When you join Overpass as a contractor, we assume that you're looking to find remote work as quickly as possible. As time goes on, however, your needs or availability may change. Our Job Seeking Status/Availability selector allows you to indicate your preferences, so our team can act accordingly.

Your Job Seeking Status can be updated in two places, the Dashboard, and your Profile page.

Immediately after logging into Overpass, you'll see the Job Seeking Status option on the right side of the Dashboard page. To change the current status, click the small "gear" icon that appears on the right.

This exact same feature is also found on your Profile page, under the label Availability:

There are two primary Job Seeking Status options to choose from: I'm Available, and I'm Not Available.

When your profile is first approved, your status will be I'm Available.

Specifically, this means that:

The "I'm Not Available" status lets our team know that you're not currently looking for additional work. When your status is "I'm Not Available," this means that:

Essentially, "I'm Not Available" simply removes you from the pool of available candidates on a temporary basis.

Contractors who do not log into Overpass for 45 days will automatically have their status changed to Idle. If this happens, we'll send you an email notifying you of this change.

Idle contractors do not appear in client searches, nor are they suggested to clients.

If your profile has moved to Idle status, you can undo this by simply logging back into the site. Logging in will revert your status back to I'm Available.

For best results, we recommend contractors log in to the site every few days when actively job hunting.

In addition to specifying your overall status, this same feature also allows you to specify whether you're currently interested in full-time roles, part-time roles, or both. This is a simple radio button that you can change at any time.

This selection does not affect which jobs you are able to apply to. However, it will affect which roles we consider you for. (For example, if you have selected Part-time opportunities, our team will not suggest you for opportunities that are strictly full-time.)

Overpass contractors are allowed to work for more than one client, but only if those schedules do not overlap -- you will not be able to work two full-time jobs at the same time. If you have already accepted one part-time role, but are looking for additional hours, please specify that you are only looking for part-time opportunities.

When you first accept a contract of any type, your profile will automatically be switched to I'm Not Available.

However, if you have accepted a part-time job and are hoping for additional hours, you may choose to manually switch this status back to I'm Available, even while on a contract. This alerts our team that we should continue to consider you for other opportunities.

If you are working on a contract, and that contract comes to an end, your status will automatically be switched to I'm Available.

You may also choose to select the I'm Not Available status if you simply want to pause your Overpass account temporarily, but have the ability to return at a later date.

Look for Job-Seeking Status on the right side of the Dashboard page, or look for the Availability section on the right side of your Profile page.

Yes, but you will not appear in client searches, and we will not be actively promoting your profile.

Yes. In this situation, please set your status to I'm Available, and then specify you are only looking for Part-time opportunities. Remember that if you are working for two clients, those schedules may not overlap (for example, perhaps you work for one client on Monday & Tuesday of every week, and a different client from Wednesday - Friday.)

Just log back into www.overpass.com, and you'll revert back to I'm Available.