Get Profile Feedback from Experienced Freelancers on Upwork

[AndreaG]

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[celgins]

Artiom,

It might be related. Upwork wants the marketplace to be active, so they will change a profile from public to private if the profile has been inactive for a while. Typically, an established freelancer's profile will be set to Private if the freelancer does not earn money on Upwork for a period of two years or more. But it appears that many profiles will get pushed down search results or changed to Private if inactive for much less time.

But your difficulty finding work is most likely related to other things. Competition is extremely high, algorithm adjustments seem to have affected some profiles and where they appear in search results, and the ratio of freelancers to jobs is quite high. I think these factors and some unknown factors have reduced the number of job wins for many freelancers.

[b075320a]

Hello,

Can you review my profile?

link: https://upwork.com/freelancers/~01a43be61e1f94baa8

[celgins]

Hello Syed,

I suggest removing this from your overview/summary: "DevOps | DevSecOps | Cloud Expert | AWS | Azure | GCP | Solution Architect." This repeats your title and wastes space.

When clients search for freelancers, only the first 200-250 characters of your summary are shown. This means you have very little space (approximately two short sentences) to get their attention. You want this small space to include important words (i.e., your services, skills, and experience). You do not want to waste space repeating your title.

Also, I suggest removing the star emojis and writing your summary using three or four paragraphs. Sentences in paragraphs will allow clients to read a more structured approach to your services. Your experience and services sound fine, but you must give clients more so that they have reasons to choose you. All DevOps professionals on Upwork will offer the same skills; clients are looking for other values that separate you from other freelancers. For example:

• Tell clients how you communicate and gather feedback during a project to ensure the final product meets their needs.
• Mention your time management and organizational skills.
• Highlight any relevant projects you have worked on and your accomplishments. You mentioned having worked on multiple webapps using MERN, MEAN, Java, Dotnet, and Python. What were those apps?What did developing those apps accomplish?
• Talk about your ability to meet business challenges and adapt to changing or new requirements if necessary.

Add a portfolio to show samples of previous work or to demonstrate your skills. The portfolio is a chance to make a positive first impression on potential clients. If you don’t have relevant examples to add to your portfolio, you can create items that demonstrate your skills.

Your skills and employment history look good.

[muhammed_kamal]

Hello, I'm new to Upwork and would appreciate your help in evaluating my profile. Thank you in advance!

my profile : https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01de4f7753b98cf698?viewMode=1&s=1110580752293548032

[celgins]

Hello Muhamed,

Overall, I think your profile looks good.

Two small changes I would make:

1) Capitalize the first letter of each word in your title; this will help it stand out: Data Analyst & Web Scraper

2) Add a short job description to your intern position in your employment history. A job description is especially important when the job is highly relevant to the services you provide on Upwork.

I think the other sections of your profile look good.

[muhammed_kamal]

Hello, I'm new to Upwork and would appreciate your help in evaluating my profile. Thank you in advance!

my profile : https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01de4f7753b98cf698?viewMode=1&s=1110580752293548032

[celgins]

See short review provided above.

[24e5de5f]

Hi

I'm new here can I please get a feedback on my profile and pointers on where I can improve. 

Bianca 

[celgins]

Hi Bianca,

The first thing you should do is decide which services you want to provide on Upwork. Your profile title does not match your profile summary. If you are a logistician, your title should be something like: Logistician or Logistics Coordinator or Logistics | Supply Chain | Warehousing.

Next, remove the first line of your overview/summary: "ABOUT ME"  Then, focus your summary on the services you can provide to clients. Focus very little on yourself and more on your clients. Don't tell clients you are an "aspiring" logistician; this means you're eager to be a logistician when you already have supply chain experience.

Finally, make you summary more client-focused For example, instead of immediately telling clients about your logistics/supply chain certificate, tell them how you can help them:

Proactive and personable Logistician with experience coordinating and managing supply chain operations to ensure the efficient and timely movement of goods and services from my clients to their customers. I can oversee all aspects of logistics operations including transportation, inventory management, warehousing, and distribution.

I have completed a Higher Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, which reinforces my experience and commitment to ensuring cost-effective operations of the supply chain.

(Now, talk about the software applications and tools you use or have familiarity with. Tell clients how you communicate with them to ensure the final deliverables meet their needs. Also talk about your ability to meet business challenges and adapt to changing or new requirements if necessary.)

You don't have to keep the words I used, but you get the idea--tell clients how you can help them and keep most of the focus on clients.

Add a portfolio to show samples of previous work or to demonstrate your skills. The portfolio is a chance to make a positive first impression on potential clients. If you don’t have relevant examples to add to your portfolio, you can create items that demonstrate your skills.

If logistics is your aim, you need to add more logistics-related skill categories to your skills list. Add Logistics Management, Logistics Coordination, Supply Chain & Logistics, and others related to your work. Upwork uses these skill categories to match you with relevant jobs, and to help your profile appear in search results when clients search for those skills.

Once you make these updates, clients will have a better understanding of your services and how you can meet their needs or solve their problems.

[7876d188]

hola soy miembro de la comunidad y te agradeceria si revisas por favor mi perfil ya que deseo un trabajo nuevo.muchas gracias

[celgins]

Hello Yuliana Andrea,

You should write your profile in English; you will get a lot more attention this way and getting attention from clients is the first goal for every freelancer on Upwork.

Capitalize the first letter of each word in your title; this will help it stand out: Virtual and Administrative Assistant.

Next, use your summary to tell clients which virtual assistance services you provide. Clients come to Upwork with specific needs and they look for virtual assistants who can meet those needs and get results. Provide specific examples of the virtual assistance services you can provide. For example:

I am a highly motivated and dedicated virtual assistant who can provide administrative support, answer and make phone calls, respond to emails and chat inquiries, manage your customer relationships, schedule meetings and record minutes, make appointments, coordinate business calendars, and manage your social media accounts.

You can modify this to fit your expertise, but you get the idea--tell clients how you can help them and any other value they will get by hiring you. Remember--you are competing with hundreds of thousands (maybe one million) virtual assistants, so clients need several reasons to choose you.

Add a portfolio to show samples of previous work or to demonstrate your skills. The portfolio is a chance to make a positive first impression on potential clients. If you don’t have relevant examples to add to your portfolio, you can create items that demonstrate your skills.

Add more skill categories related to your virtual assistance work. Upwork uses the skill categories in your skills list to match you with relevant jobs, and to help your profile appear in search results when clients search for those skills.

As stated above, you will get more attention if your profile is written in English--this includes the job descriptions in your employment history.

Good luck!

[ac2833a6]

Please have a look at my profile and let me know if anyone is willing to give me the best feedback.

Thank you.

Here is my profile link.

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01149072a3ae14b784

[celgins]

Olapade,

There is a lot of redundancy in your title and spaces are needed to make it easier for clients to read. Here is what I suggest: Etsy Expert | Shops, SEO, Listings, POD

Your overview/summary offers good details about your Etsy experience. You can enhance your summary by removing a few things and adding other things. I highly suggest removing this: "...willing to learn." Why? Because clients are not looking for Etsy consultants who need to learn or are willing to learn anything. They expect you to be the expert who can teach them a few things about Etsy shop ownership, SEO, POD, etc.

Also, highlight any similar Etsy projects you have worked on and your accomplishments. Talk about your ability to solve administrative problems and adapt to changing or new requirements if necessary. This will help assure clients of your ability to work with them to maintain their stores.

Everything else in your profile looks great.

Good luck!

[cc1221ee]

Good day, all.

I am currently working as a teacher for an online company, but I aspire to become an independent teacher. I am seeking honest feedback from freelancers on this platform. Is it feasible to achieve my goal, and have there been any success stories of individuals who have joined Upwork?

Thank you.

[a525f321]

I want this job

[celgins]

Yes, it is feasible to achieve your goal. There are thousands of teachers who provide instruction covering ESL, other languages, art, science, math, healthcare, and other subjects. Many of them have found success here, but everybody has their own definition of "success."

If success for an English teacher means earning $10,000, then yes--it happens. If success means interacting with more students while inspiring them and helping learn and grow, then yes--it happens. But no matter how you define success, freelancing is true independence and it takes work.

Your profile makes a great start. Here are a few suggestions that might help improve it:

1) Move your last paragraph ("My curriculum spans sixteen weeks...") to the top after your first paragraph. Why? Because this paragraph is more client-focused and provides valuable information early in your overview/summary. Your current second and third paragraphs offer a nice personal story, but clients are mostly interested in your services, and how you can help them.

2) Add a portfolio to show samples of previous work or to demonstrate your skills. Clients might want to see a short outline of your training approach or a list of sample English lessons The portfolio is a chance to make a positive first impression on potential clients.

3) Be sure to update your skills list with more relevant skill categories. For example, ESL Teaching, English Tutoring, and English are probably relevant to your teaching services. Upwork uses these skill categories to match you with relevant jobs, and to help your profile appear in search results when clients search for those skills.

[cc1221ee]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[c66dde97]

Please have a look at my profile and let me know if its good enough to succeed in getting any jobs. I will bs a waiting for your feedback thanks.

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~012d0323f17b0b4165?mp_source=share

[allpurposewriter]

Darlington,

You should look at some writer profiles and read, read, read. See what they do to sell themselves. 

Look for writers with solid earnings and good reviews. Check out the entire profile, top to bottom. What do they say? What do they charge? What do they put in the portfolio section?

Start there.

[5560a9c8]

Yes i need help here is my upwork profile 

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01ae6b0bed538ecb14

[celgins]

Muhammad Usman,

I have a few suggestions that might help improve your profile:

Title: I'm not sure what "Graphic Designer For A+" means, but it seems unrelated to online store management. I recommend removing the graphic design text and only using: Store Manager: Amazon, eBay Shopify and Etsy.

You may want to add a Specialized Profile for any graphic design services you can provide.

Overview/Summary: I hightly suggest removing the first line in your summary: "💥 eBay Store Management Expert 💥" Why? Because clients will see only the first 200-250 characters of your summary when they search for freelancers. This means you have very little space to get their attention and there is no need to waste space repeating words in your title. You want more of your services and skills to appear in the first 200-250 characters.

Employment History: Add short job descriptions to each job in your employment history. A job description is especially important when the job is highly relevant to the services you provide on Upwork.

Project Catalog: You should also consider adding a project catalog. The project catalog allows you to setup a pre-packaged service that clients can buy without you sending a proposal. Due to higher than usual requests for project catalogs, reviews and approvals are taking a minimum of 10 business days. Read Get Started With Project Catalog for more information.

Good luck!

[c508c939]

Hello sir,  can you please assist me on how to find a job in freelance 

[29d474f8]

kindly rate my profile AND POINT OUT ANY FLAWS

[celgins]

Syed,

Much of my review is the same as the review provided 30 August 2023. I still recommend updating your profile photo and adding more substance to your overview/summary. Most podcast editors will list the same skills and experience, so clients look for things that set you apart. The information you provide can help them better understand why they should hire you and how it will benefit them.

I think the other sections of your profile look good.

[1d540798]

Hi Community Members,

I'm Rashmita, a newcomer to Upwork eager to showcase my skills and contribute to exciting projects. While I've been actively submitting proposals for relevant jobs, I haven't secured any leads yet. I'm seeking valuable feedback from the community to improve my profile and proposal approach.

My profile is complete and verified, but I'm not receiving the desired profile views or generating leads. Can experienced members offer suggestions on how I can stand out and attract potential clients?

Thank you in advance.