The Basics
Getting started on Translance is simple, and the easiest way to get the job done is to break the process into three phases:
1. Before you hire
2. Hiring
3. Doing the work
The Details
Before you hire:
• Fill out your company name, tagline, description, (no email addresses, phone numbers, or chat IDs and website URL, please), then upload your company logo.
• Add and verify your payment method. (Important! You can’t hire without this.)
Hiring:
• Evaluate your applications and shortlist those you like.
• You can also search for qualified freelancers and invite them to apply.
• Message your best applicants. You may want to consider performing a round of email interviews to help you narrow down your applicant list even further. After your email interview, you can perform a phone, chat, or video interview.
• Consider hiring a few top candidates for a test drive (a small, paid, trial contract) to help make the final decision.
Doing the work:
• Have a kick off meeting to establish ground rules on communication, expectations, availability, submitting deliverables, reviewing progress, and anything else you can think of. Introduce your new freelancer to the rest of your online work team and make sure they have contact information for everyone they’ll work with.
• Communicate with your freelancer regularly.
• Review work in progress regularly using the project deliverables, and progress reports.
• Manage your project using Reports.
• Ensure that billing and payments occur on time according to your contract.