In order to hire a freelancer, you will need a client account. Follow this link to sign up. If you already have a freelancer account, you should create a client account.
- Log into your account and in the top right hand corner of the screen you will see, "Hire"/ "Post a Job"
Hire: Allows you to create a job and send an offer immediately to a freelancer on or off of the goLance platform. This is a good option if you already know who you would like to hire.
Post Job: Lets you post a job where applicants can view and apply. To learn more about this process, read the article on Post A Job
- Click on "Hire" and enter the freelancer's information. You can add the email of the individual or search for their name.
You can add people who do not have a goLance account.
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Choose who you would like to hire on behalf of. Is it yourself or a company that you own/ are a hiring manager of?
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You can choose an existing job post that is open or leave it blank to create a new contract. If you are creating a new contract, you can add the title.
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Choose between an hourly rate contract or a fixed cost contract and then fill in the relevant information based on the contract you have chosen.
Hourly: Hourly contracts are based on a client and freelancer agreeing on an hourly rate during the interview process, then having the freelancer log their working hours in the goLance goMeter desktop application.
Fixed: Instead of working on an hourly basis and logging hours to the goMeter desktop application, fixed-price contracts work based on one or more payment milestones. Payments of milestones can be set up for certain times during a project.
For more information about contracts and which to choose, please read our Hourly vs Fixed Cost Contracts article.
- You can add instructions if you would like and then send the offer to the freelancer. From here, the freelancer will either accept or decline.
