30 July 2008 | Product | Michael

We have made some changes to how oDesk users can manage their candidacies. Specifically we’ve consolidated and worthsmithed the pre-populated list of reasons for

• Buyers rejecting candidates for their job openings;
• Providers declining interview invitations from buyers;
• Providers cancelling their applications to jobs.

These changes should more accurately reflect the most common reasons oDesk users would have to terminate candidacies. However, if none of the new reasons is exactly what you’re looking for, we are also allowing users to specify their own reasons as free-form text.

Further more, in our attempt to combat Spam applications to job openings, we are introducing the “Flag as Spam” button so buyers can, with one-click, reject the undesired candidate. Providers with a high percentage of applications flagged as Spam will be investigated by oDesk and may face disciplinary actions.