PROFESSIONAL VERIFICATION
Professional verification on this freelance platform
Understand the checks that apply when you create a professional profile and prepare to work through VirtualMasst.
The VirtualMasst team reviews and approves talent profiles. Stripe carries out separate identity, banking and compliance checks before a talent can be paid.
- Your professional profile is reviewed before it becomes visible
- Stripe carries out required payment-related checks
- You keep your professional and Business number details up to date
ELIGIBILITY
Who can create a professional profile
VirtualMasst is for independent professionals.
Freelancer
A freelancer is hired to produce an agreed deliverable, such as design, code, copy, photography or another defined output.
European freelance opportunities
Consultant
A consultant advises on strategy or decisions by analysing a situation, recommending actions and helping guide direction.
Independent consultant opportunities
PROFILE
Prepare your profile for review
Employers read your profile to understand your professional background. The VirtualMasst team reviews the profile before it becomes visible on the platform.
Show your impact
Describe a concrete situation you improved or solved. Include the challenge, your approach and the result.
Be specific about your depth
Explain the level at which you operate and support it with relevant professional examples.
Define your core expertise
State clearly the skill or discipline you specialise in. Make your main area of expertise easy to understand.
Specify your availability
Provide your availability so employers can see whether it fits the timing of a job.
OPPORTUNITIES
Use an approved profile to access opportunities
Public jobs
Published jobs in the public category are visible to registered talents.
- Read the full job before applying
- Apply when the job fits your expertise and availability
Private invitations
Published jobs in the private category are visible only to invited talents.
- Review whether the job fits your expertise
- Check the timing and commercial terms
- Accept or decline the invitation
Found through profiles
Employers browse by job category and talent titles.
- A clear profile helps employers find you
- Name your category plainly
- Include your working languages and relevant expertise
APPLYING
Apply after your profile is ready
Check the fit
Check that the job matches your experience, the timing works for you and the scope is clear enough to evaluate.
Apply
If the job meets your requirements, click the Apply button.
The system will ask you to upgrade if you have not upgraded.
First contact
Wait for the employer to contact you and move forward from there.
COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
Agree scope and project structure
Profile approval does not replace the agreement between you and the employer. Agree the job directly before work begins.
- The deliverable and expected outcome
- Your rate and the time commitment
- Acceptance criteria
- Several projects for a larger job, if the employer chooses to split the work
- How changes affect the scope, timing and rate
- Ownership and permitted use of the completed work
PAYMENT
Profile, identity and payment checks
Different checks apply to your VirtualMasst profile and to Stripe payment onboarding.
- The VirtualMasst team checks ID, pictures, phone number, address, Business number and whether your CV and portfolio are available.
- An incomplete profile is not approved. Your profile is reviewed and approved by the VirtualMasst team before it becomes visible.
- Stripe carries out identity, banking and compliance checks, including Know Your Customer (KYC), before you can be paid.
- Employers pay upfront by credit card or bank transfer through Stripe. Funds are held within the Stripe payment flow until release.
- Current charges are listed on Pricing.
- Talents across Europe can use VirtualMasst's PEPPOL invoicing when required.
POSITIONING
Your profile is your professional passport.
Profile review checks the information required by VirtualMasst. Your profile should also give employers useful evidence of how you work and what you have delivered.
Profiles that demonstrate capability
- Completing a complex migration without data loss
- Improving a process
- Delivering a measurable outcome
- Showing the context and constraints around the job
- Working with tight deadlines, legacy systems or limited resources
Keep your expertise clear
Focus your profile on the services, experience and outcomes that best represent your professional work.
Profile approval does not confirm that you are right for every job or guarantee the quality or outcome of future work.
ACCEPTING THE OFFER
Respond to a job offer
Accepting an offer
When an employer invites you to a job, review the scope, project structure, timing and commercial agreement.
If everything is clear and aligned with your expectations, you can accept the offer.
Acceptance confirms that you agree to the job, timeline and rate and that you are ready to begin once pre-funding is in place.
Declining an offer
If the job does not fit your expertise, availability or professional direction, you can decline it.
Declining means you are not taking the job and allows the employer to continue with other talents.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Prepare for profile and payment checks
- Keep your ID and contact details current
- Keep your Business number and professional details up to date
- Keep your profile and CV updated with completed work
- Make your portfolio available where relevant
- Have your invoicing details ready
- Complete the required Stripe checks before you need to be paid
INDEPENDENCE
Keep your professional details current
Profile approval is one part of working as an independent professional. You remain responsible for keeping your information current and agreeing each job directly with the employer.
Keep your profile current
Update your professional details, CV and relevant completed work as your experience develops.
Keep your Business number current
Maintain your Business number and inform the VirtualMasst team when relevant professional details change.
Agree each job directly
Confirm the scope, timeline, deliverables, rate and working setup with the employer before work begins.
Invoice the employer
You invoice the employer in your own name. Talents across Europe can use VirtualMasst's PEPPOL invoicing when required.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Create your profile for review
Prepare accurate professional information, make your experience clear and keep the required details current. The VirtualMasst team reviews and approves the profile before it becomes visible on the platform.
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YOUR NEXT STEP
Create your profile for review
Prepare accurate professional information, make your experience clear and keep the required details current. The VirtualMasst team reviews and approves the profile before it becomes visible on the platform.
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