Choosing your path
Read this when you reach the "What role will you play?" page and need to decide between joining as a subject matter expert or a network referrer.
The two paths
When you start an application, you're asked "What role will you play?" and shown two options:
Use your domain expertise to train and evaluate frontier AI models and get paid.
Choose this if you want to do the work yourself: applying your professional knowledge to train and evaluate AI models on paid projects. This path takes you through account creation (if you haven't signed up yet) and then to the data trainer application form, where you upload your CV and tell us about your background.
This is the right choice for most people: doctors, lawyers, engineers, linguists, researchers, and other professionals who want flexible, paid AI training work.
Share opportunities with your professional network and earn commission for each expert you refer.
Choose this if you don't want to do the training work yourself, but you know qualified people who might. Network referrers (also called affiliates or partners) share SME Careers opportunities with their network and earn a commission for each expert they successfully refer.
Selecting this option takes you to the partner sign-in page, since referrers use a separate partner account. See the Agency & Partner Guide for how the partner program works.
Can I do both?
The two paths use separate account types. If you want to work as an expert and refer people, note that experts also have a built-in referral programme in their own account. Once you're signed in, share your personal referral code from the Referrals page, no partner account needed.
Applying for a specific job
If you arrived via a link to a specific job, your selection is remembered. After you sign up and choose the subject matter expert path, you'll be taken to the application with that job already associated.
What happens next
- Chose subject matter expert? Continue to Applying as a data trainer.
- Chose Network Referrer? You'll be guided through partner sign-up and onboarding in the partner portal.
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