All qualified professionals who are certified and/or licensed by recognised professional bodies, educational institutions and/or regulatory authorities can register as Pros in Procolony.
To get started, all you need is a computer with internet connection and your professional qualifications.
Your next step is to create an outstanding profile showcasing your skills and qualifications.
Here are some tips:
Yes. Procolony does not accept any anonymous members or phantom profiles.
Procolony systematically conducts 4 types of user verification:
1. Email verification - Every user has to verify his/her email after signing up to join our platform.
2. Phone verification - To achieve "Phone Verified" status, call Procolony support at (+65)3152 6819 using the contact number that you have registered with us. Our support staff may also take the initiative to contact you so as to verify your account.
3. Identity verification - To achieve "Identity Verified" status, send a scanned copy of your photo ID (eg, driver's license, NRIC or passport) to support@procolony.com.
4. Payment verification - This is required for users who use our platform for payments. Users who have successfully made payments to Procolony via Paypal will be "Payment Verified".
Our professionals always set and negotiate their own rates. As with any business, your earning power is often tied to your experience and the demand for your skills. Once you build your reputation through consistently high client satisfaction, or upgrade your skills and qualifications, you'll be able to command higher rates from clients who value your expertise and experience.
It's free to join Procolony.
Procolony does not charge any commission from your project fees.
For Professionals:
Professionals (Pros) can publish a profile for free and bid on projects (free members receive initially 15 bids per month). Additional bids beyond the free quota are charged at $5 per bid.
For Employers:
Employers can post projects and receive bids from freelance professionals (Pro) for free.
Membership:
Procolony also offers premium membership plans for an additional cost.
For more details about our commission rates, please refer to Fees and Charges.
Our Job Board and Professionals (Pros) are visible to all users after login. Some important information to note:
Directory of Professionals
We respect the privacy of our members, so we give Pros the option to decide whether to publish their profiles publicly. Therefore, not all Pros in Procolony publish their profiles in our directory. Currently, majority of our Pros do not publish their profiles.
However, before Pros bid for jobs, they will need to publish their profiles in our directory, so that their profiles will be visible to employers when they bid for jobs.
Job Board
Our job board lists only open vacancies that employers have yet to close. Once an employer successfully hires a Pro for a job through our system or cancels a job posting, we remove the job from our job board. In this way, we ensure that only open vacancies are listed.
Yes. At Procolony, we believe that in order for people to collaborate effectively, they need to be able to communicate freely with one another. Once an employer shortlists or hires a professional, the contact details of the professional will be provided to the employer. We do provide a messaging system within each project, for the convenience of our users, but users can choose to commmunicate directly in other ways.
Once you are a registered member of Procolony, you can create a team and become a team leader. As a team leader, you may invite other Procolony members to join your team. Only members who have indicated that they are "Available" can be invited. Each member can be a leader of only one team, but may join multiple teams as a team member.
Forming a team allows you to bid for jobs as a team, making your bid more attractive to employers who wish to hire a team of qualified professionals with various expertise instead of hiring an individual consultant.
At Procolony, we strive to provide a fair and trusted marketplace. Only qualified professionals who are certified and/or licensed by recognised professional bodies, educational institutions and/or regulatory authorities can register as professionals in Procolony.
We work diligently to verify that our members are representing themselves correctly. We begin by authenticating the email address of registered users. We require supporting documents for all professional qualifications included our members' profiles. We may conduct random audits to validate the qualifications of our professionals.
Ultimately, it is the employer's responsibility to do the final screening to ensure that the professional is a great match for the project.
Every employer who posts jobs in Procolony must first register as a member.
Our administrator will review the contents of every job posting before it is approved for listing on our Job Board.
No, Procolony does not provide time tracking software on our platform.
Procolony is industry agnostic, so we accept professionals from all industries and all sectors. We define profession as any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that involves a high level of education.
The number of professions is ever-increasing, as occupations become more specialised in nature and more ‘professionalised’ in terms of requiring certain standards of initial and ongoing education.
Do note that only professionals who are certified or have the necessary educational qualifications can register and post their profiles in Procolony.
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