Academia Solutions: any info?

I've just been accepted on to Academia Solutions' books, and have been told that my account won't be active for a month or so because of server problems, which sounded a little dubious to me. I can find very little information on this company, and a search of this forum's yielded no mention of it. I'm completely new to this industry, and just stumbled upon an advert for Academia Solutions on a job website. I'm looking to save up for an MA, and fulltime freelancing seemed ideal in a climate that's very difficult for a humanities graduate. I just want to know if anyone's had any experience with this company, and what I might be letting myself in for.

On a side note, is it wise to sign up to two or more agencies - or is it more common for a freelancer to be allied to one site?

Cheers for your help.

Hi

I just read your post.

I think having more than one account is an informed idea.

Regarding your new found company (Academic Solution),I do not know much about it other than they are offshore / ESL.

But I feel this company is not interested in hiring you.

You can ask WritersBeware,he seems to be the one with solutions to all problems around here.

Good luck!

Thanks for the advice, Heremeout.

It's all just a bit odd. If the company wasn't interested in hiring me, why did they advertise on a popular job site, inform me that my application had got through to the second stage - a long application process in which I had to enclose a sample of my work and complete a number of interview questions - and finally, let me know that my application was a success? Why go to all that trouble when they could have just nicked off with my identification jpg.s and disappeared into the sunset?

It's all very confusing...

I'm unsure but are they connected to the foreign custompapers4u.net ?

O.o Seems Academia Solutions Ltd. is depicted in the TOS on that page, but that might not be the case; if not that's certainly an odd naming coincidence.

The same name is also mentioned in academiccoursework.co.uk / professaywriters.com / superioressays.us / thebestessay.us / dissertationhelper.co.uk that can't even spell Academic right on their page ...

Eh, I'll sit out on this one and leave it to the established players ...

I hope your application goes through okay though, if they are indeed legit (the economy is certainly in a fairly compromised state as far as employment goes right now in the UK).

It's a pain to be messed around, you should certainly take a look around at what's on offer elsewhere since a few UK paper sites are cropping up on job searches lately and you're hardly under any obligation to a company you're not even a serious part of yet, unless the terms of your 'contract' state otherwise.

You are their client, but I'm pretty certain you can work for another company as well at the same time as a freelance writer.

Shop around. :P

Ah yes, there it is: 'acadeimc'. This certainly fills me with confidence.

Oh well, it's mildly reassuring that they haven't just sprung up from nowhere. I'll see who else is hiring, and I'll do a bit of recon on custompapers4u and academiccoursework; one of the luxuries of being unemployed.

Thanks so much for your considered response, itsme; even if the job comes to nothing, it's always nice to feel a little more in control and informed.

A freelancer is not tied down to any single company. You can moonlight for as many companies as you wish. The beauty of the job is that you can either go the direct hire routine, or sign up with several companies. It all depends upon which method of finding clients appeals the most to you. If you are a newbie, it is always better to go with an agency first because that eliminates the first time jitters when trying to secure clients. As your skills and reputation grows, then you can begin to branch out until you are no longer connected with any agencies (if you do not wish to be).

There are some instances when this does happen to the new writers of a company. One of these instances is when the company is undergoing a server upgrade or adjustment. It is not something to worry about. It is not an indicator that the company changed their mind about hiring a writer. Rather, it is just part of "housekeeping" as one might term it. The server needs to be cleaned out of junk every so often and retired data needs to be deleted due to server space considerations. While these actions will not affect the regular writers, the new hires may need to wait till their information is properly placed into the system for access. That means, removing old data to make room for new information.