The document highlights the opportunities for freelancers in Ukraine, emphasizing the benefits of working through platforms like Elance-Odesk. It provides statistics on the success and earnings of Ukrainian freelancers and outlines tips for creating strong profiles to attract clients. Key features of the platform, such as payment protection and client satisfaction metrics, are also discussed.

1. Katerina Bozhkova
Country Manager Ukraine Elance-oDesk
Skype: katerina.bozhkova
Facebook: Katerina Bozhkova
Twitter: @KatBozhkova

3. Opportunity EaseFreedom Success
Pick and choose your
projects. Work from
wherever, whenever, for
whomever.
We handle payments and
paperwork for you
Join the millions of
professionals who build
a career they love
Work with top companies
around the world

4. $1B+
earnings
180
countries
3,2M
jobs
4M
clients
10M+
FREELANCERS

5. 4th
largest freelancer
country globally
3,500earning Ukrainian
freelancers
40,000
jobs awarded to
Ukrainian freelancers
$60mpaid to Ukrainian
freelancers

7. Becoming the World’s Premier Online
Workplace for Professionals

8. Across all categories
65% of GSV is earned by IN,
PH, US
Ukraine is 4th largest country

9. Within Development, Ukraine & Russia jump to № 2 -3 place in dollars earned,
ahead of US and Pakistan.

11. • iOS Development
• Objective C
• Swift
• Android SDK
• Java
• MySQL
• jQuery
• ASP.NET
• Ruby on Rails
• C#
• Python
• Java
Mobile development represents the largest opportunity for freelance programmers.
Demand is greater than supply, average wages are higher than general IT wages

12.  Become an Android, iOS developer or other
demanded technologies;)
 Boost your profile
 Create a video for your profile
 Create an agency with cross-functional expertise
(design, development, QA)
6 Tips to Better Dev Profiles
 Choose a professional and friendly photo
 Create an awesome intro video!
 Have a short and tight title
 Highlight what’s most important in your overview
 Add the right skills and prove them with tests
 Upload a great portfolio and keep it relevant

15.  All future online work will be concentrated on
 Memberships & Connects on oDesk
 Escrow payment agent
 Categories 2.0 – improved category structure
 My Stats – tool to help manage reputation
 “Good fit” badge – Top candidate tracker
Much more coming soon… Stay tuned!

17. What does this mean for freelancers?
• Payment protection on fixed-price jobs.
• Milestone deposits matter.
• Verified payment matters.

18. MY STATS
The My Stats page contains three sections:
• Client Satisfaction: illustrates your overall reputation on the platform.
• Communication: measures your client responsiveness.
• Marketing Effectiveness: for freelancers that have won a job, this shows how effective you
are at applying to and securing the right jobs.

20. To earn Top Rated status
you must:
• A Job Success score of at least
90%
• 12-month earnings of at least
$1,000
• An account in good standing with
no recent account holds
• A 100% complete profile with photo
• Up to date availability (if
unavailable now, set a date
estimate)
• At least 30 days of work history on
oDesk

22. Get 1 month free Plus membership on oDesk!
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