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Old 05-27-2008
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Hi, I need your help... I find a page which name is "Real online job" that it is a database of jobs. The problem is that they ask me to pay a donation $ 20.99 to cover website hosting service, etc. I donīt believe in pages that gives you some work but you have to pay something. And other pages ask for money for one time fee for training material. Is this logical? I find two pages that ask money for training material.
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Old 05-27-2008
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Unless it's a site referred to me by someone I know, I will not pay for a job. If they ask for money it's not for me.
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Hi Silvana, I totally agree with Amanda; you should never have to pay for a genuine job.
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There are a few job sites that are legitimate that require a fee, such as:

guru.com
elance.com
ifreelance.com
teleworkrecruiting.com
virtualassistants.com

I would do some research on the site to verify their reputation before paying any fees. There are so many of them out there that are scams, or they just re-post jobs found on craigslist or backpage.
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Old 05-27-2008
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Tks Amanda and MoragB, that´s what I think.
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Tks Rebecka. One of the sites that ask for money for training material, I find it in Teleworkrecruiting.com. Is a page post it there. I would do some research as you tell me. Tks for all.
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I have not personally tried teleworkrecruiting.com, but I have heard that it is a good site. That doesn't mean that every link you get from that site will be. I don't know how well they screen their advertisers, if at all.
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I've had a look through the site and my advice would still be to keep the $59.95 membership fee and focus on getting clients via other means.

I have several clients and never had to pay a penny to get any of them.

Good luck with your venture!
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You should never pay for a job. The whole reason of having a job is to get paid...not pay someone else.

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