Get Profile Feedback from Experienced Freelancers on Upwork

[#1]

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!

[#2]

Hi there, will y’all take a peak at my profile? Thanks!

[#3]

Nicole, welcome to Upwork. Please look at the link below to write your profile. Consider changing your title as it needs to match with job postings e.g. Nurse practitioner, Researcher, Virtual assistant etc. 

https://www.upwork.com/hiring/for-freelancers/enhance-your-profile-for-greater-success/

Good luck, I am sure you will get good projects on this platform. 

[#4]

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Nicole R wrote:
Hi there, will y’all take a peak at my profile? Thanks!

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You got this all backwards. Your profile should not be a job-seeking text. Scrap it, all of it. Your profile needs to present to potential clients what skills you have and why he should hire you for his job. Think client perspective. For a start, research other freelancers offering the same skills and see how they present themselves. You need to sell yourself, no need to explain that you want to earn money. We all do. 

[#5]

Hi there,

I am just starting my Upwork journey, really appreciated if you could have a check on my profile to see if there is anything I could make it better.

Thank you!

Tao De.

[#6]

Hi,
My profile was approved this week. Now I am in a point that I know it's not enough but I don't know where to start with improovements.
Thank you in advance,
Besa

[#7]

I'd appreciate a review of my profile, thanks: **Edited for Community Guidelines**

[#8]

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Chuck S wrote:

I'd appreciate a review of my profile, thanks: **Edited for Community Guidelines**

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It looks really good! I personally would like to see a more professional picture, but hey, quirky might just work. Your rates are ambitious, especially for website development. I have no idea about the security stuff, definitely sounds as if one could charge more (than for website development). Research your competition and see what they charge as an hourly rate, to get an idea what a client might see when receiving proposals. 

[#9]

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.

[#10]

Hello

I'm a little coffused with what is happening here...2 weeks after I started my work in Upwork, I got 3 orders at the same time, I finished them in a good way and recived 5 star feedback, but after that I kept submiting proposals for 3 weeks every day,but no aswer!

I really don't understand what the problem is... if my proposals or my profile don't look professional to clients, why at the beggining, without any feedback I recived 6 answers from 19 submited proposals and now after applying for more than 25 jobs, there is no answer?

[#11]

Hi Leila,

Every beginning can be difficult and everyone, including new freelancers, are experiencing highs and lows, but you shouldn't lose hope. You may want to consider checking out this Community board as it has many great articles to help you boost your career on Upwork -  and this thread to help you get started. Feel free to follow up if you have further questions.

[#12]

Thank you Nikolas.... Actually I have studied all these articles and in my idea I'm using their advices for all my proposals... Is there any possibility to find an expert here to check out my profile and find the problem?

[#13]

Hi Leila,

Thank you for following up. I moved your posts here so that more experienced freelancer can review your profile and share their experiences with you. 

Thank you,

[#14]

Thank you for following up

[#15]

Pls, I am a rising talent, I have been on this job for three months with out a job. Can you help me with a testimonial, most of clients who send me mails ask me for it

[#16]

Hi Laws,

If you're referring to requesting a testimonial from a client you have outside Upwork, you can do this by going to Find Work > My Profile and scroll down to find it. It should look like this.

Thank you.

[#17]

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Laws O wrote:
Pls, I am a rising talent, I have been on this job for three months with out a job. Can you help me with a testimonial, most of clients who send me mails ask me for it

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How can clients send you emails? You are not allowed to give out your contact information before hire. 

So to get this right - who is asking for testimonials? Potential clients? How and why?

Anyways, if you want work as a writer, your profile must be flawless without spelling and punctuation errors, of which you have many. 

[#18]

Hi to everyone,

I hope that this is the correct forum section.

I am a pretty senior software developer (about 10 years of work experience gained in different context, including international environment) and I have previous experience working as freelance.

I opened my Upwork account some days ago to find new customer for me and for my company (I opened a company with some business partners and we have a development team) but no one contact me (it seems to me pretty strange because I can see a lot of work request here, in the past I used Upwork to hire freelance involved in some project for my company). I also tried to apply to some job proposal but nothing.

Why? What is wrong in my approach? I suspect that, since my profile is new, maybe my daily rate was too high for a freelance new on this platform...so I am trying to strongly lower my daily rate in order to find some works and obtain some review from customers and then increate it again bringing it to the standard I typically work at (between 30$ to 45$ per hour).

Can be a good strategy or I am going in a wrong direction? Any advice from the comunity is very welcome. Someone can kindly review my profile? 

Thank you so much

Andrea

[#19]

Andrea, your profile reads well. This is your individual profile (not company profile), so more focus on your skills and services you offer will be helpful. Consider creating two separate profiles (specialized profile) for two titles. 

Lastly, lowering rates can be a good strategy in these uncertain times, especially when businesses are struggling. But slashing rates to 25% of your actual rate is harsh on yourself. I'd never do that to myself. If I don't respect my time, no one else will. I'd urge you to think of a number where you feel you are helping others without hurting yourself.   

[#20]

Dear Aditi J,

thank you for my profile review and for your wise advice.

Yes this is my personal profile, then we're going to open a company profile

I take this opportunity to ask you an information: an agency and a company profile are the same thing or are different concepts?

[#21]

I used the word 'company' because you've used it in your profile :). Upwork platform has agency. We probably should have a moderator respond to 'company' and 'agency'.  

[#22]

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Andrea N wrote:

Hi to everyone,

I hope that this is the correct forum section.

I am a pretty senior software developer (about 10 years of work experience gained in different context, including international environment) and I have previous experience working as freelance.

I opened my Upwork account some days ago to find new customer for me and for my company (I opened a company with some business partners and we have a development team) but no one contact me (it seems to me pretty strange because I can see a lot of work request here, in the past I used Upwork to hire freelance involved in some project for my company). I also tried to apply to some job proposal but nothing.

Why? What is wrong in my approach? I suspect that, since my profile is new, maybe my daily rate was too high for a freelance new on this platform...so I am trying to strongly lower my daily rate in order to find some works and obtain some review from customers and then increate it again bringing it to the standard I typically work at (between 30$ to 45$ per hour).

Can be a good strategy or I am going in a wrong direction? Any advice from the comunity is very welcome. Someone can kindly review my profile? 

Thank you so much

Andrea

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You compete with hundreds of thousands of other people, and it's simply unrealistic to expect invites without a good upwork history. Just apply to jobs like everybody else, but before you do that, you MUST have a portfolio demonstrating your skills. Without it, you're wasting your time. 

[#23]

You are most welcome

[#24]

Would really love if an experienced freelancer here can review my profile

[#25]

Just posted my profile and would love some constructive criticism. Thanks!

[#26]

Hey, I've finished my profile but it would be really nice from you to tell me what do you think about it ! 

Thanks  

Julien