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Andrea G Community Manager

Tips for finding that first job

Hi all,

 

Welcome to the Upwork Community! We know landing that first contract can be challenging, so we built Upwork Academy and threads like this to help you get started. With a lot of resources and so little time, we wanted to put together some recommendations for you to check out first:

 

 

Do you have a specific question or maybe a tip to offer? Reply to this post and share your question, advice, or words of inspiration!

 

~Andrea
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Andrea G Community Manager

Hi all,

 

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Thank you!

~Andrea

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Fadens's avatar
Fadens R Community Member

Im reply have guys

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Fadens R Community Member

Good

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Buama L Community Member

Hi

Abdul's avatar
Abdul A Community Member

Hellow

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Uroosa A Community Member

Hii

 

Muhammad Atif's avatar
Muhammad Atif I Community Member

Can  I use ai chatbot to write a proposal for the job?

Shumon's avatar
Shumon M Community Member

I am a new seller. I have opened an Upwork account about a month ago, so far I have not received any work. Tell me how can I get Upwork a job.

Shumon
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Israel A Community Member

As a new Upwork user, there are several fundamental steps you must take to begin securing job opportunities on the platform. These include composing job proposals to bid on projects, uploading your portfolio and past work, and ensuring your account is fully completed.

Mahlet Gebreyohann's avatar
Mahlet Gebreyohann S Community Member

Hello Israel , this is mahlet, a newly joyed freelancer. I could not get any jobs yet and I think you’re more experienced than I so can you please help.

Ghulam Muhammad's avatar
Ghulam Muhammad I Community Member

Hello,Mahlet Gebreyohann S how are you? I hope you are well and happy. Apply for a job on Upwork and fulfill all the requirements of Upwork. God willing, success will be your destiny.

Suud's avatar
Suud M Community Member

I love it

Abraham's avatar
Abraham O Community Member

Hi Mahlet, Hope you're well. Upwork is a large community with many talents. You stand out in the midst of many by optimizing your profile so that clients can see you as special and confident in your handling their projects.

Suliman's avatar
Suliman J Community Member

My dear brother, I have followed all this but no one puts grass, what should I do?

Christian's avatar
Christian L Community Member

Hey Suliman,

I'm relevantly new here. I just recovered my old Upwork profile and planning to use it in daily freelance activity. I can't give any pro advice, so, just adding my two cents. Initially, we should focus on the cover letters and suitable jobs we are bidding on. That'll help in getting the response from your client. I'm doing the same thing - hoping to get an answer soon. 

I wish you all the best!
Christian

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Katie M Community Member

Hi Christian,

How do you go about finding and focusing on cover letters? Are you referring to prospective clients or your own? Also, do you have any advice on how I can begin to build a portfolio? 

Sabuj's avatar
Sabuj B Community Member

I could not get any jobs yet and I think you’re more experienced than I am so can you please help.

Ghulam Muhammad's avatar
Ghulam Muhammad I Community Member

Hello Suliman j my dear brother no one but you have to apply the job then it will appear to you write the cover letter according to the requirement of the client I hope you will be successful

Aminu's avatar
Aminu Z Community Member

How do i compose a strong and quality proposal

Gabriel's avatar
Gabriel A Community Member

Strong? I don't know. But I think its easy to google proposal template on the internet. The main thing is that you should re-edit it and customize it to your present proposal and job you want to apply for. Interesting enough, you can find almost a lot of proposal for almost any topic on upwork. 

Noor Ul Ain's avatar
Noor Ul Ain E Community Member

Kindly help me I am new as well.

 

Danish's avatar
Danish F Community Member

  • Apply to smaller jobs first. 
  • Give more time to upwork and get blue tech first.

I am also from Islamabad. 

Ghulam Muhammad's avatar
Ghulam Muhammad I Community Member

Hello Noor UI Ain E mashallah your profile is excellent and you have chosen the field very well only one thing you have to do is to apply for the job and get paid inshallah one day you will definitely succeed.

Fadens's avatar
Fadens R Community Member

I'm very happy

 

Irfan's avatar
Irfan J Community Member

god bless you