This article explains how having a 100% complete freelancer profile is essential and increases your chances for success on Upwork. It's also necessary for qualifying for Rising Talent and Top Rated status. A complete profile showcases your services, skills, and achievements. Getting to 100% includes required and optional elements. A 50% profile completion can be achieved by adding key elements like a profile photo, overview, employment history, and skill tags. Additional optional details can help reach 100%.Your profile completion status is displayed on the Find Work page. — AI Summary
One of the most important tools for success on Upwork is your profile. The most successful freelancers have profiles that are complete, accurate, and paint a compelling picture of their services, skills, and accomplishments.
Your profile is an opportunity to market your business to potential clients and your first chance to communicate and start building relationships. Plus, you need a 100% complete profile to be eligible for achieving Rising Talent status, Top Rated status, and more.
You can find your profile completion percentage on the right-hand panel of the Find Work page under your name and title.
Whether you complete your profile and how you complete it are up to you — many different combinations can be used to achieve a 100% complete profile.
Refer to the following table for profile guidelines
These required items make up 50% of a completed profile. You can’t achieve a 100% complete profile if you’re missing any of these items.
| PROFILE ITEM | VALUE |
| Profile Photo | If all four items to the left are added, your profile will be 50% complete. |
| Profile Overview | |
| At least one Employment History item | |
| At least 1 Skill tag |
Any combination of the following can be used for the remaining 50% of a complete profile.
| PROFILE ITEM | VALUE |
| Portfolio Item | 5% each (max 20%) |
| Additional Employment History item(s) | 10% each (max 20%) |
| Additional Skill tags | 10% |
| Education | 10% each (max 20%) |
| Profile Video | 10% |
| At least one other Linked Account | 10% (max 10%) |
| Certification | 5% each (max 10%) |
| At least one Other Experience item | 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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 50% you’ll need a photo, profile overview, at least one employment history item, and at least one skill tag. After these essentials, any combination of optional items can be used to reach 100%. Refer to the table above for more details.
Top Rated status requires a 100% complete profile.
