Successful freelancers have profiles that are complete, accurate, and paint a compelling picture of your services, skills, and accomplishments.
Your profile is an opportunity to advertise your freelance business to potential clients. A 100% complete profile is required if you’d like to achieve Rising Talent status, Top Rated status and more.
You can find your profile completion percentage on the right-hand panel of your Find Work page under My Profile.
Whether and how you complete your profile is up to you, many combinations can be used to achieve a 100% complete profile.
Refer to the following table for profile guidelines
| Profile Item | Value |
|---|---|
|
Profile Photo Profile Title Profile Overview Employment History At Least 1 Skill Tag |
60% |
| Profile Item | Value |
|---|---|
|
Portfolio Item |
5% each (max 20%) |
| Employment History Item | 10% each (max 20%) |
|
Education |
10% each (max 20%) |
| Profile Video | 10% |
| Linked Account | 10% (max 10%) |
| Certification | 5% each (max 10%) |
| Other Experience | 5% (max 5%) |
| Skill Tests Credit* | 10% each (max 30%) |
*Skill tests are no longer available. Freelancers who took skill tests previously will not have their profile completion percentages affected by this change.
FAQs
No. Without a profile portrait photo, you can never exceed 50% complete.
There are many ways to get to 100%, but some items are required. To reach 60% you’ll need a photo, title, overview, at least one employment history item, and at least one skill tag. Any combination of the other choices can then be used to reach 100%.
Below are examples of pathways to a complete profile:
| % Complete | Profile Item |
|---|---|
| +60% (60%) |
Profile Photo Profile Title Profile Overview Employment History At Least 1 Skill Tag |
| +10% (70%) | Additional Employment History |
| +20% (90%) | 2 X Education |
| +10% (100%) | 2 X Portfolio Items |
| 100% | Complete Profile |
| % Complete | Profile Item |
|---|---|
| +60% (60%) |
Profile Photo Profile Title Profile Overview Employment History At Least 1 Skill Tag |
| +10% (70%) | Profile Video |
| +10% (80%) | Education |
| +15% (95%) | 3 X Portfolio Items |
| +5% (100%) | Certification |
| 100% | Complete Profile |
Top Rated status requires a 100% complete profile.
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