Poll: Which of the following profile fields do you think clients are most interested in? De persoon die dit onderwerp heeft geplaatst: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which of the following profile fields do you think clients are most interested in?".
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Ventnai 
Spanje
Local time: 19:03
Duits naar Engels
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Agencies often get in touch with me for the first time because they were looking for someone with expertise in the areas which I specialise in.
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Ian Jones wrote:
Agencies often get in touch with me for the first time because they were looking for someone with expertise in the areas which I specialise in.
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Thayenga
Duitsland
Local time: 19:03
Lid 2009
Engels naar Duits
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Teresa Borges wrote: Ian Jones wrote:
Agencies often get in touch with me for the first time because they were looking for someone with expertise in the areas which I specialise in.
A couple of times a direct client checked both the CV and the KudoZ's. The WWA is also very important.
Still, one option is missing: "All of the above".
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 18:03
I seem to get quite a few searches in my language pairs, but specifying the country I live in (and a couple of jobs as a result of those searches).
I also think the blue WWA star has a positive psychological effect on prospective clients.
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If I were looking for a translator, I would want to know if they were competent in the fields that I needed. Rates and WWA would come after than initial narrowing of the field.
OTOH, I've never looked for a translator, and I've had plenty of clients contact me about translations that are not only outside of my field, but in fields that I have explicitly stated that I do not not have competence (for example: technical patents, yes; medical patents, no).
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Ian Jones wrote:
Agencies often get in touch with me for the first time because they were looking for someone with expertise in the areas which I specialise in.
Exactly my opinion
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As an outsourcer too, I always first check the CV (for personal information and experience). If I have candidates with similar qualifications, then I check their Kudoz, samples and ProZ activity.
If I have to get a country-specific person, esp. for localization purposes, then I check that as well.
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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 11:03
Lid 2006
Engels naar Spaans
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If I needed a translator, I'd look his/her WWA because it's a good parameter about references on his/her work.
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Andrea Munhoz
Brazilië
Local time: 14:03
Portugees naar Engels
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I got my dream jobs through simple and precise key words in my profile - emphasized by my CV afterwards, of course.
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Mami Yamaguchi
Japan
Local time: 02:03
Lid 2008
Engels naar Japans
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| CV (just asked my clients) with experience | May 15, 2011 |
Several friends of mine don't have any profile sites on Web except ProZ. But they always have enviable jobs. Also my clients say they don't refer to Directory in selecting translators. They all replied 'CV'.
[Edited at 2011-05-16 08:08 GMT]
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