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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

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Muhammad's avatar
Muhammad S Community Member

80% getting clients depends on the writing proposal

Here are some tips

0. Short intro to 

1. Give attractive headlines showing clients pain points.

2.. Show your past experiences solving those points

3. Sending some work sample

4..  At the end write some attractive call to action.

5. Keep up bidding.

Warm Regards

M.Saqib.

 

 

More Help needed

Ask freely..

 

 

Hussein's avatar
Hussein M Community Member

Hi experts

I hope you all doing well. I am new here. But I am not new to my career. As new freelancer here I couldn't get my first client. Can anyone guide me or check my account it may have errors.

 

Thanks

Hussein M.

Ahmed's avatar
Ahmed S Community Member

Hello!

 I spend connects and money every time for getting work but I am disappointed, because they don't hire me. I have a good portfolio, 100% job success badge, availibility badge is on, but I can't be hired, Please give me some advice what to do. Thank you 

Ahmed's avatar
Ahmed S Community Member

Waiting for your suggestions

Jeanne's avatar
Jeanne H Community Member

The people who respond and provide advice are all volunteers. The paid Upwork staff members are the moderators, who are identified in their posts. You will find people may be more willing to give you free help if you were not acting like you were paying. You waited 3 (three) minutes before posting again?

 

Your profile is private, and it needs to be viewed to see what's going on. If you make it public, and show a little patience, someone might be kind enough to help you.

 

Go to the top of the page, and use the Academy. Your profile must be excellent, your proposals must be even better. If you don't have every qualification for the job, don't apply. Learn how to improve through the Upwork and community resources. If you are hiding your profile from clients, how do you expect to receive invitations?

 

 

Ahmed's avatar
Ahmed S Community Member

Mistakenly my upwork profile set to private yesterday 

 

otherwise wise thanks for your suggestion.

Jeanne's avatar
Jeanne H Community Member

You need to use the Academy and other resources to create a good profile. Is Butt Creatives the name of your Agency? Where does the name come from? Are you aware of the English meaning? So, you work as an individual and through the agency? Your profile is for a freelancer, not an agency.

 

The writing needs to be rewritten, and use a spell and grammar program or a native or bilingual English speaker, because there are many mistakes, and it doesn't read well. The first line is all the client sees in a search, so don't waste it. Use it to tell the client why your skills are better than the rest, if you have the hard skills to back it up. Develop some material for the introduction. Use the space to highlight your skills and what you can do for the client.

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William T C Community Member

The KEY is having in-demand clients Skills.

Ijaz's avatar
Ijaz A Community Member

I have been freelancing seasonally since the 1st launch of 'E-lance'... in 2010 !!! 

Following are some quick tips; 

- Filter your search category. 
- Start with a low price, high commitment. 
- Make the 1st expression, deliver maximum. 

These are just some quick tips to get you started with. Feel free to reach out... 

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01d1bd8aafc1cda9f4?s=1110580749684690944 

thanks,

Ijaz Ali
Alejandra Paola's avatar
Alejandra Paola D Community Member

Hello everyone, 

I am new to Freelancing, I decided to give it a try and earn money. If any of you can give me some tips on how to get noticed and apply to my first jobs, I would highly appreciate your time.

Regards,

Alejandra

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Teamrat B Community Member

Am a new member, civil engineer in Proffesion . How can i get a new job? Please kindly help me.

Dmytro's avatar
Dmytro S Community Member

I'd like to suggest you to invest time on learning Upwork strategies and trends in the community.

The more you invest, the more you earn (chances and jobs).

Thank you!

Emmanuel's avatar
Emmanuel M Community Member

Please i need a job urgently 

Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Retired Team Member

Hi Emmanuel,

 

Welcome to the Upwork Community! The Upwork Community is where you can ask and answer questions, search for topics, learn, network with members, and get updates about Upwork.
Let’s get you started with the basics here at Upwork. Below are a few Upwork Academy courses to help you get started:
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The Community is also where members can share feedback on existing features and suggestions for new features. If you have ideas on how we can improve your experience on Upwork, the Community is a great place to share them!
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Apurba's avatar
Apurba B Community Member

Hey  I am new here and have found a job would you like to help me out

Freshia's avatar
Freshia W Community Member

Am a prifessional accountant and new here. Kindly offer me any accounting job or refer a client.

I still do not know how to sell myself here despite being qualified and with over seventeen years work experience.

 

Looking forward to more interactions.

Sankar's avatar
Sankar N Community Member

Finding work

Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi all,

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Thank you!

~Andrea