Jodee, I love the categories too. Thanks for putting them into order for us. I need all the help I can get in the early morning find-a-job hours.

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On a side note, anyone else notice the rate of pay for the “Researcher and Writer Needed for Project Work” job?

“Work is assigned on a monthly basis and weekly hours vary between 10 – 20 hours depending on the assignment and the individual. Type of work is usually academic.”

Compensation is a flat $200 per month. Yikes. Do the math on that!

I agree with a 15-20 hours a week minimum (although you can get away with slacking a bit on any given week) with all of the things you need to do. Also, the $725 is the stipend for the first two years. It drops to $500 after that. We are actually paid a base rate per 1000 pvs plus a bonus for year-over-year growth. The bonus is where most Guides make their money. If your site doesn’t hit $725, you get the stipend instead. If it goes over, you get whatever you get.

I think the per hour rate in the first year or so is going to be low. Much like anything else on the web, it’s an investment. I don’t know how much long-term Guides are making, but I think that those with reasonably established sites are making a solid full-time income for less than full-time work.

Lastly, the requirement for first-year Guides is 1 piece of content a week, plus a couple of blogs, forum moderation (usually not a problem in your first year) and various other things. According to the powers that be, the most successful Guides are putting up 20 pieces of content (not including blogs) a month.

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Christy
P.S. I don’t think most sites require a video camera.

Thanks so much for the categorizations — it made this morning’s look go ever so much more efficiently.

As for the About.com jobs, I`ve applied before and had the same issue as Ann G. They never replied, so I have no idea if it`s actually worth applying. Lots of other great jobs, though today!

@ Patrice: Putting the leads in categories doesn’t take a lot of time. It does have me from having to type “On Site” or “Telecommute” several times, though! I do care about the readers that visit here and I want to give you guys what you want.