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Finding & Applying to Projects

The Projects marketplace (/person/projects) is where you discover open project slots across the network, ranked by how well they fit you. The page has three views: browse (/person/projects), Saved (/person/projects/saved), and Applied (/person/projects/applied).

📷 ScreenshotThe project marketplace/person/projects

Browse and filter projects​

Goal: Find slots that fit your skills, rate, and preferences.

  1. Open Projects. Results are sorted by your overall Match Score by default.
  2. Use the filter bar to narrow results:
    • Search — title, company, or keyword.
    • Skill — e.g. React, Python, AWS.
    • Rate — Any, Under $100/hr, or $100+/hr.
    • Work Type — Any, Remote, Hybrid, or On-site.
    • Duration — Any, < 3 months, 3–6 months, or > 6 months.
  3. Change the Sort to Match Score, Rate: High → Low, or Rate: Low → High.
📷 ScreenshotFiltering and sorting the marketplace/person/projects

Each project card shows the match score, project and company name, location, rate, duration, work type, required skills, a culture-fit indicator, and a deadline-urgency label (e.g. "Closes tomorrow", "2 days left").

Read your match score​

Goal: Understand why a slot ranks where it does.

Each card and the project detail page show a match score (0–100%) visualized as a spider (radar) chart made of six dimensions:

  • Skills — how well your skills and proficiency cover the slot's required skills.
  • Availability — your status and weekly hours versus the slot's required hours.
  • Culture Fit — your CVF vector against the slot's reference weights, adjusted for work-mode, travel, clearance, and schedule compatibility.
  • Cost Efficiency — your target rate against the slot's rate range.
  • Experience / Seniority — your seniority and history against the role.
  • Domain Depth — the depth of your expertise (proficiency, coverage, and recency) in the slot's required skill areas.
📷 ScreenshotThe six-dimension match spider chart/person/projects
Boost a low score

If a dimension scores low, the fix is usually on your profile: add or re-level skills, update your availability, or complete your work environment assessment.

Save a project for later​

Goal: Bookmark interesting slots without applying yet.

  1. On a project card, click the bookmark / save icon.
  2. Find saved slots later under Projects → Saved (/person/projects/saved).
📷 ScreenshotYour saved projects/person/projects/saved

View project details​

Goal: Inspect a slot before applying.

  1. Click a project card to open its detail page (/person/projects/:id).
  2. Review the description, timeline, required skills (hover a skill for its criticality and minimum proficiency), and the list of open roles.
  3. Check the Work Environment Compatibility card — if your assessment is incomplete, it prompts you to complete it; if complete, it shows a compatibility score and constraint checks.
📷 ScreenshotA project detail page with match intelligence/person/projects

Apply to a project​

Goal: Submit your interest for a specific role.

  1. On the project detail page, if there are multiple open slots, choose a role from the Apply for role dropdown.
  2. Click Apply.
  3. Track the application under Projects → Applied (/person/projects/applied), where you can Withdraw it or respond to outcomes.
📷 ScreenshotYour applied projects/person/projects/applied
What happens next

Applying creates an engagement record. The company reviews your profile, and the slot can move through invitation and acceptance. Track everything from the Engagements page.