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Poll: How often do you check ProZ.com job listings?
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Jan 31, 2023

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How often do you check ProZ.com job listings?".

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neilmac
neilmac
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Almost never Jan 31, 2023

And on the odd occasion when I do check the job listings, it is merely out of curiosity, since I don't need any more work than I currently have.

Alexandra Speirs
Tom in London
Daryo
peter jackson
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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I only check jobs when I get notifications that interest me Jan 31, 2023

Then, if I reply or not to a job posting depends on a wide variety of factors. I’m much more interested in being contacted directly through the directory by potential clients and that’s what happens more often than not…

[Edited at 2023-01-31 08:58 GMT]

Aline Amorim
Susanna Martoni
ahartje
Philip Lees
 
Nikolay Novitskiy
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Россия
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Член ProZ.com c 2018
английский => русский
Notifications should work but... Jan 31, 2023

...but sometimes the job is published and notification is missing. Though I have Proz.com excluded from anti-SPAM filters...

It's weird, and I suggest a conspiracy! A dark soul without honor steals my notifications from Web routers...

[Edited at 2023-01-31 10:17 GMT]

Kay Denney
 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
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Never Jan 31, 2023

I assume it's still the same as it was when I last looked a few years ago: all bottom feeders and spammers but still getting 500 stupidly low quotes in 5 minutes.

Platary (X)
Tom in London
Jelena Bogdan
Michele Fauble
Rabie El Magdouli
neilmac
Kay Denney
 
Thayenga
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Occasionally Jan 31, 2023

I check the job listing here whenever I happen to have some free time. Usually I disregard it rather quickly due to the many "best rate" demands because I simply can't afford to work for peanuts.

I might check it more frequently, but the job notification system doesn't always seem work.

Sławomira Kaczmarek
 
Sławomira Kaczmarek
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Великобритания
Член ProZ.com c 2007
английский => польский
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No particular pattern! Jan 31, 2023

I am very irregular. Sometimes I go for months without looking at ProZ at all. Sometimes I only visit when I get a notification that catches my eye. And sometimes I browse jobs quite regularly, let's say a few times a week. There is no particular pattern.

I agree with those of you who said the notifications do not always make their way into our mailboxes. It is true!
 
Michele Fauble
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США
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Never Jan 31, 2023

My clients find me.

Christopher Schröder
neilmac
Helena Chavarria
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Бельгия
Local time: 20:51
Член ProZ.com c 2020
французский => голландский
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Only very occasionally Jan 31, 2023

As a disaster tourist.

Christopher Schröder
Kevin Fulton
 
Ventnai
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Not worth it Jan 31, 2023

I hardly ever look as I have almost never had a response to an application. Those who do reply want to drop the rate by about 20-25%. I get the impression that advertisers are looking for the lowest possible price.
 


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