Upwork’s job alerts notify freelancers in real-time about new postings related to previous proposals. Alerts are sent via email or the mobile app, and can be customized in settings. Availability depends on active proposal history. This feature helps users apply early to high-quality, relevant jobs.
Note: We are currently beta testing this feature and it may not be available to everyone.
Finding the right job at the right time is important, especially when new job posts quickly attract proposals. Job alerts make it easy for you to stay ahead, alerting you to relevant jobs as they’re posted.
How it works
- Eligibility: You’re eligible if you’ve submitted a proposal to at least one active job on Upwork. The more proposals you have, the more job alerts we can send you.
- Receive instant, relevant alerts: Alerts are based on jobs you’ve submitted proposals to before, better ensuring you see only high-quality leads. They will be sent immediately after a similar job is posted, ensuring that you can be one of the first to apply.
Customize your job alert notifications
You can choose where to receive your job alert notifications. Here’s how:
- Select the bell notification in your navigation bar to open the notifications page
- Choose the Job alerts tab, then choose Alert preferences
- Select how you want to get notifications (Upwork mobile app and email are the choices—you’ll get account notifications on desktop by default) and choose Save
Pro tip:
We recommend using the Upwork app to get your notifications as it is the fastest way to receive to them. If you haven’t already downloaded our app, learn more here.
Frequently Asked Questions
You’ll receive notifications for jobs that match similar skills or categories as jobs you’ve previously applied to.
There’s no limit, but the volume depends on relevant job postings and your settings.
We suggest taking a look at your job alert notification settings to make sure they are set up as you prefer. Here’s how:
- Select the bell notification in your navigation bar to open the notifications page
- Choose the Job alerts tab, then choose Alert preferences
- Select how you want to get notifications (Upwork mobile app and email are the choices—you’ll get account notifications on desktop by default) and choose Save
It’s possible that your email system is misreading the notifications as spam and putting them in your spam/promotions folder. We suggest checking there.
Yes! You’ll be able to receive mobile push notifications and access notifications via the app’s notification bell.
Job alerts are based on the types of jobs you’ve submitted proposals to in the past. If you’ve applied for jobs outside your skill area, that may affect the relevance of the alerts you receive.
We do not offer refunds for Connects used to subscribe to job alerts.
In most cases, this is because the job post was removed. It may have been removed by the client, or by us if we found that it violated our Terms of Service.
Job alerts are in real-time, as relevant jobs are posted. Other than job alerts, we occasionally send out a list of jobs you may be interested in on a weekly basis.