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Client Onboarding Specialist for a service business
Hosted four to five Zoom onboarding calls a week for a growing service business from April to September 2026, across two contracts.
The engagement
A service business hired me through Upwork in April 2026 as a client onboarding specialist: a friendly, detail-oriented host for their Zoom onboarding calls, four to five a week at 30+ hours. The first contract ended in August with client feedback, and a second contract started three days later with a new manager and ran until September 2026.
What I did
- Hosted each onboarding call, walked new clients through the program and answered the first-week questions.
- Logged outcomes and next steps in the CRM so account managers could pick up with full context.
- Kept the onboarding calendar full and the no-shows rescheduled.
Why it matters
Onboarding is the moment a customer decides whether they made a good choice. A consistent, warm first call is the cheapest retention work there is.