Something off with proposals?

[ilannamandel]

I've been here for a while now so I fully know that some proposals get accepted and others don't. But, today I put in for a project that is completely in my area of expertise. In fact, I worked directly in that field for 15 years. My samples were absolutely the right ones to choose. In 1 hour they selected 8 people to interview and I'm not even 1 of them. I'm at a loss as to what I'm doing wrong. I've put in for dozens of projects lately and there is no interest whatsoever. 

Suggestions? 

[colettelewis]

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ILANNA M wrote:

I've been here for a while now so I fully know that some proposals get accepted and others don't. But, today I put in for a project that is completely in my area of expertise. In fact, I worked directly in that field for 15 years. My samples were absolutely the right ones to choose. In 1 hour they selected 8 people to interview and I'm not even 1 of them. I'm at a loss as to what I'm doing wrong. I've put in for dozens of projects lately and there is no interest whatsoever. 

Suggestions? 

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Move on. Those eight people may have offered better samples than you - or samples that the client prefers. You are not necessarily doing anything wrong. Supply vastly exceeds demand on Upwork - so perhaps there is some sort of draw system involved.  

[jr-translation]

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ILANNA M wrote:

I've been here for a while now so I fully know that some proposals get accepted and others don't. But, today I put in for a project that is completely in my area of expertise. In fact, I worked directly in that field for 15 years. My samples were absolutely the right ones to choose. In 1 hour they selected 8 people to interview and I'm not even 1 of them. I'm at a loss as to what I'm doing wrong. I've put in for dozens of projects lately and there is no interest whatsoever. 

Suggestions? 

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Try to close one of your contracts in progress so you have enough jobs in the 6 month window to calculate a better JSS.

[martina_plaschka]

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ILANNA M wrote:

I've been here for a while now so I fully know that some proposals get accepted and others don't. But, today I put in for a project that is completely in my area of expertise. In fact, I worked directly in that field for 15 years. My samples were absolutely the right ones to choose. In 1 hour they selected 8 people to interview and I'm not even 1 of them. I'm at a loss as to what I'm doing wrong. I've put in for dozens of projects lately and there is no interest whatsoever. 

Suggestions? 

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With the huge competition you face, clients might apply a selection where they don't consider profiles below a certain JSS percentage. Do your best to increase it and things might get better.