Where Can I Hire US College / Uni Students

15 years ago

Craigslist + Google Voice.

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Michael Thai

15 years ago

Hi there, Google Voice its not available in Australia

Google Voice is not available in your country.
Thanks for visiting Google Voice. We're not yet open for users outside the US, but are planning to expand our service to additional countries in the future.

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MerlynSanchez

15 years ago

You can contact the marketing departments at universities in the cities you want to target. They often look for jobs for their students, usually as paid internships.

Good luck!

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Michael Thai 15 years ago

Thanks Merlyn I'll try that
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MerlynSanchez

15 years ago

you're very welcome Michael! I've hired students this way and a colleague in New Jersey just did this last week.

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Drewry_Media

15 years ago

Have you tried also searching college fan pages on Facebook for specific universities?

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myob

15 years ago

You can find college newspapers in nationwideadvertising.com Been using this for a number of years to hire most of my student writers as well quite a few other newspaper advertising campaigns.

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Michael Thai

15 years ago

Originally Posted by myob

You can find college newspapers in nationwideadvertising.com Been using this for a number of years to hire most of my student writers as well quite a few other newspaper advertising campaigns.

Thanks Paul!! Will try this too

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Raja Kamil

15 years ago

Try one of these :
pluto: I will post 25 of your fliers around San Francisco Community College where nearly 50k students attend for $5 at Fiverr.com

echernn: I will distribute 10 A4 size flyers everywhere on campus of my university and nearby college for $5 at Fiverr.com

fivedollarxpert: I will post 50 Flyers Throughout a major City Advertising Your Website for $5 at Fiverr.com

phaidra: I will post 10 flyers at University of Michigan for $5 at Fiverr.com

rmt99e: I will leave 100 flyers for you in a Arizona State University lecture hall for $5 at Fiverr.com

flaire: I will distribute CDs in a residential area for $5 at Fiverr.com

For more, try Fiverr / Search results for 'college'

PS : Some of the lists above got decent feedback.

All the best

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Michael Thai

15 years ago

Hi Raja,

I tried 3 different ppl on Fiverr - ALL of them cheated me. How did I know?

1) I have ZERO traffic to my site (how can this be? I would expect some traffic NOT zero?)
2) I asked for proof the person send me a blurry picture - not related to my works at all
3) I rejected the work he/she did not even get back to me.... the money now sits on Fiverr

No luck with Fiverr mate

Originally Posted by Raja Kamil

Try one of these :
pluto: I will post 25 of your fliers around San Francisco Community College where nearly 50k students attend for $5 at Fiverr.com

echernn: I will distribute 10 A4 size flyers everywhere on campus of my university and nearby college for $5 at Fiverr.com

fivedollarxpert: I will post 50 Flyers Throughout a major City Advertising Your Website for $5 at Fiverr.com

phaidra: I will post 10 flyers at University of Michigan for $5 at Fiverr.com

rmt99e: I will leave 100 flyers for you in a Arizona State University lecture hall for $5 at Fiverr.com

flaire: I will distribute CDs in a residential area for $5 at Fiverr.com

For more, try Fiverr / Search results for 'college'

PS : Some of the lists above got decent feedback.

All the best

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Raja Kamil

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Thai

Hi Raja,

I tried 3 different ppl on Fiverr - ALL of them cheated me. How did I know?

1) I have ZERO traffic to my site (how can this be? I would expect some traffic NOT zero?)
2) I asked for proof the person send me a blurry picture - not related to my works at all
3) I rejected the work he/she did not even get back to me.... the money now sits on Fiverr

No luck with Fiverr mate

How sad.....

Sure you read their feedback first. Aren't you?
I heard few warriors had success with fiverr before.
Sorry, for suggesting something not working.

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Michael Thai

15 years ago

No worries Raja thanks for your time

On Fiverr people are asked to give feedbacks the moment the seller completes a project. For some tasks such as article writing and logo design you can judge immediately and give feedback.... however on things like backlinks and admin support how can you tell immediately if the works are done or not....I suspect that many ppl give positive feedbacks on these sellers on the basis that they deliver on time and there is a "report" given.... did they actually do the work for 4 dollars? Who knows?

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davidlieder

15 years ago

Hi Michael,

I don't want to rain on your parade, but I want to challenge you to rethink this part of your business model.

All the reasons you think college help is great are probably not valid. I have had a lot of employees of all ages and college students are not a good choice for 99% of what a marketer would need.

Sure you will be able to hire them, I've hired many for various reasons over the years. But you will most likely not get good results for the reasons I will list below:

NOTE: If you want to reach out to other college students, then hiring students is one of the only ways unless you are willing to spend a lot of money in advertising or have an online strategy such as facebook, etc.

But the management part (making sure your college students do what they promise) is really impossible from a distance, you are outsourcing to a completely different country, to a student population that is already too busy because of classes and studies, and many people mistakenly think that college students are going to be a motivated, low-price work force. Just the opposite is true: college students are usually from wealthier families and have higher expectations that the rest of the population in the USA.

Right now there is a recession in the USA, so there are many people who are unemployed and willing to work. You have to have an "outsourcing accountability" method to monitor their work flow.

The fact that you do not know how to go about finding these outsourced American workers shows me that you have not studied the whole outsourcing issue from your point of view as an Austrailian.

So here are some alternative suggestions:

Find a way to do your marketing online. "localized" offline marketing usually implies you have some kind of control over the area you are reaching out to, or that you have a partner or affiliate that has geographical control of a location.

If you were highly ambitious, you could split your project up into a multiple joint venture that can be split by Paypal, contact large membership websites in your niche and ask the owners to take a small percentage if they put out the info to get affiliates on a local level to do the local offline stuff. Then you have to have a method to make the sales online (like a sales page), and if it is pointed right to Paypal (or a merchant account or affiliate manager that can divide the account up into more than two payout divisions) then everyone can get paid.

But I'm shooting in the dark here because I have no idea what you're promoting or why.

You really must put more information if you want good feedback, because for example, if you had a product in the cosmetic industry, there are already ground marketing groups in niches here in America, for example - thousands of people in various MLM groups who would entertain outside products, etc.

David Lieder
Astral Universe Worldwide Media

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polrbearz

15 years ago

Originally Posted by davidlieder

Hi Michael,

I don't want to rain on your parade, but I want to challenge you to rethink this part of your business model.

David Lieder
Astral Universe Worldwide Media

Hi David:

I just wanted to second your comments about college students. You were dead on. I have been on every side of this issue, trust me. Beginning when I was a writing tutor and a student myself. I have worked with students, hired them to help me out (for instance when recruiting salespeople) and had them as customers/prospects for services. I probably understand this demographic better than most. As do you, obviously.

Anyone who has not spent LOTS of time recently in the campus environment can easily lose touch with the reality of life for a typical college student. They tell us in marketing to "put ourselves in the shoes (or minds) of our prospects". That is certainly apropos to the question of considering a college student as a potential hire. As you said--they are essentially busy, hard to please and with a certain lack of follow-through. This is partly understandable---this IS after all a time of life for exploration. And there are MANY distractions. All I have to do is remember my own experience--anything that seemed like a "hassle" had to weighed against the endless attractions of campus life: dating, new friendships, exercise, etc. And of course the inevitably periods of catching up on the classwork itself

And then there was learning about careers, etc.

So your advice to the OP and anyone else about students was VERY reality-based and accurate in my opinion.

Lest we not seem one-sided about students, I also see some good points. These, like the negatives, seem to flow from the "time of life" that we are talking about. Students are usually friendly and very open-minded. Willing to try new things. And many of them are articulate and flexible. As someone else on WF mentioned, they have a penchant for being more committed to things with a social dimension, creative potential and sense of fun. That's one reason a lot of students get involved with campaigns, for instance. I did. The energy was high, we did a lot of joking around, etc. And it was "interesting" for a while.

You can certainly find students for more "boring" tasks--people are still very individual in their background and nature. But at you suggest--the odds are not in your favor, especially at a distance. I would second your advice to try first to reach students online unless you have access to a very unique and reliable offline resource.