# Freelancer Portfolio With Verified Skills > A freelancer portfolio clients can verify: connect work from GitHub, Figma and Vercel, add tests and live sessions, and share one Skills Passport. Source: https://getlemma.io/solutions/freelancers A verified skills profile shows a client the evidence behind your work before they hire you. Your Skills Passport puts it in one place, from the projects you ship to live sessions and assessments, so a client can inspect it before the first call. [Explore the Skills Passport](https://getlemma.io/product/passport) ## Clients hire on trust they cannot check. A portfolio shows the finished result, not your part in it. Reviews on a marketplace stay on that marketplace. A new client is left choosing between your word and a lower quote. A Skills Passport connects each skill to the work and sessions that demonstrate it. Every record names its source and date, so a client can see what was checked instead of taking a summary on trust. ## What goes on your record Three kinds of evidence, each tied to the skills it supports. ### Work you shipped Connect code repositories, design files and live deployments from GitHub, Figma and Vercel. Lemma confirms the work is yours through your account with that service. ### Live sessions Practise or teach a skill in a live session with another practitioner. The session is recorded as evidence once both of you join, and your partner rates it. ### Assessments Adaptive assessments place you at a level in a skill. Useful for skills that are hard to show through a single project. ## Using your Passport with clients A short, well-evidenced record works better than a long list of claims. 01 ### Pick the skills clients pay you for Start with two or three. Add the rest later, once the core of your record is strong. 02 ### Connect the work behind them Link the repositories, files and deployments that show each skill, then add an assessment or a session where a project alone does not tell the story. 03 ### Choose what each client sees Publish only the skill records that matter for the work. Everything you have not published stays private to you. 04 ### Share it with your proposal Send a link to your Passport alongside the proposal. The client opens it in a browser and can follow each skill back to its evidence. ## Teach what you know between contracts. Quiet weeks happen. On Lemma you can teach the skills you use with clients in live [sessions](https://getlemma.io/product/sessions). Teaching earns Lemma Credits that pay for your own learning sessions, and the teaching itself is recorded as evidence on your Passport. Credits are spent on sessions inside Lemma. They are a way to trade knowledge with other practitioners, not a replacement for client income. See [pricing](https://getlemma.io/pricing) for how credits and plans work. ## Questions freelancers ask ### How do I prove my skills to clients as a freelancer? Show the evidence behind each skill you sell, not only a portfolio of finished screens. Connect the repositories, Figma files or deployments you built, pass an adaptive assessment in each skill and add live sessions over time. A client then opens one Skills Passport link and sees the record, with dates. ### What should a freelancer add to a Skills Passport first? Start with the two or three skills clients actually pay you for. Connect the work that shows them, take an assessment in each, and add live sessions over time. A short, well-evidenced record is stronger than a long list of claims. ### Can a client view my Passport without a Lemma account? Yes. You share a link to the Passport, and the client opens it in a browser. They see the skill records you chose to publish, with the evidence and dates behind each one. ### Can I keep some skills or records private from clients? Yes. Visibility follows the sharing scope you choose. Records you have not published stay private to you, so you can show a design client your design work without exposing everything else. ### How does my record stay current between projects? Evidence carries the date it was demonstrated, and recent evidence counts for more. Connecting new work or completing a session keeps a skill current; a skill you have not used for a long time shows its age. ## Read more before you start [The Skills PassportWhat a Passport contains, how sharing scope works and what a viewer can inspect.](https://getlemma.io/product/passport)[How SCI is formedThe score attached to each skill, and the evidence that moves it.](https://getlemma.io/product/sci)[Live sessionsTeach what you know in live sessions, earn credits and add evidence to the skills you sell.](https://getlemma.io/product/sessions)[Lemma and certificationsWhat a certificate tells a client, and what a skill record with dated evidence adds.](https://getlemma.io/compare/certifications)[Figma skills testHow design work is assessed and which Figma files count as evidence.](https://getlemma.io/skills/figma)[Lemma and LinkedInWhere a profile and endorsements help, and what skill-level evidence adds.](https://getlemma.io/compare/linkedin) ![Painting of a waterfall pouring into a clear pool among mossy rocks and ferns](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/islu4peo/production/76223a89ee5f00ffa62886801dd86be45a0ca233-1680x1120.jpg?w=1080&fm=webp&q=68&fit=max) ## Let the work make the case. 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