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Michael J Community Member

Get Profile Feedback from Experienced Freelancers on Upwork

Hi New Upwork Freelancers!

 

Getting started on Upwork can take a lot of work and focus. To help make this process a little easier, we’ve created this post where you can request feedback on your profile. The Community is full of experienced Upwork freelancers who are passionate about helping others. These users will review your profile and provide feedback based on their experience.

 

If you’re interested in requesting help, make sure your profile visibility is not set to “Private” and then reply below. 

 

We’re excited to see how Community members can continue to help each other to grow!


Cheers,
Mike
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Andrea G Community Manager

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Hamza's avatar
Hamza N Community Member

Greetings Aditi!

 

Could I please get a review as well? I'm new to this platform and I have been sending my first few proposals today.

Martina's avatar
Martina P Community Member


Susan O wrote:

I feel I must be doing something wrong. I have the experience and resume, but I can't get jobs. The ones I do get turn out to be scams, or asking me to buy something for reimbursement.

Any advice?


I like the start, it demonstrates that you are skilled with words. But then you slip into the old resume buzzword word salad that just makes me want to scratch at my laptop screen. Lose it. This is not fulltime employment. These are small gigs. (Replace it with something else, not just delete. Your profile needs a good size length of text, not too short, not too long. Something a client will read till the end.)

Once you get into a freelancer mindset, I see no limits to your success on the platform. You present serious and experienced, that is good. Now add lots and lots of your prior work in your portfolio, and you're all set! 

Babar's avatar
Babar S Community Member

Hello Friends,
Please review my profile and let me know what should I do to make it more professional. 
Thanks

Martina's avatar
Martina P Community Member


Babar S wrote:

Hello Friends,
Please review my profile and let me know what should I do to make it more professional. 
Thanks


Use a better picture, neutral background and smiling, and add examples of your prior work in the portfolio section. 

Babar's avatar
Babar S Community Member

Thanks Martin,
I'll take care of it and mend accordingly.
Thanks

Kat's avatar
Kat J Community Member

I would love feedback on my profile(s)!!!

I'm relatively new to Upwork and have been unsatisfied with the number and and quality of jobs I've landed. Can't seem to land jobs that pay what I'm used to in freelancing in other forums.

I'm a multiskilled hybrid professional with over a decade of experience. Writing, editing, marketing web content, blogs, memoir ghost writing, fiction. Perhaps I'm not specialized enough to be searchable?

Also wondering what are best practices for sharing examples of my ghostwriting work that I don't "own" or aren't printed with my byline?

 

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Amanda L Community Member


Kat J wrote:

I would love feedback on my profile(s)!!!

I'm relatively new to Upwork and have been unsatisfied with the number and and quality of jobs I've landed. Can't seem to land jobs that pay what I'm used to in freelancing in other forums.

I'm a multiskilled hybrid professional with over a decade of experience. Writing, editing, marketing web content, blogs, memoir ghost writing, fiction. Perhaps I'm not specialized enough to be searchable?

Also wondering what are best practices for sharing examples of my ghostwriting work that I don't "own" or aren't printed with my byline?

 


Kat, you need to make your profile public so  we can access it from the forum. Thanks! 

Alum's avatar
Alum J Community Member

I would like my profile to be reviewed. And also given tips on how to land my first upwork project.
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Martina P Community Member


Alum J wrote:
I would like my profile to be reviewed. And also given tips on how to land my first upwork project.



Re you profile: much too short, a potential client will read it in half a second, find nothing to capture his attention, and move on. 

Expand it, tell the client why you are the best person for the job (not in words, but in your presentation), add a portfolio. Crop the picture to only show your face. 

Re the tips how to land a job: they are pinned on top of this section. 

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Arnab R Community Member

I am working in UpWork from last 2 months. I completed 18 jobs and having 100% JSS. My profile is also 100% completed. Why I am not receiving any job invitation? Can someone please review and tell me what are the things I can do to improve my profile to get more clients?
Michael's avatar
Michael J Community Member

Hi Arnab,

 

I reviewed your profile and have some suggestions:

  • You sign it like a letter, but you actually sign it twice and have two postscripts. You also introduce yourself by name. This is repetitive and unnecessary.
  • The beginning of your profile overview displays in prospective client search results and it’s your first 200-character pitch. So, your first sentence should include clear, relevant information about your primary skill sets and expertise.
  • Focus on how you can help clients achieve their goals. For example, expand on who you are, the services you offer, and what you’re most passionate about. 
  • Be clear on your expertise and mention specialized software or tools.
  • Your written English skills are strong and you are easy to understand. However, I did see a few minor errors. If you'd like to add extra polish, you might want to consider using Grammarly. I use this myself and really like it because it's free and it offers a Chrome add-on so it works in webmail, messages, proposals, and more.

To give a clear impression you’re the person the client wants to talk to, here are some additional tips for writing a great Overview.

 

I hope this helps!


Cheers,
Mike
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Arnab R Community Member

Thank you for your input. I will surely work on that.
Mohsin's avatar
Mohsin R Community Member

Hello Everyone,

I am a new freelancer. I don't know how to make an attractive profile and skills related tag to rank up on Upwork search results. Can you give me a suggestion that I make my profile attractive?.

Thank you.

Mohsin

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Mostafa R Community Member

Would love this, please. Rv

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Youssef L Community Member

Hello, I would like to hear some remarks from you on my profile ?

Thanks for your comments.

Alice's avatar
Alice G Community Member

Your profile is not currently public Youssef

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Youssef L Community Member

Hello, Thanks for the remarks. I have changed it now to public, it was public for upwork users.

Ninad's avatar
Ninad B Community Member

Hey guys. I am new to Upwork. Please review and let me know if I can make my profile better. 

 

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01da6fe1d0bd9e7bc2?viewMode=1

 

Thanks. 

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Excellent start, Ninad! 

1) Consider changing your availability to >30 hrs or < 30 hrs, so that the clients for hourly jobs can reach out to you.

2) https://www.upwork.com/resources/9-tips-create-freelancer-profile-stands-out Go through each of these tips alongwith the links provided for each one. At a first glance, I notice atleast 3 areas of your profile can be changed per the 9 tips article.

3) Add a portfolio. You can add work that you may have done in the past. 

Good luck, you will get your first client within no time.    

Ninad's avatar
Ninad B Community Member

Thank you so much Aditi.

I will change my availability and will go through the link and upgrade my profile accordingly. 

James's avatar
James A Community Member

Hi! I would like a review on my profile. I'm new using Upwork and I'm hoping to build up my freelance profile. I've submitted several propsals but have yet to hear anything back. Some of the posts ask to attach work examples but the videos on my profile exceede the max mb when submitting proposals. Look forward to hearing back from you. Thanks!

 

Here is the link to my profile https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/~01e9e7357b841b13b5/

Mohammed J's avatar
Mohammed J S Community Member

Hi community 

I am a bookkeeper and new on Upward platform and my goal is to get a long term contract in us and Canada 

I need to get reviews on my profile is there are any Wrong or mistakes that may be affected on the ability to get a job on up work 

I need feedback 

I submitted about 10 proposals for jobs on Upward and I can't get any of it.

 

link of my profile: https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/~01191c4e585e191b09/ 

 

thank you 

Mohammad

 

 

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Mohammed J S Community Member

my profile is turned into private so I put my profile contain her 

Accountant & Bookkeeper, Quickbooks online & Xero expert 

Hi there, Welcome to my own profile in Upwork platform, thanks for your concern and time to review my profile, let's take you a tour in my profile and I will answer some your questions: Why I am here in Upwork? I am a virtual bookkeeper, provide bookkeeping and related services to empower your business with remote services through Up work platform, cloud accounting software, remote desktop. Who is working with me? And how I do that? I support SMEs businesses with virtual bookkeeping and remote accounting, by a full bookkeeping cycle from creating workflow process accounting until prepare accounting statements, that contain the following: - Set up the accounting workflow process, and customize it based on business needs. - Set up the accounting software, accounts (Quick’s books online, Xero, etc.), I can help with the chosen subscription plan. - Bookkeeping based on (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly). - Prepare an accounting, financial statements (financial position “balance sheets”, profit and loss statements “income statement”, cash flow statement, management reports) according to IFRS for SMEs. - The Bank reconciliations. - Integrate and convert data between apps and accounting software. Why should you work with me? I am an accountant for +10 years ago to now, through that I work in two dimensions: First, I am working as a tax accountant, I have worked with more than 500 firms records, that I have Analyzed its financial records to check for inconsistencies and errors, My mission was to verify the validity of the accounting data, and check of compliance with the relevant tax laws and regulations, that was helped me to get big knowledge to work with multi industries and understand how it works and deep understanding how to customize bookkeeping to satisfy different needs of different companies. Second, I work as a virtual bookkeeper through the cloud accounting world and local business. My review on other platforms was 5 stars some awesome reviews were saying: " Mohammed is. Delivered work before the deadline with high quality. Highly recommended!!!! Will buy again". "Awesome person to work with. Once I pass the work, I do not have to worry about it at all. Provide the requirements ACCURATELY. Always super easy to communicate with." "Very professional. Very recommended." So I utilize my extensive experience, knowledge in accounting and finance to work on your project, that knowledge comes from: I have a master's degree in accounting and finance, my interest area of study was startups financial and accounting information system. I am ProAdvisor for multi-accounting cloud software systems, such as I am an expert ProAdvisor Quickbooks online, expert XERO certified pro advisor. I can use (Zoho, vend, Jubnumbes, wave, A2x accounting, Hubdoc, Tsheet, Receipt bank, canvas, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, avalara, etc.) I have an approach to work with a remote accounting job, contain those steps: - Meeting with you through an Upwork message to get more information about your business and its needs. - Review accounting software accounts set up and connect your sales channels to accounting software. - Suggest any related apps that make your workflow more fast and smooth. - Review the chart of accounts and edit it if any need it. - Set-up inventory items. - Set-up classes and locations, tags feature. - Integrate sales data through your sales channels to be in one place “accounting platform”. - Set-up a bank's feeds and rules. - Set-up payroll if you have. - Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable. - Reconcile your accounts with your bank statements. - Prepare a trial balance for your CPA. - Schedule any reports that needed. - Prepare internal financial reports. Working on bookkeeping your account I will need to give me access to: - The account of accounting platforms (QBO, Xero, Wave, Zoho). - The account of your apps (eCommerce, vend, etc..) - Statement of your banks. - Suppliers statements -Any requirement of reports that you need. How to connect with me? Feel free to connect me through Up work messenger if you have any issue related to bookkeeping and accounting issues I am available to discuss any issues related to accounting software and apps workflow. Thank you for considering reading my profile, and I am available for any questions related to my experience. Regarded, Mohammed  lessShow less text

 

Umut's avatar
Umut S Community Member

Hello,

I am a new freelancer, would you give me some advice about my profile,please?

Thanks,

Have a nice day.

Saif's avatar
Saif U Community Member

Would love this. if someone do