Traditionally, finding jobs on Upwork^™ consists of typing in your key skills (e.g. PHP, ASP.NET, JavaScript, Laravel, HTML etc) on the search-page and then going through each resulting job description in detail. This is not only time-consuming but also a bad idea simply because,

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  'Job-Search' gives you a heap of irrelevant job results, many of which you skill-wise only 'half-fit' or 'partially' qualify for.

With majority customers looking to hire a single freelancer on Upwork^™, a better idea is to look for jobs which you can meet a high proportion of technical requirements for. In other words,

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  What you need is a system that alerts you for jobs that you qualify with a HIGH % of skills.

Imagine, Joe is a client on Upwork^™ who wants to build an Uber like app for this personal taxi business.

Developing an app of this kind requires expertise with specific skills like Google Maps API, Apple MapKit, Twilio, Stripe, Amazon SNS, Apple Push Notifications etc., besides experience with a tech-stack like MEAN or MERN.

Adam is a veteran developer with 10 years of experience with MEAN stack and an established Upwork^™ portfolio. He has worked with Google Maps API and Stripe, but has never worked with any texting api like Twilio or notification services like Apple Push or Amazon SNS.

Andrew on the other hand is a lesser experienced developer and a 'Rising Talent' on Upwork^™. He not only has decent experience with Twilio, Stripe and Apple Push but also specializes in Geolocation APIs like Google Maps, MapKit and iOS CoreLocation.

Based on our Survey Results, the likelihood that Joe will prefer Andrew over Adam is nearly twice, even though Adam has more experience with general app-development and a better looking Upwork^™ portfolio than Andrew, simply because Andrew has more 'app-specific' experience.