Detail-oriented researcher needed to extract reply emails from Craigslist job posts

We run a weekly lead-research workflow that identifies companies hiring for sales, customer support, intake, administrative, and virtual-assistant roles on Craigslist. Our software collects the public job-post text and other visible details. We need a careful human researcher to open each assigned post, use Craigslist's **Reply** button, and record the email address Craigslist displays in a Google Sheet. This is accuracy-focused data entry, not sales outreach. You will not contact employers, apply to jobs, send messages, or research guessed email addresses. The initial engagement is a small paid trial. Strong performers may receive a recurring weekly batch of approximately 300 records. What you will do For each row assigned to you: 1. Open the exact Craigslist URL in the `Post URL` column. 2. Click the Craigslist **Reply** button. 3. If you are prompted with a CAPTCHA puzzle, solve it to reveal the contact info 4. If Craigslist displays an email address (it does not always do so), copy the full address exactly into the assigned email column. If Craigslist displays a phone number (it does not always do so), copy the full phone number exactly into the assigned phone column. 5. Record the appropriate completion status when no usable email is displayed. 6. Add a short note only when an exception needs explanation. 7. Record whether the email is a `Craigslist relay` or `Direct email`, plus the capture time. 8. Recheck the URL and email before marking the row complete. Important rules - Copy only an email address actually displayed after clicking **Reply**, including a Craigslist relay address when that is what Craigslist provides. - Never guess an email from a company name, website, email pattern, or domain. - Do not substitute a phone number, website contact form, social profile, or application link for an email. - Do not copy an email merely mentioned elsewhere in the job description when the task is specifically to capture the Reply-button email. - Do not use the reply interface to send a message. Do not contact or apply to the employer. - Do not change, sort, delete, or overwrite source rows or any columns outside your assigned output columns. - Work only on your assigned rows. Do not share or reuse the data. - If a post is removed, expired, blocked, asks for phone contact only, shows no email, or cannot be accessed after a reasonable retry, use the correct status instead of inventing data. - If the Reply button offers multiple contact methods, capture the displayed email and briefly note the additional method only if requested. - Preserve spelling, punctuation, numbers, and the entire domain exactly. Do not add spaces or a `mailto:` prefix. - Craigslist relay aliases can change whenever the post is refreshed. A later alias may differ while still reaching the same poster. Do not reuse an alias from another row, and do not treat a changed alias as an error by itself. - One accurate blank with a clear status is better than a guessed value. ### Status values Use exactly one of these statuses: - `Email captured` - `No email displayed` - `Phone only` - `External application only` - `Post removed or expired` - `Access blocked or temporary error` - `Needs review` Use `Needs review` only for genuinely ambiguous cases and explain the issue in the note. Quality standard We will audit the work against the source posts and contemporaneous capture evidence. The email must be copied exactly from the Reply panel shown for that Post URL at the time of capture. Craigslist relay aliases rotate, so a different valid relay shown during a later audit is not automatically an error. We care more about accuracy, consistency, and honest exception handling than raw speed. Required qualifications - Excellent attention to detail - Comfortable working in Google Sheets - Able to follow a written standard exactly - Reliable access to Craigslist in a normal browser - Clear written English for brief exception notes - Willing to complete a small paid trial before a recurring assignment Experience with web research or data-quality work is helpful, but careful execution matters more than a long résumé. How to apply Begin your proposal with the exact phrase **Accurate blanks beat guesses** so we know you read the instructions. Then answer these questions in a few sentences: 1. If the Reply button shows no email but the post lists a company website, what would you enter? 2. If the Reply button shows a Craigslist relay email, would you copy it? Why? 3. How would you prevent an email from being entered on the wrong row? 4. Are you available for a recurring weekly batch if the paid trial goes well? Do not contact any Craigslist poster as part of your application or trial.