How To Get Your First Job on Upwork

4 tips to save you time and make you money

The gig economy is here to stay. 57 million people in the US alone do freelance work, and it is expected that, by 2027, the number will rise to 86 million.

The pandemic has impacted this trend as well. Many people lost their jobs and we were all forced to stay at home for more time than usual. More time at home means more opportunities to make money online. The problem is: we are all thinking the same.

Freelance work platforms saw a sharp increase in their number of users, making it harder than before to secure a gig. But there are still ways to turn the odds in your favor. Let’s take the example of Upwork.

I created my account on Upwork in 2016. I applied to a few jobs, never got any of them. A few months later, I tried again. The following year, the same happened. I guess I was the personification of insanity:

But it all changed in the past month. I got serious about it and started applying some strategies. These resulted in a lot more replies to my applications, and 2 jobs earned.

These are the techniques I used to become successful on Upwork.

If you want to work in translation, have a handful of translations ready to show. If you want to get some data entry jobs, show proof of all the occasions where you’ve done it already. If you want to get writing jobs, show your best writing examples!

It sounds basic, but it’s not so simple. For example, throughout my career, I have done a bit of everything in communications. I wrote articles, I translated them, I edited videos, I created and maintained a newsletter… the list goes on. But someone who would potentially hire me to write an article, couldn’t be less interested in my video editing skills, right?

It all changed for me when I stated on my Upwork profile that I have 1K followers on Medium, and directed every potential hirer to my Medium profile. There, they could see my…

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