Events Update: Get an insight into this year's upcoming events from Upwork Live Learning Team

[AveryO]

Hello everyone,

Exciting news from the Academy Live Learning Team! Get ready for an incredible lineup of events this year, registration is open to all!

Will Simpson, our enthusiastic Academy Events Lead, is bringing top talent to share success stories and expert insights at Expert Talks. Be the first to learn about the most recent product launches on Upwork at Product Events, and join the ever-popular Talent Toolbox events for practical tips on growing your Upwork business. Bookmark the Events page so as not to miss out on upcoming events.

Our Upwork Coaches have crafted diverse events across time zones, ensuring accessibility for Upwork users worldwide! 

Connect with Coaches in Ask a Coach Live Sessions, ask questions about getting started or growing your business, and get answers in real time.

Refine your proposal writing skills, get tips to improve your profile's marketability, and receive various rate strategies in Review & Strategies Workshops with Upwork Coaches.

And finally, we are thrilled to introduce our brand-new event format that will change the way you experience coaching - One-on-One Profile Strategy Call with an Upwork Coach and One-on-One Proposal Strategy Call with an Upwork Coach! This format offers a level of exclusivity and personalization that group sessions simply can't match. 

It's all about YOU and your unique goals! Join us in making this year unforgettable – register now and stay tuned for more updates!

[crart]

Thanks, but no thanks. I would much rather see someone from management facing all the people they infuriated with ridiculous changes made to this platform and explain why it turned into bot and scam fest. No need to "coach" me neither, I'm naturally resistant 😉

"It's all about YOU and your unique goals!" - certainly not about freelancers.

[the-right-writer]

I agree. The problems rampant in Upwork have nothing to do with the need for coaching.

Upwork needs to stop allowing warm bodies with no skills in and draw the scammers.

I love when Upwork wants to "help" us dumb freelancers. I was doing fine, as were most people, until the changes. Of course, it's to benefit Upwork, but the encouragement to apply, boost and try to get jobs when half of the job feed are scams is nauseating.

[elisa_b]

I already see thousands of unskilled freelancers creating good profiles and good proposals, only to disappoint clients because they cannot do the job.

[ravi_iitian]

Bring back the skill tests.

[the-right-writer]

And the platform and category limits.

[crart]

**Edited for Community Guidelines** Imagine all those kids trying to pass a simple test, what they wouldn't find in Chatgpt, they wouldn't "know" 😂

[luce-neidert]

A few years ago, it was much fun to watch videos on how to pass the skill test...

[c78df216]

So what do you think should be the solution??

[elisa_b]

The solution to what? 

[the-right-writer]

The solution to better jobs, decent clients, and few scams is to reinstate the platform and category limits, and the platform and skills tests. The rules that worked very well, until Upwork decided to allow anyone to be a freelancer. The scammer freelancers and clients swarmed the platform, changing the business forever. Upwork will not reinstate the rules.

[1cac6772]

Get rid of the boost system. 

Go back to the old system that matched the most qualified freelancer to the job.

Don't let everyone in to the platform. 

Delete bots and scammers.

When you have somene that's posted 1,014 jobs with a 1% hire rate and $30 spent.....this person has to be removed from the system. They are CLEARLY taking advantage of freelancers on the platform. But I guarnatee you that Upwork will do NOTHING to this person.

[2b0f3adb]

@Dale D. I love the concrete example in your attached image!  From this are we supposed to believe the client hired 10 jobs at an average of $3 each?

[75146cf4]

yeah, I think so. 

[5a23daa2]

yes, this is possible because they using Chat GPT

[894e725c]

ChatGPT is just like the article spinners, article writers, and video creator tools that have been used the last decade to produce content. There still has to be some knowledge of the process, best practices, and some skill in how to actually write. 

[10a539c3]

yes you are right! but if they make good profile they have something into them somewhere.

[b9af601d]

Yea you're saying the truth

[aprovado]

Nicely put.

>> It's all about YOU and your unique goals! Join us in making this year unforgettable

No thanks. Last year was already 'unforgettable' enough. Don't want another one I can't forget.

[mconicx]

Landing Jobs isn't the hard part. You offer what you have, you give your quote, possible solutions to the Job's requirements to convince the Client that you know your thing. Out of many applicants, you can't be picked all the time. 

The hard part is finding a normal Client who knows what they're doing. It's not even about lack of knowledge on how the site works as It's fairly easy to explain to them with reference links (If they care enough to learn), It's about them knowing what they really want from you.

My dumb little freelancer mind that inflicts 'dollar sign for eyes' syndrome to Upwork isn't the issue, It's them. It took three years of trying to land a Job and landing not even that much to realize that I can hardly put the "It's all about ME, and my whims and wishes for my brighter future!" to blame. 

At least I've got enough for the rating system, and actual history to back up for newer Clients.

[2b0f3adb]

Hello Marko C.  I find potential clients sometimes know too much of what they want.  For example, I find a lot of postings want a computer application done in a specific programming language.  What difference does it make what programming language something is written in?  As long as it does what it is supposed to do, programming language should not matter.  I mean except for the people wanting to pay someone to do their school work.

[mconicx]

A Client's request is and should be respected as their request. If I don't like their request, then I'd find a better Job suited for me. Their reasons are their reasons, but I was really talking about them leaving out important details and not even being motivated to discuss on their projects before rushing to hire someone. I'd put the blame more on freelancers who rush to get a Job then trick themselves into doing a lot more than what they agreed to after a while.

However, yes. I agree with you. A lot of Jobs are school projects and many aren't even trying to hide it, totally. Last year I was being bombed left and right by Indian clients and their OpenGL assignment Jobs. lol

[a41fa2d5]

You can say that again.

[f3cf95d1]

Good evening,
Thank you for your sound advice, but it's of little use as the proposals are not read, even when the customer receives less than 5 proposals.
Martin K. https://www.upwork.com/nx/wm/offer/101570036 hired me. He told me I had one of the best applications in accounting (I've worked with KPMG and Deloitte).
However, here are my ratios: 100% of my applications read by clients result in 100% hiring. And 91% of my proposals are not read.
That's the sad fact...
Laurent.

[the3dguru]

All this coaching is just connect sales talk. They teach people how spend connects and buy more. The job aspect isn't really what Upwork does anymore. They site sells connects by persuading people that they might lead to work. Thats how it makes money.