Freelancer category importance

[araboaeibogdan]

Dear all,

Is the assigned category influencing in any way the chances to be recruited ? If a client looks for a freelancer is there important the category of the freelancer ?

When I look at my stats I see that they reffer to Data Science & Analytics. However, my background is in finance&accounting. Is there any chance that I miss oportunites due to having assigned another category ? How was this categpry assigned ?

Thank you,

Bogdan

[yitwail]

Bogdan,

Just go this page to edit your categories:

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/settings/profile

You can select up to 10 categories.

[researchediting]

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@John K wrote:

Bogdan,

Just go this page to edit your categories:

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/settings/profile

You can select up to 10 categories.

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Bogdan,

You may find that the more categories you select, the more random your invitations and recommendations become. The last time I looked at this question, it seemed as if Upwork makes its matches based on the top-level category—which if true may bake randomness into the match process, even if you limit yourself to one category.