Alternatives to Guru.com

Guru.com is a great source in locating freelance talent in website design, programming, graphic design. If you’re looking for an alternative source, we’ve recently populated our Cheap Zone with similar services. Here’s the complete list of similar sites we’ve added so far:

•  eLance - Another popular source in finding freelance talent. Find and hire people "on demand"
•  ScriptLance - Connect with programmers and outsource web projects
•  The Freelance Nation - Find freelancers for accounting/finance projects, marketing projects, programmers and much more. The only one I’ve seen that doesn’t charge transaction fees
•  GetaFreelancer.com - Join to find freelance programmers, web designers, and copywriters. Also provides outsourcing opportunities to India, Romania, Ukraine and other countries
•  RentACoder - Find coders to build your custom software in an international marketplace
•  Daylo - Connect with local people to find the skills, services, and talents you’re looking for

Updated (as of October 3, 2007):

These relevant sources were derived from our readers' feedback, thanks everyone!

• AuthenticJobs - Post your project here to find freelancers and full-timers
• AssistU - Find Virtual Assistants trained and coached by the leaders of professional trainers
• JERPAT Virtual Assistants - Another site where you can find Virtual Assistants
• GetFriday - Provide remote executive assistant services to small businesses anywhere in the world
• FreelanceWebMarket - is an online resource for freelance professionals, companies, and individuals from the USA, UK, Canada, India, Romania, and many other countries.

By: Yasmine

Comments

[Madison]

http://www.freelancemom.com is another one.

[Jeff]

http://authenticjobs.com/ is another good one. It's geared towards designers and developers though.

[Jon]

For exclusive virtual assistant sites, try http://www.assistu.com/ and http://www.moretime4u.org/

[LazyFisherman]

Try http://www.workpost.com, they seem to be trying to offer a lot for free.

[LazyFisherman]

Try http://www.workpost.com

[Robert]

This new kinda web 2.0 like platform is way better and very easy to use (compared to elance or guru):
http://www.jobloha.com