Don’t let numbers put you off
After I first began engaged on Upwork I almost gave up after a few weeks after I noticed the sheer quantity of individuals I used to be competing with. The menus have modified now however you used to have the ability to see how many individuals have been providing providers in your class, and for CV writing, I used to be competing with 17,000 different folks.
I’m glad I didn’t hand over although as a result of as I bought extra into the platform and began to rack up some jobs, I realised that truly, a lot of the ‘competitors’ wasn’t competitors in any respect.
You see, of these 17,000 folks listed as freelancers in my discipline, a great quantity of them weren’t truly lively. These might be folks that arrange profiles after which didn’t use them, or individuals who used to work on the platform and simply left their profiles up, or individuals who have been taking a break. This severely introduced down the numbers I used to be competing with.
I then realised that of the folks that have been left, there have been a handful of names that popped up within the searches, the identical handful of people that bought the roles I needed. A variety of what I perceived to be competitors actually weren’t all that spectacular. There have been simply a number of hundred that actually appeared to know their stuff.
There are lots of people on Upwork who don’t have the abilities, and aren’t as much as the job. Harsh however true. I’ve recruited by way of Upwork in addition to offered my providers there and consider me, this gave me a real image of the ‘competitors’.
As soon as I began successful jobs, I discovered that my solely competitors was the folks I discussed above. The remaining weren’t in the identical league and I bought to the highest 10% in CV / resume writing and LinkedIn optimization inside a couple of months.
I imply it, it’s simpler than you assume to get into the highest 10% of your class. Listed below are my prime ideas:
