Profiles are one of the two areas where new providers seem to have the most trouble (the other area is cover letters). As a buyer on oDesk, I’ve seen a huge range of profile quality, and know that while a profile doesn’t always reflect the quality of the provider, a mediocre one can seriously hurt your ability to get work.
The oDesk Insider book will dig into what makes a great profile that gets you hired, but in the meantime, I thought it would be interesting to review profiles here on the blog. It will give you an “inside the buyer’s head” view of profiles and hopefully help all of the readers make small improvements.
If you’re interested, submit your profile for review (it’s also worth noting that there’s a forum with a similar purpose on oDesk; feel free to submit to both and get even more suggestions).
- Get a buyer’s perspective on your oDesk profile
- So Do Those oDesk Tests Really Mean Anything?
- Yes We Have a Book — And Best of All, It Works!
- Test Your Way to Success, Not Failure
- Demoting the Competition
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