Assalamualaikum, welcome to another video of Upwork training course
In this video, we will see how to apply for jobs on Upwork
First of all, you have to log in to Upwork and you can see in the jobs feed that the latest jobs are being shown to you
So whichever job you like, let's suppose I like this job, I can work on it
So you have to open it first and after opening it, you can know the details of it
Remember, you are not getting the complete details here, that is, you are getting to know about the fixed price job, country, rating, payment method, verified or not, and how many dollars have been spent
But when you go to the details page, you will get complete information here, so whenever you want to apply for a job, first of all, you have to open it in a separate tab and read its description completely
So here you are getting the description, I am looking for a full stack PHP and native apps experience developer with 2 to 4 years experience
So here it has given some details, its budget is $700, it has given a document in which the requirements must be written, you have to read it by opening it
So whatever is written in the description, you have to read it carefully and when you read it and if you have the budget and you want to work with this country, then you can apply for this job
So here you are getting some questions, you will be asked to answer the following questions when submitting a proposal, so here you are getting some questions, you will have to write answers on these questions in detail
And this area is where you have written the requirements of the job, often freelancers apply for jobs without reading the job description and send a cover letter using a ready-made template
With this, the client cannot be impressed, the client does not like it and wants you to read the job description first and then apply for the job
So freelancers mention hidden words in the job description and tell you that when you apply for a job, the first keyword in the cover letter should be this
So it is very important to read the job description in detail and when you read the job description, you will be able to understand the project better
If you scroll down, then there is an area called activity on this job, in which the information of proposals is coming, how many proposals have been received here, how many people are in the interview, how many invites have been sent, how many unanswered invites are there
So here you are getting all the information, at the moment, less than 5 proposals have been sent on the job, and if you come down, then the client's recent history is coming, we have already talked about it and I have also made videos on it previously
You have to try to get the name of the client, if you don't get it, then that's ok
While checking the client history, I check one more thing that how the client has given feedback to other freelancers
If a client has given bad feedback to freelancers and is giving a bad rating, then I don't apply for that job
The reason being that I know that the client has given a bad review to almost every freelancer, so I don't feel secure that if I work with this client, then he might give me a bad review
So try not to work with the client who has mostly given bad feedback to freelancers, skip it and apply for another job
And if you want to apply for this job, then click on submit proposal and then you will get this area where you can send proposals to this client
So here I have three options, number one is the freelancer, if I want to send a proposal as an agency member, then this third option is also coming
So you can choose the agency as per your requirement, for example, I want to apply for this job as a freelancer
And the requirement of this proposal is that it will use 6 connects, so you have to remember how the connects are being used
And then looking for stack, php developer, all these details are being shown to you again
And then you have two options here, you have to apply as a milestone or as a project
If the project is hourly, then you will not get these two options, it is only asked in fixed price projects that you have to apply as a milestone or by project
So in buy milestone, you can basically create milestones based on the requirement, so milestone 1, milestone 2, milestone 3
So in this way, whatever milestones you create, they will keep coming to you, see milestones are being created
But if you want to apply as a project, then the total amount will be mentioned here
In milestones, you give the due date and amount of milestone 1, then milestone 2, milestone 2 due date and then its amount
That is, you divide the total amount in $ 700
So $ 700 will be your bid amount and the upper service fee will be $ 120, that is, 20% will be deducted from the upper
And for first $ 500 and after that 10% will be yours after $ 500
So these $ 120 are made, so $ 120 will be paid to the upper and you will get $ 580
If you want to know more about the fee of the upper, then its method is also mentioned here
That for first $ 500, the fee that will be deducted from this client will be 20%
That is, if you work for $ 500, then you will get $ 400 and $ 100 will be yours
And from $ 500 to $ 10,000, 10% of that amount will be deducted
And if you earn $ 200, then you will get $ 180
So this is how this calculation is done
And if you work above $ 10,000, then you will get 5% deducted and you will get the amount
So this is how you get the fee on the upper
You also got this information
Other than this, you will tell your time, how much time you want to complete this job
Below you have a cover letter, so how to write a cover letter, I will tell you in detail in the future
In detail, I will tell you the method of proposal writing, cover letter writing
This is a complete technique, by the way, I have already made a playlist on it
You can also go and see that for now
How do I do proposal writing
Other than that, have you worked on similar projects in the past
These are questions that have been entered by the client manually
How soon can you deliver this task
Some jobs only ask for a cover letter and some jobs have extra questions added
So here you have extra questions
Why do you think you are good fit for this particular project
Do you have any questions about the job
If you want to attach your document here
If you have made a portfolio or a presentation, then you can attach it here
Remember, you do not have to attach your CV here, it is not allowed on the upper
So you can't attach your CV
After that, you will click on the submit button
And after clicking on the submit button, your proposal will be submitted to the client
And after submitting, the client will review it
And after reviewing, if he likes your proposal, he will select you for the job
For further interview
And one thing I will tell you a little trick here
Whenever you have these questions manually added here
If you have options other than cover letter
So when the proposal will reach the client
The question will be shown at the top
The cover letter will be shown at the bottom
And the question you have manually entered will be shown at the top
So remember this
The question shown at the bottom
Which is visible to the freelancer
When it is applied on the client side
The question shown at the top and bottom will be shown
So you have to focus more on this
Try to focus more on this last question
Ignore it by saying yes or no
Do you have any questions about this
So I answer here no
So this will not be right
You write in detail on this
Because this area will be shown at the top
This will be shown at the first number
Then it will be shown at the second number
This will be on the third number
This will be on the fourth number
This will be on the fifth number
So you have to keep in mind the order of these manual questions
That first of all this show will be shown to your client
If you want to see which jobs you have applied for
Then come here in my feed
And here you have 10 submitted proposals on the right
So if you click on this option
It will take you directly to the proposal area
In which it will show you which jobs you have already applied for
So you can see all these lists from here
While selecting jobs, remember
Try to apply for relevant jobs
On which you are 100% sure
Choose them
And also check if their payment method is verified
It is also necessary to verify the payment method
I prefer those jobs on which the payment method is verified
But let me tell you a small note here
Whenever you see that the payment method is unverified
It is not necessary that the client's payment method is unverified
Because when the client attaches his credit card
It takes him 24 hours to verify
So it is possible that the client has recently registered himself as a client
And after registering, he has attached his credit card
But his badge is not showing the payment method
For example, in this case
This client has become a member of this platform on July 29
So if the payment method is unverified on July 29
It means that this client may have attached his credit card
So whenever you see that the payment method is unverified
Check the date of the member since
And you will get a better idea that whether you should apply for this job or not
So if you ask me, even if the payment method is unverified
I will definitely apply for this job
Because this member since is of July 29
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