Completing your profile
Read this after you've submitted your application, to make sure your profile is complete — a complete profile is matched against more projects and moves through screening faster.
Where to find your settings
Open Profile from the sidebar. Your settings are organised into tabs:
| Tab | What's there |
|---|---|
| Profile | Your name, email, LinkedIn profile, and country of residence |
| Skills | Your native and work languages, and the skills you're matched on |
| Experience | Your CV, education, and work history |
| Hourly Rate | Your default hourly rate |
| Email Preferences | Marketing consent and email notification settings |
| Account | Your password and account deletion |
| Onboarding | Your Deel contract and Discord connection, once you're invited to onboard |
In the Profile tab you can edit your given and family name and add or update your LinkedIn profile URL (optional, but it must be a valid LinkedIn profile URL if you add one). Your email and country of residence are shown for reference and can't be changed here.
Why completeness matters
Project teams find experts by searching profiles: by skills, languages, education, country, and rate. Every field you leave empty is a match you might miss. Keep these accurate in particular:
- Skills: add all relevant skills, and be specific.
- Languages: the languages you can work in, with your level.
- Education and experience: complete entries with dates.
Your hourly rate
Your hourly rate is determined by our team based on several factors such as your experience, skills, location, and current market rates for the role. You may have given an expected rate in your application, but your actual rate isn't something you set or edit in your settings. In the Hourly Rate tab you'll see your Default hourly rate once it's been set. Until then, you'll see a message that our team is currently reviewing your profile.
Your default rate is the starting point for new projects. Individual projects can have their own rate, so what you're actually paid can differ from one project to another. See Your pay rate for how per-project rates and rate changes work.
Your CV
Your CV is part of your profile and lives in the Resume section of the Experience tab. Use Upload CV (or Update CV to replace an existing one); it must be a PDF. When you upload a new CV, we automatically read it and use it to enrich your profile. Always review the result and correct anything that was extracted incorrectly.
Connecting Discord
Project communication happens on Discord, so once you're invited to onboard, the Onboarding tab lets you link your Discord account with Verify Discord. Linking is done through Discord's own sign-in (OAuth): you authorise SME Careers, and we connect your Discord identity to your profile and add you to the community server. You need a verified Discord account before you can be assigned work. See Connect your Discord account.
Notification preferences
In the Email Preferences tab you can manage Marketing & opportunity updates (whether you hear about new opportunities and projects) and switch email notifications on or off for:
- New job matches
- Interview reminders
- Application updates
- Email digests
Keep key notifications onWhile you have active applications, keep Interview reminders and Application updates on so you don't miss a deadline or a result.
What happens next
With a complete profile, browse the open jobs and apply to the ones that match your expertise. Reviewers see your profile details during screening, so keep them current as your situation changes.
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