What is Appen?
Appen
is one of the biggest crowdsourcing platforms in the world.
More than 500,000
employees all over the world work for this company. It has lots of experience of
working with social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Goggle, YouTube
and so on.
Appen has large varieties of different projects as well. Actually, I am not supposed to tell you anything about all of these projects, since as an independent Appen contractor, I signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which forbids me to share information about all types of projects I am working on or I have worked on before.
Appen has large varieties of different projects as well. Actually, I am not supposed to tell you anything about all of these projects, since as an independent Appen contractor, I signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which forbids me to share information about all types of projects I am working on or I have worked on before.
However, I can share
some general information and give you useful tips about Appen suggestions for
remote employees.
All crowdsourcing projects are mainly related to the following areas:
- searching for information (search engine evaluator role)
- evaluating content (social media evaluator role)
- completing short quizzes and surveys (a job for everyone, who was accepted by Appen without any qualification processes)
- recording your voice (a job for everyone, who can speak)
- QA testing (a job for everyone, who are well-known with the basic principles of apps testing)
- doing translations and transcriptions (a job for professional linguists and translators)
- rating pictures, videos, games and so on
All of these roles can involve the following assignments:
- doing researches on the Internet, arranging content, evaluating and categorizing of specific users queries
- evaluating different kinds of content (ads, topics, histories, events, news, etc.) in social platforms
- passing short paid surveys and quizzes to provide your own opinion for general topics, such as your preferences, experience with social platforms, etc.
- saying short phrases (commands) in your native language, which will be recorded with a special tool
- doing a detailed analysis of the app's functionality and give feedback to fix bugs and make them better
- doing professional texts translations or transcriptions, which will be provided for you
As you can see, Appen has a lot of
opportunities for people, who love working at home and makes extra money for
living. I must say, it's not a full list of possible projects, which you will
be offered to work on. Actually, it might be much longer, I’ve just given you
an example of real opportunities you’ll be able to take being an Appen
employee.
So, do not waste your time, join the Appen team right now.
If this information wasn't enough for you, you can also visit the Appen official website.
And this link you can use to apply and send them your CV. Click here to apply.
But, don’t hurry up! I recommend you to read this article until the end. I am going to share my own experience about how to apply and how to be 100% accepted by Appen.
If you still don’t understand why you should try yourself as an Appen employee, here are the main reasons why you should do that:
- 100% remote job – work wherever you want, you have not to spend your time in a crowded office anymore and look forward to the end of the working day
- flexible working hours – work whenever you want, you have no boss to order you when and how long you are supposed to work, you are only one, who choose your working time
- crowdsourcing platform – it is the best opportunity for people, who hates going to job interviews, feels quite nervous passing online interviews or doesn’t feel confident enough of speaking English
- well-paid job - hourly rate can be 6-20$ per hours and 0,5-10$ per task (depends on the project you participate and country you live in), actually that’s a real good EXTRA money
- previous experience and appropriate skills are not required – it means that the offered job might be completely new for you and you don’t have to prove you can complete it
- convenient working tools and website for employees – you can easily understand how to use their website and tools for working on projects
- regular payments – don’t worry about not receiving a monthly salary, you will get paid on time
- no troubles with withdrawing your monthly salary – you can use Payoneer or PayPal if you wish
- interesting and challenging projects – you might be excited by working on some projects and most importantly, that you can gain your skills and get valuable experience for future life
Still, don’t believe me? Then, read about my own experience with Appen.
I’ve been working as a social media evaluator for more than 2 years, and I am proud of having such a wonderful part-time job, which brings me about 600-800$ additional income
monthly. So, I don’t have to take another job for a living, I feel getting paid enough. I work on a few different projects, which require some practical skills. However, you can ask me, where I gained these skills?
Skills are something
that you are getting by doing jobs. Appen provides great opportunities to
become a professional, even before starting a job.
Firstly, you are supposed to learn some rules and
instructions relating to the offered project then pass an exam to be qualified for
it. It'll help you to obtain necessary skills, and trust me, it can do
everyone, this is not a math or other complicated subjects, which you’ll have
to learn.
Besides, I am going to share a secret with you. You
know, most of Appen projects on social platforms are similar (similar tasks,
instructions, recommendations). They don't have the same names, but their background is quite similar, so it might be easy to turn from one project to
another.
Once you successfully qualified for one of these projects, you'll be
able to work on it with minimal efforts, this can be a great advantage for you.
However, if you didn't do well on your qualification exam, don’t worry about
it, don’t be disappointed, another project might be offered for you quite soon
depends on their business opportunities and it might have similar qualification
process and tasks as well, so you'll do your best on it next time.
Another trick I wanted to share with you, especially if you
are new and have just been accepted as an Appen contractor is to qualify for
each project you’ll be offered, even if you are not certain they’ll be
suitable. Just apply to increase your chances to be offered a qualification
exam, otherwise you might be waiting for a long time until Appen recruiting team
consider your application for your preferable project.
So be careful, just do your best and follow my advice and you'll be rewarded.
So be careful, just do your best and follow my advice and you'll be rewarded.
How to apply and create your own account? Step by step instruction.
1. Click this link to go to the registration page.
2.
Choose
your country.
Important
notice: you must be living there during the last years and have a residency
(actually, I do not think that they can check it).
3. Tell them about your language skills to have a chance for participating in linguistic or translation projects if you wish (I recommend do it even if you aren't sure if you need it).
4. Let them know about your translation abilities (languages, that you'll be able to translate from and to).
5. Start filling out the application form, do it carefully.
Important notice:
Important notice:
- Choose an option of your preferable status: you'll be working for Appen as an independent contractor or cooperating if you have own business
- Don’t forget to agree with company policy, be sure that you read it carefully
- Enter your personal data, which are required
- Don’t be afraid of leaving your real contacts (phone number and email): email they’ll need to communicate with you, phone number maybe they’ll never use if you notify them you aren’t willing to make phone calls (during project registration)
- Carefully work on your resume (CV) if you wish to be accepted and load it on their website. I am going to write my next article about how to create a really impressive resume
- Point your education level. Don’t worry if you have got neither master’s nor bachelor’s degree, as you remember I wrote they don’t have strict requirements for candidates
- Choose your preferable working hours per week, let them know, how much time are you willing to work, that way you let them choose the right projects due to your busyness
- Choose your referral source, which let you know about this opportunity
- You should confirm (choose “YES”) all their requirements, otherwise, you might not be accepted
- Point if you have any appropriate experience and a company where you worked before, don’t worry if you don’t have it yet, be confident they’ll give you a chance to start your career
- I recommend not pointing your fake previous experience, I don’t think, they can ever check it, but you let them know you can do some jobs with no troubles. However, if you fail the qualification exam you can lose their trust
- Confirm that you are 18 years old or older, since teens won’t be accepted for work
After submitting your application, you will be sent a verification code to your email account you gave them. Check it and enter this code in the required form.
After that you will be asked the following questions:
After that you will be asked the following questions:
- if you have a smartphone with enable internet connection. You’ll just have to scan QR-code with your own smartphone or click a link below. That way, you’ll register your smartphone type and operating system. That will be important for giving you an opportunity for participation in projects with special requirements for your mobile device
- if you are willing to make phone calls, choose this option just if you are 99% confident in your communication skills, speaking on the phone might be difficult for some people
- if you are willing to work with offending or only adult content, I recommend you to choose both these options, it doesn't matter, I did not encounter with projects which made me feel bad about it
So, it was all you need to know about joining the Appen team. If you followed all my recommendations and sent them an application, be confident, that you’ll be accepted. Just be patient, wait until the recruitment team will consider your application, and give you a notice.
If you log in to create an account, you’ll see status information about considering your application. Once you’ll be accepted, you’ll sign all required documents (including NDA) and be able to qualify for offering projects.
Now you are ready to start your registration process. Click this link to begin. If you still have any questions, you can ask them by sending me a mail nicenkovladimir@ukr.net.
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Best regards, Vladimir
Good and very useful article! I've just registered and I'll be waiting for accepting. Thanks for author!!
ReplyDeletegreat job! I worked for Appen and I can confirm it's true. You can earn good money,
ReplyDeletebut I made about 300$ monthly on their project.
very interesting if it really works =) it would be great to make such money
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