Safety Tips

Hiring a Helper

  • Check for thorough resumes and consistency between the helper’s profile and posted resume. 
  • Chat with the helper over email and/or online video chat before providing an address or phone number.
  • Ask for references or verifiable experience. 
  • Interview the helper in person or offer an onsite training where you can show them around and teach them what they will need to complete for the job
  • Once you’ve decided to hire the helper, we recommend exchanging contact methods that could allow you to reach each other in an emergency.
  • We recommend checking in with your helper throughout the duration of the job - ask for updates and photos if needed. 
  • If at anytime you believe the helper is falsifying information, is ill-intended, or acting otherwise inappropriately, cease contact with them and report them by selecting report on their profile page. 

Applying to a Listing

  • Carefully review the description of the listing and check for consistency throughout their profile. 
  • Chat with the homesteader over email and/or online video chat before providing an address or phone number.
  • Let a friend or family member know when and where you will be if you attend an onsite training/interview. 
  • Once you’ve accepted a job, we recommend exchanging contact methods that could allow you to reach each other in an emergency.
  • Check in with the owner throughout the job by sending updates and photographs. Ask questions if you have them!
  • If at anytime you believe the homesteader is falsifying information, is ill-intended, or acting otherwise inappropriately, cease contact with them and report them by selecting report on their profile page. 

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Disclaimer: Helping Homestead does not endorse any helpers or homesteaders. We connect individual entrepreneurs and are not liable for any actions or falsifications from either the listing party or applicant. Choosing to hire an applicant or accept a job is done at the user's own risk. If you would like to report a user for misconduct you may do so here. The user will be removed if your claim is verified.