How can I land a job if I'm new to Upwork and all jobs require a job success score of 90%?

Jun 26, 2017 04:23:27 PM Edited Jun 26, 2017 04:29:53 PM by Christopher D

Member Since: Apr 19, 2015

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May 12, 2018 05:41:37 PM by Andrew C

That is a great point John. I guess I got lucky with getting an hourly job as my first job. But yes it's probably better to get a Fixed Price job so that you can still charge a higher hourly rate afterwards and the clients won't see that you just did a job for a much lower rate.

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