Find work and present your skills with confidence
Create your Skillfinder profile, explore employment and freelance opportunities, confirm when you are available, and make it easier for employers to discover you.
How to freelance on Skillfinder
Create your profile
An eye-catching title and client-focused overview help us match you to the work you want. Include your work history, your skills, and your photo. Add more, like an introduction video, to create a profile that really stands out.
Explore ways to earn
Work and earn in different ways. Bid for jobs. Pitch your projects. Discuss your in-demand skills with our recruiters so they can find opportunities aligned with your passions and career goals. Create a pipeline and build your network.
Get paid securely
Choose how you get paid. Our fixed-price protection releases client payments at project milestones. Hourly protection bills clients every week. However you work, our service fees are the same. Spend less time chasing, more earning.
Find your next opportunity
Search Skillfinder Projects for opportunities that match your skills, experience, and availability. Explore project details, connect with employers, and submit a proposal that clearly shows how you can help deliver the work.
Jeremiah C.
Plumbing Services
From $300
Vash S.
Graphic Designs
From $450
Sell what you do best
Create easy-to-buy services on the Services Catalog. Match your projects to what clients need. Be clear upfront by defining your scope, timing, price, and terms. Services are automatically approved, clients can engage you immediately.
Frequently asked questions
Is Skillfinder free for jobseekers?
Yes. Jobseekers can create an account, build a professional profile, search for jobs and projects, confirm their availability, and apply for suitable opportunities. Some optional services or platform features may have separate terms where applicable.
Can I look for employment and freelance work?
Yes. Skillfinder supports both traditional employment opportunities and freelance or project-based work. You can browse jobs, explore projects, submit applications or proposals, and keep your profile available for employers who are searching for talent.
How do I appear in Available Talent?
Log in to your Skillfinder account and complete the availability confirmation form. Select your current availability and choose the option allowing your profile to appear in Available Talent.
Your profile must also remain active, publicly visible, and meet the platform’s current profile-quality and moderation requirements.
Your profile must also remain active, publicly visible, and meet the platform’s current profile-quality and moderation requirements.
Why must I confirm my availability?
Availability confirmation helps employers identify people who are genuinely open to new opportunities. It also prevents inactive or outdated profiles from appearing as currently available.
Your confirmation gives employers a more reliable indication that you may be ready to discuss work.
Your confirmation gives employers a more reliable indication that you may be ready to discuss work.
How often should I update my availability?
Update it whenever your circumstances change. You should also reconfirm it when Skillfinder sends you a reminder.
As a general guide, confirm your availability at least once every 30 days if you want to remain visible in Available Talent.
As a general guide, confirm your availability at least once every 30 days if you want to remain visible in Available Talent.
What is Profile Trust?
Profile Trust is Skillfinder’s profile-quality system. It reviews whether important information has been added to your profile, such as your profession, skills, biography, location, résumé, profile image, and other relevant details.
A stronger profile helps employers understand your experience and may improve your readiness for public visibility and shortlisting.
A stronger profile helps employers understand your experience and may improve your readiness for public visibility and shortlisting.
Can I hide my profile from Available Talent?
Yes. You can choose not to give public-directory consent when confirming your availability.
You can still use Skillfinder to search and apply for opportunities without appearing in Available Talent. You should also update your availability if you are no longer looking for work.
You can still use Skillfinder to search and apply for opportunities without appearing in Available Talent. You should also update your availability if you are no longer looking for work.
Does joining Skillfinder guarantee employment?
No. Joining Skillfinder gives you access to opportunities, employer discovery, profile tools, and recruitment support, but it does not guarantee that you will receive an interview, contract, project, or job offer.
Your results will depend on factors such as your experience, skills, profile quality, availability, applications, proposals, and employer requirements.
Your results will depend on factors such as your experience, skills, profile quality, availability, applications, proposals, and employer requirements.
How will employers contact me?
Employers may review your public profile, respond to an application or proposal, request an introduction, or contact you through the platform’s approved communication process.
Keep your account details current and check your email, notifications, and Skillfinder messages regularly.
Keep your account details current and check your email, notifications, and Skillfinder messages regularly.
