Jul 11, 2017 04:41:03 PM Edited Jul 12, 2017 02:33:32 PM by Valeria K
Hello how are you? My name is wuilmer, I communicate pq I have a problem, last month I could not get any work in upwork and I do not know why, I came getting work in a row, but I do not know what happens now I can not and I have spent all my connections, I know I'm doing wrong, please someone who can help me, or if you know what is happening, I feel that the client is not reading my answer or something, because at least I got to talk to them,
I leave my portfolio so they can see my skil or my level, but it's weird, I came working fine I have all the 5 star ratings and good customer recommendations
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Jul 11, 2017 05:00:38 PM by Preston H
You have a strong portfolio.
You have completed 6 jobs already and have great feedback.
Your profile photo is pretty bad, but you already know that. Replace it as soon as possible and hang in there.
Jul 12, 2017 02:13:59 PM by Sergey M
Hello Preston,
same things happens to me too. I was effectively working on odesk/upwork more than 8 years, but from the start of this year something goes wrong. There was a lot of amazing clients and challenging projects. Until now..
I was working with awesome people on a long term projects. I can not find any new work. It seems that the number of real projects posted on find job section are significally decreased. Perhaps new clients are not happy with 20% comissions.. not sure..
Sometimes I'm getting invitations, but it's rarely finished with new assignment. I'm trying to figure out what happens and what I'm doing wrong. Recently I found in my gmail inbox an old invitation to join Talent Cloud/ Team Builder program. I accepted it, but not sure that anything changed.
Please give me some advice and help me to solve this issue.
Look forward to hearing any updates from you.
Cheers,
Serge
Jul 17, 2017 12:02:13 AM Edited Jul 17, 2017 12:02:48 AM by Tasos F
If a person with over 8000 hours and 94% success rate can't find work here then there's something weird going on.
Jul 18, 2017 02:22:36 AM by Slaven I
The same thing is happening to me this month. Three weeks, 6 active candidacies, more than 20 proposals. A lot of talk and invitations but for some reason no luck. I used this dry period to work on my own web and to strengthen my web presence. Now I am bored, without income and no work. Winter is coming!!!! 🙂
Aug 1, 2017 01:24:26 PM by Rahul V
i am on the same boat...i have around 900 fixed rate jobs and i am also facing the same issue...many invitations but most of them lead to nothing at the end 😞
Jul 21, 2017 04:26:27 PM by Aron H
I'd scale your portfolio down to 50% of its current size.
Some of your work examples give the impression of a rather amateurish/hobbyist skill-level, while others display a more advanced skillset. I'd get rid of the weaker pieces of work and only let the strongest ones shine.
I'd get rid of the weaker pieces of work and only let the strongest ones shine.
Jul 21, 2017 04:38:25 PM by Wuilmer D
Ok, thanks for your advice I will make some changes to my portfolio
Jul 21, 2017 06:18:39 PM Edited Jul 21, 2017 11:13:14 PM by Avery O
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Jul 21, 2017 06:45:40 PM Edited Jul 21, 2017 11:18:45 PM by Avery O
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Jul 21, 2017 11:19:54 PM by Avery O
Hi Andres, and Wuilmer,
I'm sorry I had to edit your posts. But we'd appreciate it if you can post in English as it is a violation of the Upwork
Community Guidelines to post in another language other than English.
Thank you for understanding!
Jul 22, 2017 08:06:08 PM by Andres C
Wow! sorry, Avery! not happen again!
So I was telling you Wuilmer
use https://www.photofeeler.com/ for the profile pic and purge your protfolio with your best work, that's it!