for the long term (and they will earn more money, of course!)
- I have never made any particular budget problems, specifying that I prefer to pay something more for work done well
- Never used deadlines, to avoid work done in a hurry
In my head this was enough, but maybe it isn't. Does anyone have any other useful advice or can recommend valuable books on the subject to find highly skilled freelancers and keep the quality of the work high? Thanks!
What I did was select some freelancers on Fiverr. I have created documents specifying in detail how to do certain tasks, in order to free myself from this commitment and leave me free time to do other more important things.
I thought it was enough to do this, but I'm having some serious difficulties finding well trained and hard working freelancers.
Of 4 people find so far:
- One is very good, prepared and precise.
-Another is horrible: he has provided me with jobs that to say badly done is positive. I'm trying to get him to better understand how to do them, but I'm afraid she just isn't capable.
- Two others did decent jobs, but clearly didn't commit. Moreover, while the first time they were good, in the other times they did not follow the instructions (the jobs were full of errors and must be checked in detail).
I am looking for some useful tips to improve in this area, because it seems that it is not enough to make detailed instructions for the tasks. Sometimes, in fact, I felt more like a chicken to be plucked than an entrepreneur with whom to establish long-term partnerships (with benefits on both sides).
For now what I'm doing is:
- Create documents with high detailed instructions
- Specify that if the job is done well we can continue to work together for the long term (and they will earn more money, of course!)
- I have never made any particular budget problems, specifying that I prefer to pay something more for work done well
- Never used deadlines, to avoid work done in a hurry
In my head this was enough, but maybe it isn't. Does anyone have any other useful advice or can recommend valuable books on the subject to find highly skilled freelancers and keep the quality of the work high? Thanks!
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