Monday, May 24, 2010

Podcast - Internet Assessors Program

A great hour long interview on the Lionbridge Internet Assessors Program from The New Toginet Radio -- with Lionbridge COO, Satish Maripuri.

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Friday 19th of March 2010

Lionbridge COO Satish Maripuri 03-19-2010

Lionbridge is recruiting home-based workers and university students from around the world to join their Internet Assessor team focused on improving the quality of internet user experience. The Rater role involves evaluating results of a web search. Raters provide their opinion of the search result based on a set of guidelines that Lionbridge provides. Hours of work are flexible. Satish will tell us more about the Rater program, what makes a good candidate and how you can land this very cool job.
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Lionbridge - Internet Assessors Program

Lionbridge hire Australians to work online as part-time Internet Assessors. Currently, there are no positions for Australians -- but I'll keep you posted when openings become available.

Lionbridge Internet Assessors Program

We are recruiting home-based workers and university students from around the world who are bi-lingual in English and their native language to join our Internet Assessor team focused on improving the quality of internet user experience.
Program Description

Based in over 102 locales 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 4,500 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 150 practical questions. More detailed information will be provided in the study material.
Requirements

The skill set for this job is not high-tech, candidates need to be familiar with browsing the internet, be able to read and write fluent English, and have high-speed access to internet. Specifically:

* Reading and writing in English is a mandatory requirement for program participation

* Proof of English competency in some locales will be requested, e.g. English Certificate

* For cultural and historical awareness purposes, you must be resident in the country for 5 consecutive years

* You should be familiar with using both Internet browsers and content, and have access to a computer with a high-speed internet connection

* You need to be motivated to apply your knowledge in a way that improves the browsing experience on the Web

* You must be a mature person capable of managing your time to spend 10-20 hours per week in rating various online services and software

* You can be a college student, teacher, retired person, on-line shopper, stay-at-home parent or professional from any field

Please Note

We are recruiting participants in the countries listed below. You must be fluent in the language listed below and also be living in the desired country.

Open Recruitment

# United States (English)
# Armenia (Armenian)
# Austria (German)
# Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani)
# Belgium (Dutch)
# Belgium (French)
# Brazil (Portuguese)
# Colombia (Spanish)
# Czech Republic (Czech)
# Estonia (Estonian)
# Faro Islands (Faroese)
# Georgia (Georgian)
# Germany (German)
# Hong Kong (English)
# Iceland (Icelandic)
# Israel (Hebrew)
# Italy (Italian)
# Kazakhstan (Kazakh)
# Mongolia (Mongolian)
# Peru (Quechan)
# Russia (Tatar)
# Singapore (English)
# South Africa (Afrikaans)
# South Africa (English)
# South Africa (Zulu)
# Spain (Basque)
# Taiwan (Chinese Traditional)
# Thailand (Thai)
# United Kingdom (English)
# United States (Chinese Simplified)
# Venezuela (Spanish)
# Wales (Welsh)
More Information on the Internet Assessors Program