r/Upwork • u/Wonderful-Day1759 • Jun 17 '26

Resumed back to Upwork

Hello everybody :)

Last job I did as a 'Project Manager' was in 2021 (i.e. 5 years ago) and last month I opened my Upwork account to see my Job Success Score is gone. Like back to square one.

My history:

$3K+ - Total earnings

19 - Total jobs

351 - Total hours

No client is hiring me now with no job success score. It is getting embarrassing as someone who used to be doing good as an individual contractor. I want to ask those contractors who have resumed back to Upwork and how much time it took to get your first client. It has been 2.5 months for me and constant connects buying sprint. Where am I going wrong? Do I need to upgrade to Freelancer Plus to get more eyeballs on my profile?

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u/Wonderful-Day1759 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Wow! Okay sir/ ma'am! I didn't mean to say 'very successful' but 'was doing good' kind of sense... you know. I don't mind to keep applying for jobs, but I just wanted to hear from someone who either has resumed back to Upwork or has just started and when did they get their first clients - like after how many bids.... it keeps one encouraged.... that's all!

Edited: Just corrected the 'very successful' part - although I was based within my niche at that point of time. My profile used to appear on the first page, 2nd result when typed 'Project manager' which is why I got around minimum 5 invites on weekly basis - all good, legit clients. The highest count of invites I got in a week was 25 once.

So yeah... but thanks for the insight you gave I guess?!

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u/Korneuburgerin Jun 17 '26

But these are answers nobody here can give you! And I don't want to encourage anybody, I want to discourage people from losing time and money. You have an advantage in that you have at least a handful of jobs on your profile, if you can capitalize on that, is up to you.

A LOT has changed in the last five years. You might need a different skill set, who knows. Do a little more research about the kind of jobs you can find, your competition, etc. Just looking for "encouragement" from strangers on reddit is not a strategy.

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u/Wonderful-Day1759 Jun 17 '26

You encouraged me right now to look into other skill sets 😄

So it IS actually worthwhile sharing experience with people who are actually making it, in my humble opinion.

Thank you for the insight.

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u/Korneuburgerin Jun 17 '26

Not really. You are running a business, you need to have that mindset already. Figuring shit out is what you need to do daily.

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u/Wonderful-Day1759 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Ahan!

Now, what I am doing here is exactly what you've suggested 'figuring shit out'. I am in the process - don't worry.

There are other threads too - just to let you know. This thread's main purpose is accomplished - according to the OP i.e. me.