Please, Review My Profile

[gerrit90]

Hey guys,

this is my first time posting here.
I am on UpWork for a few month now, and it starts to get a little bit momentum.
This week I will breach the 1000 Dollar total earnings. 

However, I am still pretty unsatisfied, how few of my proposals come back with an interview invitation.

Could you guys give me a short review of my profile?
What do you like?
What dont you like?
What would you change?

I would appreciate any Feedback!

[petra_r]

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@Amartya M wrote:

Hi,

I have been trying really hard to get the ball rolling for the past few weeks but believe I am doing something wrong as I haven't even been able to secure my first client yet. I lack any experience in my field which definitely is an issue, but I need jobs to gain it, which creates a catch 22 situation.

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 You need to completely rewrite your overview. Scrap it, it is completely useless.

In preview, the client only sees the first two lines. That means for yours the client sees the word "Hi" and then nothing. "Hi" has no place on your overview.

Don't waffle aimlessly about your desires and then then draw attention to the fact that you have no experience.

Start with clearly telling clients what you you can do for them, not what you can't.

You also need to stop trying to write in what you possibly think are "sophisticated" sentences. It just comes across as stilted, pompous word salad with lots of mistakes.

It would also be wise to drop "Writing" from the services you offer. Your English is not up to that.

Last, not least you have to understand that there are literally hundreds of thousands of entry level freelancers who were somehow led to believe that "anyone can make money on Upwork" with stuff like SEO and / or online marketing. Those categories are literally overflowing, and the competition is fierce!

[kushmishra8]

Ouch, well I guess I needed that. Have started working on completely rewriting the overview and I should probably remove "Writing" as you mentioned.

I needed something to work on and believe I have enough. I shall get back to this thread after sorting it out or need further advice.

Thanks a ton!

[colettelewis]

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@Amartya M wrote:

Ouch, well I guess I needed that. Have started working on completely rewriting the overview and I should probably remove "Writing" as you mentioned.

I needed something to work on and believe I have enough. I shall get back to this thread after sorting it out or need further advice.

Thanks a ton!

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And you have already asked this question where you have underlined
your inexperience: 

https://community.upwork.com/t5/New-to-Upwork/Please-Review-My-Profile/m-p/363262#M20444

The best way forward is to take at least some of the advice offered.

[kushmishra8]

Yeah well, if you check the timestamps on both posts, they were posted at nearly the same time. What happened was that I made the first post and then it just disappeared, vanished, poof! Mistaking it as a network error in submission, I started another thread and you know the rest.

I admit it was my fault, but also an honest mistake. Won't happen again.

Thanks 🙂

[olujare]

Hi All!

I am not really new to Upwork, but I have not been consistently applying for jobs. I want to be more consistent now. To be sure, my profile is in order I need other freelancers to help constructively criticize my profile... 

I believe landing my first job is possible.. 

Any tips will be welocme. 

Thanks all. 

[colettelewis]

Elijah, you either need to give us the link to your profile or make it public. Nobody can see it.

[saqibmalik88003]

I'm New on Upwork someone help me

Review My profile

[quijibo]

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@saqib M wrote:

I'm New on Upwork someone help me

Review My profile

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1-  English: Native or Bilingual

Is that a joke?

2- 3 years of experience and charging $50 per hour? Good luck with that

3- No portfolio?

4- That photo makes you look like a thug

[prestonhunter]

...and you have somebody's arm in your photo.

That distracts me and makes me think you are not a serious professional.

Use a new photo.

[prestonhunter]

Also, Saqib:

Change everything about your profile page.

Title. Skills. Profile overview text. Photo. Add a portfolio.

[emyzeloly]

Hello ,

i've been on upwork for over 2 months ,, im building my profile slowly and hoping to get alot of jobs .

so i was wondering if someone could review my profile please ,, and tell my what should i do or change to get hired '' more " , and have more job opportunities .

Thanks  🙂

[mwiggenhorn]

One suggestion would be to hide the test score that is below average.  You might want to take a couple more tests in your field (if they exist - I have no idea).

[thepilote]

Please can somebody who is experienced on UPWORK take a look on my profile and advice me or point a finger on my mistake .thx

[jeremiah2327]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could take a look at my profile and tell me if it needs improvement? It would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[dkadri]

Hello , I wil be really thankful if someone advice me about my profile . and please kindly suggest me  a good practise for sending proposal and keeping my profile update and interesting.

[jmlaidlaw]

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@Dinar K wrote:

Hello , i am a very senior developer with load of skills and has natural ability to get in any project and technology, ...

I will be thankful to you for showing me the mistakes and suggesting a good practise for sending proposal and my profile .

It will be helpful it you would use all your loads of technology skills and natural ability to make your profile public.

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 Also, from your post above:  

i remarkably enjoy new things and easily get bored from old work.  

If you expect and/or insist upon working only upon projects that interest you greatly, then freelancing is probably NOT the correct niche for you. Some work is boring. Welcome to life. To be honest, your comment that you "easily get bored from old work" implies that you somehow think that you are different than or better than the rest of us (we simple-minded worker-bee drones?), a sort of special snowflake who is fit only to work on the really good, juicy stuff.

I am very bad in marketing my skills , poor in business comunication etc but i manage to improve myself which took more time than my expecations....

he developers with less skills set gets better oppertunity then me and i provide support to many developers who are making much more than i am 

Here again, your tone comes off as rather aggrieved and entitled. If this is the tone you are conveying to prospective clients, I do not wonder that you are not swimming in job offers.

[dkadri]

Thanks for suggession and i am really sorry for sounding rude. Please kindly accept my appologies and can you please advice me with a profile . Thanks

[m_terrazas]

Your profile is not public.

[dkadri]

Yes as i was not using upwork for a long time so they made it private until i start earning so i am confuse even my proposal will be showing to client as a qualified applicant or not ? i belive it is currently not , upwork also dont have any filter which can show those projects where my current status meet? even if i will give a new tests they wont be effected? I used to get project quite easily on upwork when my profile was visible and public , i usually got invitations. Now in my current status i am looking for a direction to make things normal as they used to be. Thanks and sorry if i sounds rude.

[versailles]

Your proposals are sent to clients regardless of your profile being private or not. Those clients can still see your profile when your proposal arrives. But we cannot.

Whether your proposals are effective in making the client think you are the solution to their problem or not, that's another question.

[m_terrazas]

If you hope someone can help you, you should have the "Public" profile.
If it is not, no one will be able to see it and, therefore, no one can help you.

[dkadri]

Thanks i will try to only bid on those jobs where there under 5 applicants which will help me to get some attention of a client which can lead to a job and after 100% completion with nice service the client will be happy and provide me a good feedback and maybe some more project as well. Thanks for pointing out the main issue i really appreciate 🙂

[m_terrazas]

Well, if you're just bidding on jobs that have less than 5 candidates, good luck!!

[versailles]

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@Dinar K wrote:

 I am very bad in marketing my skills , poor in business comunication etc

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I see this as a serious issue since freelancing is all about selling yourself. Maybe you should join an agency or seek a job with a company in your local community. But freelancing online without excellent communication and marketing skills is like running with a millstone around your neck and a blindfold over your eyes.

Or trying to get drunk by drinking American beer.

And no one can see your profile since it's private.

[dkadri]

Nice comment it has been almost 11 years now and i have a proven track record as well , upwork is the best place . Dear when you apply for a job you clearly see the requirements , clients are asking for 90% completion rate and a rising talent so as my profile is hidden i wont be qualified for a job which even i had completed with good feedback here ,

Thank you very much and i belive as a developer on upwork some how we both are team mates , can you please point the areas i need to focus to market myself better.

[astsiatsko]

Hello guys. I an experienced upworker since 2009 but it's never late to learn. Can anyone take a look at my profile and see is there any critical mistake that I made? The issue is I was an agency member, exclusive, non exclusive, I am an independent contractor now but, I still get too a few views. I changed my profile many times, I changed everything except photo, I wreally think before making a proposal, but I still get too a few profile views and almost no interviews/hires. I am not trying to blame upwork, which is a great place for sure. But, may be I missed anything really critical? So people even don't want to see my profile? My specialization is Java and rate is 25. I know people who set their rate to 30,40,50,even 90$ per hour as a java developer, and they get cheese anyway, they get contracts.  Dear colleagues and gurus, could you point me to the issue I have that making me non-eligible for work in spite of good working history? Thanks in advance

[dkadri]

Hello ,

You have a wonderful upwork history, you are one of 100% success rate to whom even upwork offeres money back guarranty. The basis problem is you been busy doing work but not had updated his skills or maybe not presented them as you suppose to : Update GITHUB with latest code for new technologies like angular2 , If you dont know it then go to edx.org enroll in NODEJS, REACTJS, angualrjs and find tutorials and start coding in angular2 , if you will invest 4 to 6 weeks you will be updated with all the latest skills and you will have the code to show your clients, you have a wonderful upwork history you will easily find a $30 contracts.

Your title says you are senior Java & Php developer with hibernate , spring and Rest and in PHP a CI developer . Anyone reads this will only going to view your profile or contact you if he/she is interesting in these technologies as if y ou will search on upwork you will find many developers doing it under $10 as these are old technologies and we have lots of developers even University students can do this job .

Honestly you need to update your skills and i am sure you will. Best of luck happy coding and don't be disapointed keep applying for the new jobs be selective and you will even find a job matching your currecnt skills-set and parrallel you can update your skills , i am also doing same , use time management skills and allow 4 hours for learning 5 days a week rest of the time keep looking for the one who is here for looking for your skills and i am 100% sure you will soon find it.

Good Luck Stay blessed and happy coding.

[astsiatsko]

Thank you Dinar for such kind words. But I would dispute that listed Java skills are obsolete, I know industries that are starving from lack of such Java developers, many projects are working on Java and those skills are hard to call obsolete and say that they costs 10$/hr, but I respect your opinion. Unfortunately, I have to move to the JavaScript frameworks way and I hate it because I have JS for it's simplicity and numerous and not obvious features that making it suitable for using even by housewife. Those trends leads to the common developer's skills level degradation, and it's bad. But I will try to follow your guidelines and I'll be prepared for what the market demands. Thank you

[rmkashif]

Hi, guys,

I am new on UpWork, and I would appreciate if you guys could review my profile and provide valuable feedback.

Thanks

[iantypas]

Hello Team!

I have recently joined Upwork and I have fully completed my profile. Moreover, I have taken tests and I have applied for four jobs since I joined Upwork but I haven't heard back from anyone yet.

Furthermore, I was invited to one job that I accepted and I am still waiting on the interview.

I am quite confident in the proposals I write however, I would love to hear some feedback on my profile and if there is anything that I have, need or must improve.

You can give me feedback on anything of your choice that you feel is not in place and I will try to improve it.

These feedback can be anything from Photo, Title, Overview text, Budget and Keywords to Portfolio, Tests, Employment History and Education etc.

May be you see something that shouldn't be there or may be there is the image that I have to improve etc.

My profile link is: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~0139b0ef783b3386bf
I am a: Web Designer and Full Stack Developer.

Thank you so much for reading and I look forward to your feedback.

Best,
Ioannis 

[jararraza]

Please Review my profile

[katrinabeaver]

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@Jarar R wrote:

Please Review my profile

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 There's nothing to review. It's not your profile. You have stolen the overview from other freelancers. 

[bhargavdchandra]

Hey guys,
I am new to Upwork and I have been looking for work for a month, No success found yet. 
It will be very helpful for me if someone views my profile and give some suggestions or point out what am I doing wrong?

[arundhatinandi]

Hi there,

It has been a month since I started on Upwork. I've been applying incessantly for Editor gigs/jobs. I haven't received a single response yet.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could please tell me what's wrong with my profile and how I can fix it.

I'm starting to, well, "lose it".

Thank you for your time.

- A

[zohaumar]

I will not hire a person whose practical skills I couldn't assess as there's no portfolio for me to have a look at.

Furthermore, I don't want to risk $22 per hour on a new talent on Upwork with no proven history of work. 

Perhaps a few screenshots of the training courses or a few articles under portfolio will work. 

Moreover, if you're bidding on projects >$200, you're making a mistake. Start with a small job. Fit yourself in first, show them your abilities. They will all run after you once you prove you're worth it. 

[prestonhunter]

Arundati:

Zoha is quite right.

The lack of a portfolio on your profile page is a glaring problem. It is the first thing I noticed.

It shows that you are not serious about this.

When I post jobs, I often block the ability of freelancers to write a cover letter and I don't ask any questions. The only thing I look at is the freelancer's potfolio and work history.

No portfolio? Instantly discard.

[versailles]

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@Preston H wrote:

No portfolio? Instantly discard.

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OK. Means guys, grab stuff on the Internet and put it in your portfolio for Preston 🙂

I never look at portfolios. I just assume it's stolen. Most often it is.

[prestonhunter]

I get it that a lot of portfolio items and entire portfolios are stolen.

I agree that this is a problem.

But it is true that I often (not always) hire freelancers based purely on their portfolio. I believe the problem wtih stolen portfolios is rarely an issue with the freelancers I consider.

When I hire artists I can see when a freelancer has a distinctive style and quality to her work. That is the kind of person I hire. And it is easy to see that the custom artwork a freelancer produces for my contract was created by the same artist who created the portfolio.

[prantu]

Hi, I am working on Upwork for some times now. I am satisfied with my profile but I'd love to have any suggestion to improve my profile. Can anybody please check and review?

Thanks!

[versailles]

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@Tamal S wrote:

Hi, I am working on Upwork for some times now. I am satisfied with my profile but I'd love to have any suggestion to improve my profile. Can anybody please check and review?

Thanks!

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Don't hesitate to space the text by adding an extra blank line between paragraphs, to improve readability.

Also you may want to spend some little money to have it edited by a native English-speaking proofreader to make it sound better.

I would leave this out: "If you have read this far, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to read through my profile. I hope it answered some of your questions!"

Off topic: WordPress specialists are a dime a dozen on Upwork. You may want to find a niche to specialize in addition to your WP skills. I know squat about WP, but maybe you can find something that fewer people do to highlight on your profile.