Adding jobs to your profile is an essential part of the setup process. You can add your current job as well as your past jobs to your profile in smartPeople. Adding your past job may be useful in terms of adding value to your profile, making it beneficial for growth, and thus, getting more opportunities for job and task matchings.
Add current job
To add your current job, follow the steps listed below:
1. On the Jobs tab of the Profile page, click Start adding.
If you already have jobs listed under My jobs, to add a new job, click Add.
2. In the Add job dialog that appears, first click Current. As a result, fields are shown, so you can specify information about your current job.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory. Mandatory fields must be filled in.
- In the Job title text box, start typing a job name.
Once you have typed a job name, you are proposed to connect the job being added to the one from a library. It is done for better matching results. To this end, click Connect or press ENTER on your keyboard.
To edit a connected job, click the pen icon next to the connected job, start typing a new job name, select the one you need from the list of suggestions, and then click Save.
To remove a connected job, click a little cross next to the connected job. - Pay your attention to the Update my profile slogan checkbox. It is selected by default meaning your profile slogan has the same text as the value in the Job title text box. Your profile slogan is a summary of your value as a job candidate.
- Type or select a company from the Company box.
- Add a job description by typing a text to the Description free text box.
- Specify your start date. Since it is your current job, no end date is needed.
If you already have a current job, you have an option to change its status to past. To this end, select a checkbox next to the job you want to define as past.
3. To proceed to the following step, click Next. You can see here a set of skills connected to the job you have specified.
To select a skill, click it and set a proficiency level. As a result, the skill is shown under Selected skills.
If you do not want to add skills from the job skill requirements, you can skip it by clicking Add.
4. Now that you are happy with your selection, click Add. As a result, your current job is added and saved to your profile.
Add past job
To add your past job, follow the steps listed below:
1. On the Jobs tab of the Profile page, click Start adding.
If you already have jobs listed under My jobs, to add a new job, click Add.
2. In the Add job dialog that appears, first click Past. As a result, fields are shown, so you can specify information about your past job.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory. Mandatory fields must be filled in.
- In the Job title text box, start typing a job name, and then select the one you need from the list of suggestions. Once you have entered the job title, you are proposed to connect it to the one from the proposed catalogue. It is done for better matching results. If you do not want to connect the job you are adding to the one from the proposed catalogue, click a little cross next to the connected job name to remove it.
- Type or select a company from the Company box.
- Add a job description by typing a text to the Description free text box.
- Specify the start date and the end date for your past job.
3. To proceed to the following step, click Next. Similar to adding the current job, here you can see a set of skills connected to the job you have specified.
To select a skill, click it and set a proficiency level. As a result, the skills is shown under Selected skills.
If you do not want to add skills from the job skill requirements, you can skip it by clicking Add.
4. Once you are done, click Add. As a result, your past job is added and saved to your profile.
Next step
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