Your Elance Profile is a great way to showcase your unique expertise and experience. Prospective clients browse Elance looking for providers who have the skills, track-record and experience that match their needs. A compelling profile is the best way to stand out and get the attention of great clients.

To edit your profile, log in to your Elance account and follow the steps below:

1. Click 'Provide Services' at the top of the page.
2. Click on the 'FIND WORK' tab in the top navigation bar.
3. Next, click on the ‘My Profile’ link located on the second row of the navigation bar.
4. Click the ‘Edit’ link on any of the sections you wish to update.
5. To upload an image which will be displayed in your profile page, click the ‘Edit’ link in the upper right margin of the profile page.
6. After finishing your profile, click on the 'Portfolio' link on the profile page to upload your previous work samples.

TIP:  Check out an Elance blog post coaching prospective employers on how to review Elance profile pages.

To create or edit your portfolio, after you’ve created your profile, please log into your account and follow these steps:

1. Click 'Provide Services' at the top of the page.
2. Click on ‘Find Work’ tab on in the top navigation bar.
3. Click the ‘My Profile’ link.
4. Click the ‘Portfolio’ link on the top of the profile page.
5. If you wish to upload, delete, rearrange a file, click the ‘Edit Current Folder’ link.

If possible, use a common file type. Elance will accept any type of file, however, depending on the web browser, only some types of files will display inside the browser window. Using most browsers, all .gif image files, .jpg (or .jpeg) image files, .html Web documents and .txt text files will open in the browser window. You are limited to 1MB files per upload and the total space is 10MB. We recommend you use these types whenever possible.

NOTE: If you do not have access to your Provider Profile, please see your company account administrator.

When will changes to my service provider profile be updated in search?

New provider profiles and revisions to existing profile information will be reindexed in our search engine each evening.  Once the profiles have been indexed, the new information will be displayed in search results and our main provider index.

Why does my provider profile not show my contact info (eg. phone number, email, etc)?

Only providers with paid Elance memberships have a 'View' button on their profile to display their contact information.  Paid providers can have their contact information displayed such as phone number, email address, personal URL, etc..

For information on how to upgrade your membership in order to display contact information, click here.