Arc review: vetted remote contracts, mostly with US companies

Arc is a platform for remote work. It vets developers, designers, marketers and other experts and recommends them to companies, by its own account mostly start-ups and tech companies in the US. It offers freelance contracts and full-time jobs, and it has a public list of remote jobs.

Who Arc is for

Arc suits experienced remote freelancers with excellent English, above all developers, who want contracts of weeks to a year at an hourly rate. By its own account people with several years of experience do best in its vetting. Many jobs ask for working hours that overlap with a set time zone, often in the US.

What Arc offers

• Vetting: a communication test, and for freelance work also an interview on your field.
• Job matches: Arc recommends jobs that fit your skills, working hours and weekly availability.
• A public list of remote jobs, freelance and full time.
• Talent partners: support during interviews and when you negotiate.
• Arc handles contract and payment for freelance work.

Who pays for what

Freelancers

Nothing. By its own account Arc is free to use, also when you get a job through it

Clients

Pay Arc an hourly price for a freelancer. For a full-time hire Arc charges a share of the annual salary

How to apply

Create a profile with your experience, then take the vetting. Once you pass the communication test and the interview on your field, Arc recommends you to clients with freelance work. You get job matches, interview with the hiring manager and receive an offer. You can also browse the public job list and apply with your Arc profile.

Where the listings come from

The jobs marked as exclusive to Arc come from companies that hire through Arc. The public list also shows many other remote jobs, most of them permanent roles, and Arc points to We Work Remotely as a partner board. Only part of the list is freelance work.