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Andrea G Community Manager

New here? Please introduce yourself!

Hey all!

 

Welcome to the Upwork Community! Check out this list of Upwork Community offerings and explore how you can participate, attend events, learn best practices, and become even more successful with Upwork.

 

To kick start your community journey, we recommend introducing yourself to your fellow. Using the questions we’ve provided (or a style all your own), reply to this post and tell us a little about yourself!

 

  1. What field do you work in, and where are you located?
  2. What are you hoping to learn from other members? 
  3. What (or who) inspires you?

 

~Andrea
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Andrea G Community Manager

Hi all,

 

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Thank you!

~Andrea

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Katie B Community Member

Hi everyone,  

I'm Katie, well to tell a lil about me, I'm a 39 year old single mother of 5 very beautiful teenaged girls. We are in the process of starting over which is very challenging. I have been trying to change careers but some of my past experience has been warehouse unloading and loading inventory. I've been Forklift certified for 3 years. I've tried cleaning vacation rental property, which I was spending more on gas than I was making. I thought of and played a lul on my own business but I have been scared of failure. I have had this account and came across a email yesterday and here we are.

I'm open to see where this takes me......

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Florence W Community Member

Hi Karen, 

 

That,s encouraging. We are in the same profession and have worked in the similar industry. Am new here, it is my first time as a freelancer. Patiently, waiting for my first client.

 

Florence

 

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Nanribet C Community Member

Hi,

I'm new to the Upwork community. My name is Nanribet Cornelius, and I'm a writer, specified in the field of creative writing.

I've been a writer since my highschool years, but I've learnt more about the writing industry and have been solid for three years.

I hope for only the best in this community, alongside positive relationship and transparency.

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N N Community Member

Hi All

Good morning 

My name is Nikitha I am student studying b.com computers final year located in visakhapatnam , India  I have knowledge on tally, c program, ms office ,video editing , html  . I want to delvelop my skills and enthusiastic  to learn new and work I prefer to work hard to be independent financially .

Thank you 

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Naqash A Community Member

I am working in a company as a data entry manager and i am skilled employee in a company as far as i heard about to write something and type something to earn money that's why i am here to earn money from work at home

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Kelvin P Community Member

AKelvin from Ghana.

I am a freelance and am new to upwork. I know you will all know much as time goes on.

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Abdullah A Community Member

Hey Andrea, I'm Al Nahian and I work in the field of web development. I'm a Full Stack PHP, Laravel, and Vue developer from Bangladesh.

As I'm very new to Upwork (my journey started yesterday, it's not even 24 hours yet), I'm hoping to learn the best practices, Upwork standards, how to win clients and other related interesting knowledge from other members.

 

The entire Laravel Community inspires me a lot about my work. But if I want to be more specific, there's a senior programmer I know who inspires and motivates me so much when needed. But the list goes on, and there are many energetic people that inspire me actually.

 

If you ask me about my immediate goal, then it is to be successful with Upwork! Haha, and that's why I'm here. Wish me luck!

 

[Sorry, had to edit the reply quite a few times. Didn't knew emojies aren't allowed]

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David P Community Member

My blessings to all here on Up Work. I am greatful to be amongst like minded souls. I can't wait to see all of your talents and expertise. Being around such beautiful people gives me the drive and compassion to take my calling to the next level.

Hope to meet you all soon. Thanks

 

 

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Latoya P Community Member

Hi David!

 

Very inspiring welcome and thank you for your message. 

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Crystal S Community Member

Hello My name is Crystal Sanchez I live in Wisconsin (USA) I have knowledge with translation Spanish to English I also have customers service experience, I'm a Dental assistant, I'm very patient love to help others. I hope have the chance to share and work with you, I'm very open to learn something new . I'm very excited to be here 😊.

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English M Community Member

Hi, I am Raman deep from India. i can writes poems and articles on general topics. if any one interested contact me. i have done Master Degree in English Language and Literature.

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Stefan M Community Member

Hello, everyone! My name is Stefan, and I'm an ICT professional based in Trinidad and Tobago. I have over 15 years of experience leading and completing Agile-based technical solutions development and deployment projects, as an IT Project Manager and Scrum Master for companies in the telecoms, software implementation, financial services and security sectors. I'm excited to be a part of this community and hope to learn best practices and insights from other members. I'm inspired by innovative ideas and passionate people dedicated to delivering quality results.

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Adelfa A Community Member

Greetings everyone, I am Adel and a newbie here 🙂 i am a aspiring virtual assistant or data entry. i don't have experience yet in this industry but hopefull.  I worked before in uae for 13 years but in food industry.I am currently a stay at home mom of two, so now i was looking for new ways  opportunity to generate income for the three of us:) i hope to find it here, I am hopefull that everyone here will be bless and found fulfillment on our choosen fields.:)

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Bombay L Community Member

Hello there Linda Etoru from Uganda, working in hydropower. Am new to Upwork and would like to.build on my skills especially in proofreading. 

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Laura S Community Member

Hi All. My Name is Laura I'm from Namibia. I worked as a Company Secretary and Admin assistant. I am looking for something to do apart from work a 8-5 job, to work from home and earn money. I was looking for some freelance jobs and came accross Upwork community seeking for freelancers for data entry, visual assistance and typing of documents. I am also eager to gain some new skills and to improve on the knowledge I have gained over the years.

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Chika O Community Member

hi, my name is chika obi and i live in lagos Nigeria. am new to upwork and i plan on improving my current skill so as to build new ones and further progress.

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Stephania F Community Member

Hi all,

 

My name is Stephania. I am from Haiti and I leave in the USA. I am a versatile professional in the fields of Translation, Administration, Human Resources, and Finance.  My skills are confidentiality, dynamism, and a sense of organization.  I collaborate with others independent of their background, in a high-performance environment, and conduct business with the utmost discretion and professionalism.  In addition, I’m fluent in Spanish, English, French, and Haitian Creole.

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Jacobus M Community Member

Good day everyone all over the world.

I am Jacobus here from South Africa. 

Originally, I am in ministry, busy with voluntary work at a Correctional facility under Kairos Prison Ministry here in Krugersdorp Gauteng province, as well as the Emmaus Walk movement where I make use of PowerPoint slides to do talk presentations, which work well for my audiences.

Also, I am doing quarterly reports on MS Word and online templates with lots of features to help my audiences enjoy the input I make.

Here on Upwork, I am at the start of Freelancing more specifically in online Data Entry work with OC R (Optic Character Recognition) which got lots to do with copy & paste, Data Extraction and Editing to suit my client's requirements.

I am looking forward to meeting real people on this platform from whom I can learn extra a lot about using this platform for the best results.

I am pleased to meet you all.

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Alicia S Community Member

Hi everyone!! My name is Alicia and I am a bookkeeper with over 15 years experience in finance; located in Chili, New York. Although I signed up with Upwork years ago, this is the first time I am trying to use it. I'm excited to learn how other small businesss bring on new clients and advertise themselves.  I worked in large corporations mainly in the Accounts Receivable department for over 10 years before working at Intuit QuickBooks as a live bookkeeper. Mainly working behind the scenes gave me the confidence to start my own bookkeeping company. Now to bring on the work!! That's the hardest part!! I'm inspired by all the small business owners I've met! Seeing all their hard work pay off when their business grows is amazing to me!!

 

Glad to meet everyone on here and hoping we can all assist and inspire ach other!

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God'S Power Y Community Member

I am new here....

How does it work

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Samuel M Community Member

I am a creative graphic designer. This platform is Great!
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Mousaab B Community Member

I am also new and yet have not had a single customer
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John S Community Member

I am new to this site.

But I have enough experiences of web and mobile development.

how can I do work well this site?

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William C Community Member

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Yana S Community Member

Hello, everyone! 

 

I am a journalist, copywriter, dramaturge, events scriptwriter, zerocode developer, social media marketing specialist and a poet. At the moment packing my bags and looking forward to changing my life in Israel together with my fiance. Obviously striving for a freelance job connected with writing, teaching or creating web products with zero code platforms. I am forever inspired by Steve Jobs as a visioner, creator and entrepreneur, also by some great writers like Ernest Hemingway and some of my courageous friends give me huge inspiration. I would like to find allies here, maybe, a permanent job, a team and an opportunity to grow as a professional.  

 

Hoping to build new collaborations and develop strong business connections here!