Hello everyone.
Welcome back to my channel, Jennifer Marie, where I teach you different ways that you
can make money online and also talk about how you can become a work from home freelancer.
So in today's video, I want to show you how you can apply to Jobs and look for jobs on
Upwork in 2023.
I have a playlist with a lot of different videos on how to use Upwork work, which I
will link you to in the description below this video.
But in today's video, I'm going to focus on finding jobs and applying to jobs.
First of all, this is my profile.
Here you can see that I'm top rated and I've earned over $80,000 since I started on Upwork
several years ago.
So the first step in order to look for work is you're going to go to Find Work and click
on Find Work.
And this is after you have signed up to Upwork and created your own freelancing profile.
Then over here is where you're going to search for a job.
And if you're not sure what kind of job you want to look for, you can just click here
on the search icon.
So you can see here that there are over 181,000 jobs currently available on Upwork.
So first of all, you're going to filter at the side by categories experience level and
job type.
So let's say for example, you're going to look for a video editing job.
You can type in here, video editing, and then click the search icon.
And that's narrowed it down to over 12,000 jobs.
So here you can put your experience level if you're entry level, if you're intermediate.
Let's say we're looking for an intermediate or an expert position.
Then you can look if it's an hourly job.
So they will pay you per hour or a fixed price job.
And a fixed price job means this is the amount of money they will pay you for this particular
job.
Now you can put in number of proposals.
So this is how many people have submitted proposals or applied for the job.
So let's say you don't want one that has too many applications.
Let's go and select up to 20.
You can also make sure that this client is a serious client, that they have hired people
before.
So let's do one to nine hires and ten plus hires.
And that way you know that they have hired people before and they are comfortable spending
money and willing to spend money on upwork.
You can also put in client location, time zones.
And now there's a section which is new, which is connects needed.
And this is great because if you don't have the Freelancer Plus account, you only get
a certain amount of connects each month.
So you could put that you're looking for jobs that you only need two or less connects to
apply for, and that way you won't be spending the majority of free connects that you get
each month.
So with all that, it still narrowed it down to 740.
So you could even put in, I'm looking for a job that's going to pay this amount.
So then you can go through and look for a job that you like that you want to apply for.
So let's say I want to apply to this video editor job for this person's YouTube channel.
Over on the side, you can see a little bit about the client.
This client has no ratings yet.
However, they have hired for three different jobs.
They've spent $70 total.
And at the bottom here, you can see the bid range.
So people who have applied to this job, the highest amount that they will do the job for
is 60 and the lowest is 40.
So to apply to one of these jobs, you can just click here on Apply now.
And then you have an option to propose with a specialized profile or your general profile.
So if you have created a special, you know, video editing profile, you can select that.
Otherwise just choose your general profile.
Then it will show you how many connects you need to apply to the job and how many connects
you have remaining.
Now you'll scroll down to the terms.
They'll ask you how you want to be paid.
So you can put by milestone or by project.
Let's just put by project.
So let's say you are willing to do the job for $100.
You keep that in there.
This is the upwork service fee.
Upwork gets 20% of the fees.
So if it's a $100 job, Upwork will get $20 and you will get $80.
Then put in how long the project will take.
Usually I put less than one month if it's a smaller project.
And here you have your cover letter, so you might put something as simple as hello, I
am very interested in working with you as your video editor.
I have been working as a freelance video editor editor for over five years and I'm able to
put together a captivating engaging video using highlight clips and videos.
I use Premiere Pro, After Effects and Pinnacle Studio in my video editing projects, or put
in whatever software you use for the type of job you are applying for.
I am also able to provide royalty free background music, if that is of interest to you.
I have attached some links to samples of my work.
I'm looking forward to discussing this project with you further.
Warm regards, Jennifer or whatever your name is.
And then here at the bottom, I would attach video editing samples, let's say commercial
one, commercial two, and then put links to a video on YouTube or a Google Drive link,
a reputable website.
You also have the option to drag or upload project files, and this is great for images,
but if it's a video file or an audio file, I recommend adding a link, something easy
that they can just click on and listen to right away.
Because sometimes people don't want to download a bunch of files on their computer.
They just want something really quick that they can watch to see if you're going to be
a right fit for the job.
So I always add in links to my work, and that way it's easier for the person who's receiving
the proposal.
And if you're not very good at writing a cover letter or this is difficult for you, what
you can do is use one of these AI programs.
So, for example, this is the job.
Here we can go into Chat GPT or you can use OpenAI Playground and we can say.
Please write me a short cover letter for the following job description.
And then just type in the job description.
And here you can see chat GPT is writing us a little cover letter.
Dear Hiring Manager, I'm writing to express my interest in the video editor position for
your YouTube channel.
I have a strong background in video editing and I'm confident that my skills and experience
make me a great fit for this role.
Chat GPT has written it in a great little cover letter.
They have, however, pretty much copy and pasted exactly what the description is.
So here they've said, I have experience putting together clips of fighters and their highlights.
Well, this is probably not accurate, so you might say I have a passion for video production
and have experience putting together footage and highlights to create engaging and compelling
videos.
So of course, you might change this around, add your name and then add in the software
that you use for your video editing or audio editing or image editing whatever position
you are applying for.
But using something like Chat GPT is a great way to help you create a cover letter for
all sorts of positions.
For example, please write me a short cover letter addressed to a person named Bob.
The position is data entry and admin work, so you can literally put in whatever position
you are going for and they're going to create you a little custom cover letter.
This is really great.
The punctuation, the spelling, everything is absolutely wonderful.
I mean, AI is doing a better job of writing a cover letter than I am.
So you can use something like this to have a really professional little cover letter.
In my experience with upwork people, like cover letters that are short and sweet.
So two to three paragraphs, like something this length would be enough.
I wouldn't recommend going five, six paragraphs.
The most important thing is to include.
Samples of your work.
So once you're done that, you're going to click down, click on Submit a Proposal, then
they'll say three things you need to know and you'll say yes I understand and then continue
to submit and then it will say your proposal was submitted.
So if for whatever reason you don't want to do this anymore or you've changed your mind,
you can click down here, click on Change Terms and you can and adjust the price point if
you want.
Or you can click Withdraw Proposal and you can put apply by mistake for example rate
too low, then click Withdraw Proposal and that will cancel the proposal.
And then under Find Work you can click on proposals and they will show you all of your
active proposals and your submitted proposals that you can review and hopefully these active
proposals will turn into job offers.
I recommend just keep applying to different jobs, keep improving your portfolio and definitely
take advantage of software like this to help you create a really professional cover letter
when you are applying to these jobs.
Thank you guys so much for watching this video.
Make sure to subscribe to my channel for more videos like this one and I will continue to
release more videos related to Upwork and jobs that are perfect for beginners on Upwork
as well.
I'll see you guys in my next tutorial.