CSM-Public Profile - How to for Students

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HowtoSetUpYour“StudentPublicProfile”

CoverImage

Getstartedbyuploadingacoverimage.DarkerimageswillstandoutmoreincontrasttothewhitebackgroundofCSM.Image sizeof1024x280looksbest,butifyouuploadalargerimageyouwillbepromptedtoselectthesectionofimageyouwanttodisplay.Goodideasforcoverimagephotosincludepicturesofyourcampus,landmarksofyour city,oryourfavoriteoutdoorslocation.Itisnotrecommendedtoincludepicturesofyour friends,apartyorpictureswithlotsofpeople’sfaces.Youcanchangethisimageatanytime.

ProfilePhoto

Next,uploadaprofessionallookingpictureorheadshotofyourself.Movethecropping tooltoincludeyourface.Youcanchangethisimage atany time.Ifyoudon’t feelcomfortablehavingyourpicturedisplayedtoemployers,simplyrefrainfromuploadinga picture.Whatemployerswillseeinsteadisadarkcirclewithyourinitialsinit.

KeyInformation

Thissectionispre-populatedbasedonyouraccountinformation.Youcanmodify yourname, major, graduationdateandclassyear.YoucanalsochoosewhethertodisplayyourGPA.Yourworkexperiencesnippetwillpopulatebasedontheworkexperience

recordsthatyouhaveentered.YoucanchoosetodisplayyourGPAornot.GPAis defaultsettooff.

PersonalPublicLink

Ifyouturnonthetoggle topublish, youareagreeingtomakeyourprofilepublicviatheurl.Theurlgenerally follows thisformat: school-csm.symplicity.com/profiles/firstname.lastname.Youcancustomizethe“firstname.lastname”portion,aslongassomeoneatyourschoolhasnotchosenthesamekeyword.

PersonalStatement

Usethis sectiontodescribewhoyouare.Talk aboutwhatyouaregoodat,whatyour skillsare,whatyouarepassionateabout.Think ofthis sectionastheelevatorspeech portionofyourprofile.

Education

Thissectionhasbeenpre-populatedbasedonyouraccountinformation.Youcan modifyyourschool, major,degree,startdateandgraduationdate.YoucanchoosewhethertodisplayyourGPA.Youcanaddadditionaleducationalexperiencesor programs,includingstudyabroad,continuingeducationorpriorundergraduateor graduatework.Youcanadd,editordeleteanyeducationrecords,exceptforthecurrentrecordwhichhasbeenpopulatedforyou.

Experience

Weknowasstudentsitmaybedifficulttocomeupwithworkexperiencestolistona profile.Considerenteringinternships,externships,co-ops,workstudy,part-time orsummerwork,volunteer experiencesorservicelearningassignments-anythingthatcandemonstratetoemployersthatyouhaveworkedforanotherorganizationbefore andcanbringsomeexperiencetoyournext job.

Employersprefertoseewhom youworkedfor,whatpositionyouworkedin,whereyou workedandwhenyouworked.Theywouldalsoliketoknowwhatyoudidthere.Make suretouseactionverbssuchascompleted,analyzed,implementedetc.Youcanadd, editordeleteany workexperiences.

Projects

Usethissectiontoshowcasetheprojectworkthatyouhave done.Thissectionwasespeciallydesignedforstudents,becausemanyofyoudonothaveextensivework experiencebutyouareinvolvedinmultiple kindsofprojects, includingclass,clubandgroupprojects.Employersliketoseeprojects aspracticalexamplesoftheskillsstudentslearnedinschool.Startbyuploadinganimage.Thenenterprojecttitle,projecttype, whetheritisongoing,startdate,enddate,andshortdescriptionofthe project.

Youcanalsoenterskillsthatyougainedfromtheproject.

Skills

Youcanaddskillsthatyouhaveacquiredfromyoureducation,workor projectexperienceintheformoftags.Youcansearchforcommonskillsinourdatabaseor enteryourown.Youcanaddordeleteskills.

ContactInformation(insidebar)

Youcanenteryourpermanentemail,schoolemail,FacebookorLinkedIn profile.IfyouareaddingyourFacebookprofile,pleasemakesurethattheinformationsharedon Facebookisbusinessappropriate.Inaddition,youcanaddalinktoyourpersonalweb site,aswellasyourresume.YoucanchoosefromexistingapprovedresumesinCSM oruploadanewresume.

ProfileViews

Thiswillshowyouhowmany times yourprofilehasbeenviewedby peoplewithwhomyouhavesharedyourpubliclink.Inmostcases,youwillonly beabletoseethenumber ofanonymous views.Inthecasewhereanemployerisloggedintoyourschool’s systemandyouhavesenttheemployeryourpubliclink,then youwillseethe organizationnameandlogo,butnotthespecificcontact.

Last,ButNotLeast,GeneralTips

Makesureyourprofileiscompleteaspossibleanduseittocomplementand supplementyourresume.Fortheprofiletobe100%complete,thefollowingsections muchbecompleted:PersonalStatement,WorkExperience,Projects,Skills,PersonalWebsite,andDefaultResumeupload.

Ontheprofile,youmaynoticethatsomefields haveasmalllocksymbolnexttoit.This meansthatthedatahasbeenlockedby yourschool.Youwillneedtocontactyour schooltochangeit.

Finally,beforemakingyourprofilepublic,besuretocheckforcapitalization,grammar,spelling,punctuationandothertypographicalerrorsthatmaygetinthewayofputting yourbestfootforward.