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kleino
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Is there any method to stop freelancers from responding who have not read my posting completely?

I only want responses from freelancers who have read my job posting completely.  I want to eliminate the automated boilerplate responses from freelancers who have no idea what I need because they have read the title but not the job details.  Any suggestions?

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13b0bd5e
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There's a tactic used in job postings by employers seeking to hire:

Somewhere in the job posting, they'll give some specific instruction for applicants to do when submitting their application - most often it's a specifc word (often something random and unrelated to the job at hand) to include in the subject line of the email through which their attaching their resume and applying.   

Obviously, in Upwork your freelancers aren't emailing you, per se, but perhaps you can do something similar by giving a specific instruction in your job description requiring that a freelancer submitting a proposal writes something at the top of the cover letter.   

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