Article Sections

Background
The Background section is where you can share a brief bio of yourself, keep your your work experience up-to-date, make sure your education history is complete, and link up external accounts like LinkedIn, Facebook, or your school lD.

• How to get to the Background Profile info
• Brief Bio
• Current and Past Experience (Work History)
• Education Background
• Link Accounts (LinkedIn, Facebook, school ID)

Part of...
The Part of... section gives you a place to share how you'd like to help others, what your graduation year and affiliations were, and activities you were involved in while on campus, among other things.

• How to get to the Part of... Profile info
• How I Can Help (Advanced)
• Additional Information
• More About You

Groups/Programs
The Groups/Programs will appear if you have joined any groups or formal mentoring programs on the platform. Only program info is editable.

• How to get to the Groups/Programs Profile info
• Edit Program Registration

Overview 

How to get to the Background Profile info

1. Click your profile image in the upper right.
2. From the drop-down menu, select "My Profile." This will take you to the "About" tab of your profile.
3. In the menu on the left, you'll see a summary of the different sections of your profile Background.
4. On the main page, you'll find the Background Content, which you can edit by following the instructions below:

Brief Bio

Use your brief bio to give people a summary of who you are and what you're passionate about.

To enter edit mode for your Brief Bio:

1. Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner to go into edit mode.

To edit your Brief Bio:

2. Click in the text box to edit your existing text / add new text.
3. Click the green "Save" button to preserve your changes.

Current And Past Experience

In Current and Past Experience, you can list your work history. Positions will be listed in the order added, with the most recently added positions at the top of the list - note that it's impossible to rearrange list items after adding them.

To enter edit mode for Current and Past Experience:

1. Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner to enter edit mode.

To add a new company:

2. Click in the text field and enter the name of the company / experience.
3. Press the "Enter" or "Return" key on your keyboard. Alternatively, you can click the "Add" text to the far right.
4. Your new company will appear below.

To edit an added company:

5. Click "Edit/Remove Positions" to add details. This will open editing mode for that particular position.

6. Click in the "Company Name" text box to edit or remove your experience.
7. Click in the Location box and type in your location, then select the most appropriate location from the drop-down list that will appear as you type.
8. Enter details about your role in the Role text box.
9. Select a start date (month and year) if you wish.
10. You can also add an end date, or - if the role is current - check the "Present" box to indicate that you still work there.
11. Finally, describe your role in more detail in the Description text box.
12. When you're satisfied, click "Finished" to close editing mode for that position, or clic "Remove Position" to delete it (removed positions aren't recoverable).
13. Add as many experiences as you want, then, when you're done, click "Save" to preserve your changes.

Education Background

In the Background section, you can input info about your education, such as institutions and degrees. You'll also be able to share links highlighting your background or experience, such as links to your LinkedIn profile, Github, or other external websites.

To enter edit mode for Background:

1. Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner to enter edit mode.

To edit and add to your Education info:

2. Once you've entered edit mode (see 1 above), you'll be able to edit existing education info and add new education entries. Note that, once you've created an education entry, you're not able to edit the name of the institution; to change the name of the institution, you'll need to add a new school (see 2f. below), then re-enter your information.
2a. Use the arrows to adjust your graduation year.
2b. Select your degree type from the available options.
2c. Click in the "Major(s)" text box to enter you major(s).
2d. Click in the "Minors" text box to enter your minors, if any.
2e. You can remove an education entry by clicking "Remove," but bear in mind that removed entries aren't recoverable.
2f. If you attended multiple schools, you can add an entry for each school by clicking Add Another School." Doing so will open a pop-up in which you can select your school and enter your graduation year, degree, major, and minor information; you'll also be able to edit all that information except the school name after creating the entry.

To add and edit links:

3. Once you've entered edit mode (see 1 above), you'll be able to add and edit links to external sites.
3a. First, you'll need to click the "Add A Link" text; this will prompt fields to appear into which you can enter your info.
3b. Click in the "Title" field to name the link; this can be a helpful way to help viewers understand what they'll see by clicking the link.
3c. Click in the "Link" text field to paste in the link itself.
3d. You can always delete links by clicking the "X" to the far right of each link.

To save your changes:

4. When you're done editing your Background info, remember to click the green "Save" button to preserve your changes.

Link Accounts

• Linking accounts after signup
• What does linking an external account do?
• External account FAQs
• To link account
• To unlink account

Linking accounts after signup

You may have chosen to link up some of your external accounts during signup, but you'll also have the opportunity to do so after signup from the Link Accounts section of your profile. You can always unlink your accounts from here as well.

What does linking an external account do?

Linking an external account will allow you to choose that account as a sign in option then sign in using your login info for that account.

From LinkedIn and Facebook, we'll also be able to import some basic information:

• LinkedIn: We will be able to import your profile image, email address, and first and last name.
• Facebook: We will be able to import your profile image, full work history, and full education history

External account FAQs

• I'm having trouble connecting LinkedIn - help!
• I seem to have a duplicate account...what do I do?
• I connected LinkedIn, but not all my info is transferring. Why?
• Why do you ask for so many LinkedIn permissions? I don't want to give you access to my account.

How to link account

1. To link an account, simply click the account option you'd like to link (in the example below, we're using LinkedIn).

Once you've clicked to link your account, a pop-up will open (so make sure you're not blocking pop-ups in your browser!); follow the prompts there to sync up your account.

How to unlink account

2. When an account has been linked, you'll see confirmation and a link to view your profile on that account (if applicable).
3. If you've recently updated your data on your external account, you can update it here by clicking "Refresh Data."
4. You can unlink your account at any point by clicking "Unlink."

How to get to the Part of... Profile info

1. Click your profile image in the upper right.
2. From the drop-down menu, select "My Profile." This will take you to the "About" tab of your profile.
3. In the menu on the left, you'll see a summary of the different sections of your profile Part of...; click to go there..
4. On the main page, you'll find the Part of... Content.

How I Can Help (Advanced)

The How I Can Help section list industries you're experienced in ("industries") and areas in which you'd like to help others ("help topics"). If you're a mentor or available for others to connect with, then you likely selected some relevant industries and help topics during signup.

Note that, if you're not a mentor/available for others to connect with, you won't see this section on your profile.

To enter edit mode for How I Can Help:

1. Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner to enter edit mode for How Can I Help.

To change Help Topics and Industries:

2. Check boxes to indicate which Help Topics you'd like to mentor others on (checked = green), or uncheck boxes to remove those Help Topics from your profile.
3. Search for your Industries or scroll through the list to find relevant Industries, then check or uncheck boxes as needed. Generally, we recommend checking boxes for industries that you feel you have expertise in.
4. Remember to click the green "Save" button before leaving the page.

Additional Information

The Additional Information section allows you to share information about your academic experience, interests, and current activities.

The questions asked in the Additional Information section will vary based on what your site admins chose to ask, so we won't go over them in too much detail here. Because this content can vary, the fields pictured below are sample content and the fields shown on your profile may be entirely different!

To enter edit mode for Additional Information:

1. Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner to enter edit mode for Additional Information.

To update Graduation Year and Affiliations:

2. Click into text boxes and start typing to edit the content there.
3. If presented with a search bar or check boxes, you can use the search bar to find different options; make sure to click in the boxes to check them.
4. Remember to click the green "Save" button before leaving the page.

More About You

The More About You section provides a place for you to share the activities you were involved in while on campus. You could list clubs, volunteer organizations, etc. - whatever you want to share!

To enter edit mode for More About You:

1. Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner to enter edit mode for More About You.

To update campus activities:

2. Click in the text field to start editing or to enter new campus activities.
3. Remember to click the green "Save" button before leaving the page.

 

How to get to the Groups/Programs Profile info

1. Click your profile image in the upper right.
2. From the drop-down menu, select "My Profile." This will take you to the "About" tab of your profile.
3. In the menu on the left, you'll see a summary of the different sections of your profile Groups/Programs.
4. On the main page, you'll find the Groups/Program Content, which you may be able to edit (depending on the way your program is set up) by following the instructions below:

How to enter edit mode for Programs

Note that edit mode is not available for Groups.

1. Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner to enter edit mode for each program that you're part of. Edit Mode will open in a pop-up window.

How to update Program info

Note that Groups info is not editable.

2. Edit the fields in the pop-up window to update your responses to the registration questions (note that the content below is sample content and likely different from the registration questions you will see).
3. Finally, click "Update" to preserve your changes!