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Poll: Do you see/get less job offers from this site than a year ago?
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Sean O'Byrne
Sean O'Byrne
Canada
Local time: 04:53
German to English
Grammar, grammar Dec 9, 2024

No, I see fewer job offers than a year ago.

Michele Fauble
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Micheal Kaluba
Charlie Bavington
Philip Lees
Peter Simon
Annette Fehr
 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Netherlands
Local time: 04:53
Member (2016)
English to Dutch
+ ...
About half as many requests Dec 9, 2024

I used to get about one serious request through ProZ a month, resulting in an actual job. Now I got five in one year (and perhaps a sixth, just received an email from a small-scale medical translation agency)
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 03:53
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
+ ...
More than half Dec 9, 2024

So far in 2024 I have received four requests from new clients through Proz.com that have resulted in projects, which is more than half of what I used to receive. Fortunately, almost all the other clients I've received through Proz.com have become repeat customers.
 
Lingua 5B
Lingua 5B  Identity Verified
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 04:53
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
+ ...
Definitely yes Dec 9, 2024

Significantly lower. But the number of requests by direct clients has increased.

svetlana cosquéric
Micheal Kaluba
 
Mario Chávez
Mario Chávez
United States
Local time: 22:53
Member (2024)
English to Spanish
+ ...
Second time around on Proz.com Dec 9, 2024

Back in 2011, I received a serious inquiry by phone and then by email from Proz.com, which resulted in a 3-week software testing engagement in San Jose, California.

I returned to Proz.com last June, 2024. I've taken every opportunity to quote on suitable projects. I did get email acknowledgements but nothing else.

The barrel is pretty dry these days.

MC

Micheal Kaluba
Johan Beyens
 
Peter Simon
Peter Simon  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 04:53
English to Hungarian
+ ...
No point Dec 10, 2024

I never received actual jobs through Proz so when I started out on pension, I stopped being a paying member so no point in choosing any of the choices. But some of my regular clients seem to be fine with me.

[Edited at 2024-12-10 06:28 GMT]

Gjorgji Apostolovski
 


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