Appen - Australia Work From Home Site

Hello Everyone,

One of the most common questions I get is “how can I make money from home”.  It only makes sense that this is something people want to know. When asked this question, my first answer is always to look into Appen. Working from home with Appen site.

Lets explore together !

What is Appen site?

Appen is a global company that operates in over 130 countries around the world in over 180 different languages. They collect and label images, speech, text, video, and more to build and improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. They are a company that assesses data to improve things like search engines, social media algorithms, and voice-operated technology ( like Alexa and Google Home for example).

Appen hires independent contractors on a project by project basis depending on need and specialty. At any given time, there are a large number of projects going from linguistics to social media evaluation.

Personally, I have been working with Appen for 3 weeks now and have had a rather good experience overall. The tasks are simple and the projects can last anywhere from a few weeks to 6 months at a time. Over the course of my 3 weeks working for the company, I have been through numerous different projects. Some of them are one hour a day and some are 20 hours a week. These will vary based on availability and new projects are added often.

Appen offers flexible hours for remote workers. As long as you complete the required hours… You can work on your tasks at any time. You also don’t have to do all of your hours in one sitting. Tasks can be done here and there throughout the day. Making this really great for parents and people who already work a day job. the biggest pro of working for Appen is that you can make extra money every single month. While it is probably not enough to sustain a household.. It can be enough to significantly help supplement your income. we are paid once a month. It won’t be perfect for everyone, but it is extremely beneficial for anyone wanting to make extra supplemental income from home. The flexibility and ease of many of the projects make this a very appealing work from home job.

You can also work as a social media evaluator in other companies like Lionbridge, Lepaforce etc.

Appen is a company which helps firms to make their data healthier. Especially with the booming influence of social media platforms on consumer habits, it becomes necessary to get the marketing strategy right. This possible if you have the right data in hand. So Appen hires people to do the same, the best part being that all the positions they hire for are work from home. They have an Apply – Pass – Start Work policy, It is contract type and the work you get is very stable until your contract ends. The pay is decent and usually paid on an hourly basis, the pay also depends on the type of position and the country in which you reside.

Appen jobs

When you visit the Appen careers page, you will see 4 different types of jobs you can apply for.

·         Raters: Flexible, part-time, home-based work that requires a computer and/or mobile device.

·         Language Jobs: Flexible work in Transcription, Translation, and Linguistics.

·         Micro Task: Simple tasks that can be completed in about an hour from the comfort of your own home.

·         Corporate Jobs: Positions affiliated with our global offices focused on Engineering, Marketing, Finance, and Sales

·         Social Media Evaluator :  The work of a social media evaluator is to evaluate news feeds of different social media platforms and give feedback. Depending on the company your working through Appen, You may have to work on facebook, twitter, instagram feeds etc.

Everyone who applies may not get an invitation by Appen, applications are evaluated case by case and also depends on the overall demand for the applied position.

 

Sign Up Process -

1.) Log in to www.appen.com

2.) Click apply for Job

3.)  You would get different categories of Job to apply, as depicted in this below Image -

 

4.) Read about each category of work and apply for each category of work.

5.) Fill in your personal details and select the country you belong. The tool would start giving jobs, as per the country you belong.

6.) Enter the lang you are proficient.

7.) Complete the application with filling your house address and submit an govt Id proof. Since this is an legit site, it would require you to submit all proof.

8.) Attach an updated resume of yours, with all your skills mentioned.

9.) You would have to validate your application by an email the team would have sent to your email Id, check your email and activate it.

10.) Once your application is submitted, you would get an email Invitation by the team of Appen.

 

Please ensure that all emails that you using to contact Appen are coming from:

recruiting@appen.com

communications@appen.com

support@connect-mail.appen.com

 

Payment method -

Appen has direct payment cheque issued to your bank, to your address or it has PayPal option also.

Once you get work and get it completed, you would get the amount as per your work, accumulated in your Appen account, dashboard.

The payment would be paid to you once a month.

 

Folks, there are interesting micro jobs out there, which we can try and get paid. Since there is no investment of money included, there is no harm in trying. Always remember, any site which demand money for joining their site to do their work, we can always refrain from doing so. Once we start earning and we are confident about the income from an particular freelance site, we can always choose to go for their paid premimum service.

Please do reply for any doubts clarification regarding this work/site.

 

Cheers

Robin