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wesleyad

Not really there's a lot of luck on getting invited to the right project. I tried to get my sister invloved but she could only get into crowdsourcing which in my opinion isn't worth the time (it's paid per hit, but it's frustrating and low paid, often 1-2 cents per hit).

Theres a ton of social media evalutor roles up at the moment (https://join.appen.com/en-US/search?facetcountry=uk), again whether these are real roles or whether they are just filling up a recruitment database i dont know.

If you get an exam the only real advice is be meticulous about reading the guidelines, and keep cross checking everything.

A couple of things, firstly this work can be mind numbing after a while and you need to be able to deal with that.

Secondly there is no security, they can turn around and throw you off the project at a moments notice, so I generally don't advise anyone to do this if they are reliant on the money, but rather as a "top up"

wesleyad

To your second comment I cant really say as I've never worked on the social media side of things. There is and advert right at the end of the list for web search evalutor which you could also try

oneflewover

Andrewzy wrote: »

Having said that, many posters - again in other forums - are saying that they are only able to get about an hour or so of work a week and that certainly wouldn't be worth the effort if it's general

Well I don't know what project they're on, or what times of day they're looking for work, but there is certainly a great deal more than 1hr a week available if you do the Search Engine Evaluator position. I do it basically full time. I keep stringent records and my weekly average is about 35 hours, but it can be very up and down. It's best if you're available all evening after 4pm and up very early in the morning. Understandly those hours aren't ideal for everyone. A lot of the GB workforce get something akin to part time hours (20hr per week / 80hr per month). You can also add more hours on top if you get in on the social media projects, but Search Engine Evaluator is the main one.

Andrewzy

Many thanks oneflewover. Any thoughts on my point about their failure to respond to my application? As I mentioned earlier I have a lot of relevant experience. Working odd hours would be fine with me, in many ways I'd prefer it.

oneflewover

Sorry, I don't really have any insight on the hiring process. I doubt the CV makes any difference, you just have to meet the basic requirements (like living in the country for more than 5 years). I'm sure they care more about whether you can pass the tests or not, rather than your experience. I think the other poster is right, they are likely to suddenly get in touch with no warning whenever they're doing another hiring run (they're not constantly recruiting).

lexilex

Andrewzy wrote: »

Many thanks oneflewover. Any thoughts on my point about their failure to respond to my application? As I mentioned earlier I have a lot of relevant experience. Working odd hours would be fine with me, in many ways I'd prefer it.

I've got a feeling they're not taking on new workers at the moment. I worked from them for almost four years (I was one of the first UK workers when I started this thread all those years ago) but left to have a baby at the end of last year. I reapplied a few weeks ago and have heard nothing despite having lots of experience.

Andrewzy

Many thanks lexilex. As I mentioned before, it's a bit surprising that they don't seem to be recruting given the probable reduction in hours available from workers in the US. Have you tried Appen or any of the other agencies which offer this sort of work?

Seems to me that at some point much of this work will be automated. Google must be gathering and analysing huge amounts of data from human quality checkers that it will eventually use to develop artificial intelligence based systems. Let's hope they haven't already done so!

oneflewover

Work is locale specific, just because the US workers have had hours cut doesn't mean there is "extra" leftover work for us, sadly.

AI will never be sophisticated enough to do what we do. It simply can't understand nuance. Or context. Or regional accents.

Andrewzy

Thanks oneflewover. I wonder how the US are coping.

Re. AI, 'never' is a long time. My guess would be that the Pareto principle applies, or will at least apply at some point: 80% of searches will be relatively easy to process by machine as the algorithms and machine learning improves, the other 20% or so will probably always need a human being somewhere in the loop. I'll bet you £5 that in 50 years from now I'm right...

Andrewzy

Coincidentally, this just popped up in my twitter feed:

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/01/google-says-ai-better-than-humans-at-scrubbing-extremist-youtube-content

Maybe make that 25 years.