Comments on: How To Find A Qualified Designer for your next Project

By: Brett Widmann

Brett Widmann — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:10:00 +0000

This is a really helpful article. I do a lot of the design work myself, but I have people help with other things. I like to treat it as if I would be hiring for a large company.

By: Piotr Krzyzek

Piotr Krzyzek — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:23:14 +0000

Thanks for the responses.

@Maverick: I left out Elance on purpose. It’s a great place to find workers (and work), but I rather dislike their whole system and layout. Plus the annoying signup fee’s.

I understand your dislike of the ‘i all understand all the requirements’ trick. It’s not something I do often, except on lower profile, fast, quick cash jobs. I completely agree with you also it’s also a bit degrading to the ‘real’ designers, but for fast work it helps filter out the junk providers.

@sinsdesign: I never said that the new people don’t have a chance, it’s that I generally don’t give them one unless they can prove that they can actually do the work. Generally speaking, someone with a good profile will be a safer choice than a newbie with no background. I’m thinking of this in a brick-and-mortar interview terms … who are you more likely to follow? Someone with a good history? Or the new kid on the block?

Thanks for the honest replies.
–PK

By: Maverick

Maverick — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:24:13 +0000

some good points… but i felt ‘I understand all the requirements!’ trick was damn stupid. frankly speaking being a designer if the buyer asked me to do such silly things i might think that he/she is dumb and would be very skeptical of proceeding with this buyer. hence i will recommend that skip that silly step.

and u missed elance.com in the list to find some good providers and buyers.

By: sinsdesign

sinsdesign — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:34:47 +0000

So if you are a good designer but you just opened an account on any of these sites .. you don’t have any chance of getting a job? I don’t agree with your tip about ignoring users with no previous job done. I think they deserve a chance. How did the rest of the designers got their first ratings anyway?

By: Jeprie

Jeprie — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:13:13 +0000

Very nice article. I agree with you on tips. I’ve got a tips from one of my client, not big, but it made me happy. It shows us that they really respect me.