Outsourcing Firms Reviews

Continuing my outsourcing project . . .

As explained previously,  I am now looking for a full-time worker rather than just taking someone on, on a per project basis which means that the sites I have used in the past, such as Elance and Guru.com will no longer be suitable for my purposes.  What I need now is to shift to sites that display people’s resumes.

I have heard great things about workers from the Philippines so I will start my search there.  A few places suggested by John Reese are manila.craigslist.com.ph, Onlinejobs.ph and  bestjobs.ph.

These are my thoughts about each . . .

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1.  Craigslist

You need to go to the “resumes” section of the site to find people looking for work.  However, the majority of listings have been added by people looking for workers rather than the workers themselves.

You often can’t tell from the title whether the ad is by an employer or an employee so you waste time opening listings to find out.

Each ad is individually written with no formal structure so it’s hard to compare like with like.  Many don’t have all the information you need to make an informed decision.  Required salary is often missing, for example.

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2.  Onlinejobs.ph

No “how it works” for employers – only for employees – so you need to really hunt around for the information.   But see below for what I was able to discover without signing up.

You can see a good amount of information about each potential worker but you need to join to see contact information.

Prices are:
Monthly Subscription – $49
3 months – $105
12 months – $299

So, to all intents and purposes it will cost you a minimum of $49 to employ a single worker, assuming you can do so within a month.

There are 4 additional options available:

Prefound Workers who have been verified as available for work, have a computer, internet connection, etc, and that they want to work from home for an international company.

Finders fee is $350

Tested Workers who have been verified as above but have also taken specific tests that prove their abilities.  A score of 60 and above is considered quite good so you are able to compare workers on specific skill areas.

Finders fee is $800

“Done For You” service

For this service they will:

• Recruit multiple potential employees.
• Administer a test with each potential person.
• Work out salary details.
• Figure out employment details (part/full-time, daily hours worked, internet/computer access, start date, …).
• Manage their expectations in working for you.
• Make sure they don’t just quit on you.
• Make sure you’re up and running with an employee who will work for you.

Cost is $800.

University Recruiting Service

With this option you are trading experience for pay.   Candidates are university graduates who have not worked before but salaries start at as little as $100 per month.  One advantage with this service is you get to teach the person your way of doing things but, obviously, that needs to be balanced by the extra time it will take to get up to speed.

You are able to specify:

• What kind of worker you would like, e.g. “general”, “admin”, “graphics”
• What specific tasks you will you be giving this person
• What skills you would like to see in this person when they start
• Full-time (40 hours a week) or Part-time (20 hrs/week)

Cost is $200 for each person recruited.
Payment is by Paypal and Credit Card.

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3.  Bestjobs.ph

– Update as of 31.5.10 – as far as I can tell this service is not available to US and UK subscribers. The free ad definitely isn’t and I suspect the paid service isn’t either. However, they have not replied to my emails so I can’t say for certain.

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You can carry out a resume search by a number of criteria including job category, e.g. marketing and sales, clerical and administration, by resume date and by keywords to give you an idea of candidates in the database.

The resume search search is free but you will need to log-in to access the full details.

This is the information you have access to without registering:
Resume reference:
Date last updated:
Education:
Experience:
Employment situation:
Salary expectations:
Availability:
Type of employment:
Location:
Looking to work in:
Age:
Gender:
Marital status:
Own transport:
Driver’s license:
Citizenship:
Right to work:
English level:
Filipino level:

Free Registration and Basic Service
Offers unlimited job adverts on the website “which gets thousands of visitors every day”.
All vacancies are distributed for free by email to “thousands of job-seekers” who are subscribed to their distribution list.
A Business profile page  will be created displaying your business details and list of vacancies, which will be included in the employer directory.

Advanced service
Includes all the features included in the basic service, plus unlimited access to full resumes in the database with contact details.

Also, your vacancies will be highlighted over the rest and they will rank higher on every search.

Costs

• 3 months - 5000 pesos  (approx 45 pesos to the US$)
• 6 months - 10000 pesos
• 12 months - 20000 pesos

Payment is by credit or debit card or International bank transfer.

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