Today we will talk about 2 new Upwork updates released in October

Firstly, the enlarged offer rates table has now been tested for 6 weeks and is available to all freelancers.

Secondly, updates of subcategories, specialties and skills for the 3rd quarter of 2022. The changes relate only to the renaming of some subcategories and specialties. To some, this update seems insignificant, but it's not. The right specializations in your profile lead to the fact that you will receive more orders from customers.

What did they rename?

- In accounting and consulting, 2 specialties were renamed: Business Analysis - Business Analysis and Strategy and Life Coaching - Personal Coaching.

- In administrative support, the specialty "Other research and Product Reviews" was renamed "Other Market Research and Product Reviews".

- In customer service: The subcategory "Customer Experience and Technical Support" is now called "Customer Service and Technical Support", and the specialization "Other customer experience and technical support" is "Other customer service and technical Support".

- 2 renaming also in design and creativity: Cartoons and Portraits - Portraits and cartoons and musical composition - Songwriting and musical composition

- In the field of IT and networks: The architecture of DevOps and solutions has been changed to the subcategory "Architecture of DevOps and solutions", and Solutions Architecture - Solution Architecture.

- In the field of sales and marketing, the specialization in search engine optimization has changed to - SEO

- Web developers, mobile device and software developers: Quality control and testing have turned into - QA testing.