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guru.com

reviewed by jennyinsb

Guru.com is an online marketplace for freelance talent that allows employers to post projects, and professionals to post their profiles.

jennyinsb
08/18/2009

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This site is horrible! They offer a 'free' membership, so I signed up and spent an hour creating my profile, resume, etc. I then did a search for jobs in my category which yielded 153 results. HOWEVER I COULD NOT BID ON ANY OF THEM! Not ONE! The jobs all required you to be a Guru or a Guru Vendor to bid....which means that the ONLY people who can bid are those who pay for a membership! What a rip off and a waste of time.

They should just scrap the 'free' signup...or at least be more honest and let you know that the only way you can possibly get jobs is to pay for membership.

I may be 'old-school' but I feel that jobs should pay the employee....the employee should not have to fork over money to get a job.

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ep2002 commented 97 days ago.
I agree, always wondered why they do that.

What skills do you have?


Michelle - Netrepreneur

jennyinsb commented 97 days ago.
Yeah guru.com was a let down. I feel I have many skills to offer on and off site. I'm very good at researching...finding information on the web. I have experience finding and summarizing social science research articles and books...finding authors and information to contribute to research papers. I know how to search the web in many different ways (brainstorming keywords, websites, etc)...I diagnosed my husband's disease before his own doctor! And a number of friends have enlisted me to find information for them. I'm also skilled at computer programs including Word, Excel, Power Point, and data analysis programs like SPSS and Stata. I type over 60 wpm, and I can organize and present information professionally. Even more, I enjoy it! Anyway, I'm currently looking for full time work in the Northeast but I was looking for side jobs in the meantime and from what I've seen guru.com is not for me. Sorry to vent! Anyway Michelle, I hope you're doing well, its tough right now for all of us. Awesome to get a comment on my post though! Take care!

ep2002 commented 96 days ago.
Ok, I'm not sure if the online research position is still on our hiring page, but please go there & take a look & if it is, pls. apply if interested.

http://exoticpublishing.com/work-with-our-team

Actually it says closed, but you can still respond. We are looking for someone very p/t.

Thanks


Michelle

kymmyiam commented 64 days ago.
Thanks so much for posting this. I just signed up to Guru, but I decided to search for reviews before investing too much time on the site.

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