Upwork: Analysis of Freelancer Success Badges: Difference between revisions

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* The profile is set to private by its owner.
* The profile is set to private by its owner.
* Freelancer skills, experience, and platform ratings.
* Freelancer skills, experience, and platform ratings.
* Upwork rotates the freelancers that appear in the search results every now and then. As such, your freelancer profile can appear in the search results today and fail to appear tommorow.<ref>https://community.upwork.com/t5/Support-Forum/About-not-related-search-results/m-p/1120823↵↵https://community.upwork.com/t5/Freelancers/Algorithm-how-Upwork-sorts-Freelancers/m-p/135262</ref>. We believe that this will also impact the searchable limit in each job category.  
* Upwork rotates the freelancers that appear in the search results every now and then. As such, your freelancer profile can appear in the search results today and fail to appear tommorow.<ref>https://community.upwork.com/t5/Support-Forum/About-not-related-search-results/m-p/1120823↵↵https://community.upwork.com/t5/Freelancers/Algorithm-how-Upwork-sorts-Freelancers/m-p/135262</ref>.  
* Market dynamics play a role in determining the number of searchable freelancers<ref>https://community.upwork.com/t5/Support-Forum/About-not-related-search-results/m-p/1120823↵↵https://community.upwork.com/t5/Freelancers/Algorithm-how-Upwork-sorts-Freelancers/m-p/135262</ref>. In this case, job categories that have highet job posts will have a higher searchable limit.  
* Market dynamics play a role in determining the number of searchable freelancers<ref>https://community.upwork.com/t5/Support-Forum/About-not-related-search-results/m-p/1120823↵↵https://community.upwork.com/t5/Freelancers/Algorithm-how-Upwork-sorts-Freelancers/m-p/135262</ref>. In this case, we believe that job categories that have higher job posts will have a higher searchable limit.
It's probably a good move for Upwork to restrict the number of searchable high quality freelancers to around 100k as this ensures the platform's quality continue to grows i.e those freelancers who are starting out get a chance to be hired and build a reputation. However, this policy reduces the supply of high quality freelancers. Therefore, since the supply of jobs exceed the supply of high quality freelancers, some clients may end up hiring freelancers with no reputation at all. If these freelancers screw up, clients might be discouraged to keep hiring in the platform.  
It's probably a good move for Upwork to restrict the number of searchable high quality freelancers to around 100k as this ensures the platform's quality continue to grows i.e those freelancers who are starting out get a chance to be hired and build a reputation. However, this policy reduces the supply of high quality freelancers. Therefore, since the supply of jobs exceed the supply of high quality freelancers, some clients may end up hiring freelancers with no reputation at all. If these freelancers screw up, clients might be discouraged to keep hiring in the platform.  


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