Freelance About Pages That Don't Read Like a Resume Paste

Your about page is where strangers decide if you are for them. ChatGPT produces a resume in prose: "With over ten years of experience…" followed by every title since your first internship. Buyers skim for fit, not chronology.

Human Writes is the voice pass after named clients (where allowed), one constraint, and who you turn down are on the page. It is not a CV formatter.

Outbound bids: freelance proposals and pitch emails. CV line items: resume and LinkedIn. This is inbound trust.

Related: speaker bio (short), customer case studies.

What about pages punish

Pattern	Buyer thinks	Fix
Resume paste	"Generic consultant"	One niche sentence above fold
Logo wall without permission	"Did they really?"	Name only clients you can cite
Every skill	"Jack of all trades"	Two services, linked to proof
Origin story epic	Skim	One paragraph max; link case study
No boundary	"Will they take my tiny budget?"	Say who you say no to

AI amplifies resume voice. Editing means choosing fit, not listing tenure.

Lock clients and constraint before ChatGPT

Write six lines by hand:

1. Who you help (role + industry narrow enough to self-select)
2. Two client names or anonymized descriptors you can defend on a call
3. One outcome metric from a case study (with client OK)
4. How you work (async, weekly sync, minimum engagement)
5. One constraint you are best under (e.g., "B2B SaaS with existing analytics")
6. Who you do not take (e.g., pre-revenue, rush under 48h)

If line 2 is empty, you are not ready to draft. Use "Series B fintech" if NDAs block names.

Prompt with the six lines and: "About page ≤350 words. No year-by-year job history. No invented logos."

About page vs resume

	About page	Resume
Order	Fit → proof → process	Chronological
Length	One screen + link	Pages
Goal	Inbound qualification	HR checklist
Humanize	Yes, one pass	Light on summary only
Guide	This post	Resume post

Do not upload your PDF resume and ask ChatGPT to "make it an about page."

Before and after

AI about draft:

I am a passionate professional with extensive experience delivering innovative solutions across diverse industries. My journey began in corporate America, where I honed my skills in leadership, strategy, and client relations.

After clients + constraint + one humanize pass:

I fix onboarding drop-off for B2B SaaS teams that already have PostHog or Amplitude installed. Recent work: reduced trial-to-paid friction for a dev-tools company (18% lift in week-4 activation—case study linked). I do not take pre-launch products or 48-hour "quick audits."

Second version self-selects buyers and cites defensible proof.

Where Human Writes helps

Section	Humanize?	Why
Client names / metrics	No	Claims
Niche headline	Light pass	Keep narrow
Process paragraph	One pass	AI stacks adverbs
"Not a fit" list	Rewrite yourself	Boundary must be honest
Testimonials	No	Exact quotes

Paste process and niche paragraphs into Human Writes once. Restore every client reference and number.

Workflow

1. Write the six-line skeleton from real engagements.
2. Draft about copy from skeleton—not your resume PDF.
3. Cut every year and job title unless a story requires one.
4. Add one case-study link with permission.
5. One Human Writes pass on body prose.
6. Read as a buyer: do you know if you qualify in ten seconds?
7. Match service pages and pitch emails to the same niche sentence.

For outbound that points to this page, see freelance proposals.

What not to do

• Invent client logos or "Fortune 500" claims.
• Paste LinkedIn's "open to work" summary as your about page.
• Humanize until your "not a fit" section disappears.
• List fifteen skills because the model suggested them.
• Copy a competitor's about page with find-replace.

Bottom line

Freelance about pages win on niche, named proof, and honest boundaries—not resume chronology. Human Writes is the voice pass after those facts are on the page.

Paste stiff body copy on Human Writes when a qualified buyer knows within ten seconds whether to click Contact.