A brief guide to APA style

The American Psychological Association, or APA style, is one of the commonly used formats by social science and psychology students in creating academic. This kind of writing style has gone through several changes in order to go along with the [....] READ MORE

Becoming an oDesk Ghostwriter

Ghostwriting is one thriving profession that has an increasing demand on the Internet. In oDesk alone, there are numerous job positions available for an oDesk ghostwriter. The work involves writing articles, books, eBooks, stories, and many other forms of reading [....] READ MORE

Jobs at oDesk: Fixed-price versus Hourly

oDesk contractors or providers are getting paid in two ways, either fixed price or hourly. Depending on the type of the job, both methods  have advantages and disadvantages. Before deciding on whether to choose fixed-price jobs or hourly jobs, you [....] READ MORE

Freelance or Affiliate…What’s the difference?

Once you created your account in oDesk as a contractor,worker or provider, you will have an option to choose between signing up as freelance or as an affiliate. What is the difference between the two? Freelance or affiliate, which one [....] READ MORE

How to Ace your oDesk Basic English Skills (US) Test

One of the countless tests in oDesk is the Basic English Skills Test. It is included to measure one’s mastery of the English language, specially contractors who are non-native speakers. We all know that English is the universal language so [....] READ MORE