skillsapien user sign-up instructions (individual provider)
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Release 3 WebsiteProvider User sign-up instructions
Updated by: Victor JiangUpdated on: 22/5/2013
Enter your email (as username), password.
Scroll through our Terms and Conditions.
You must click to “agree” in the check-box below, in order to continue.
Once agreed, click on “Next”.
Select your User Type:• Skill Buyer, or:• Skill Provider
Sign-up step-1 page:
Now:1. Check your emails2. Click on link in email:
Sign-up step-1 – confirmation page:
Select accordingly.
For this demo, we will say “No”, as we want to create an individual user and Skill Profile, then linking it back to a Provider Company.
Sign-up step-2 page:
Screen-shot before clicking on “Import from LinkedIn” button:
Sign-up step-2 page:
After clicking on“Import from LinkedIn”button:
(Assuming you are already signed in to LinkedIn, the page will automatically retrieve all your LinkedIn details (including even data for the subsequent pages)
Sign-up step-2 page:
Just remember to double-check your:• Birthdate (in case it
didn’t come through)• Address• Timezone
When done, click “Next”
Sign-up step-2 page:
Notice all the LinkedIn Skill Keywords, along with all other details, have all been imported into this Skillsapien page:
Sign-up step-3 page:
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Job experiences section
Sign-up step-3 page:
Remember to correct any missing info that LinkedIn may not have captured
(E.g. Job Experience Country)
Sign-up step-3 page:
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Education, Languages, Qualifications, and Recommendations sections
Sign-up step-3 page:
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Assets are a Skillsapien concept:Enter any physical or intellectual assets you may be able to deploy to assist in a client project.
This is of particular value to established consultancies with independent IP.(they do not have to disclose what it is, just whether they have it and can be made available for client use or not)
Sign-up step-4 page:
Finally:
With all the experiences from step-3, now you can create a Skill Profile (a Skillsapien concept that represents one facet or dimension of your skill-sets and client credentials)
One user can enter as many Skill Profiles as he/she wishes.
Why not expose all your different skillsets to the market, and let it decide which one is most sought after??Select/fill-in details on the left-side, then click on blue arrow to bring it to right-side – the Skill Profile
Sign-up step-4 page:
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Sections:• Skill Keywords• Profile Summaries• Job Experiences
Sign-up step-4 page:
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Section:• Job Experiences
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Section:• Recommendations
Sign-up step-4 page:
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Sections:• Assets• Rates (unit of measure)
• Default Availability
Sign-up step-4 page:
Create another “Skill Profile” when done??
Skill Profile page:
After sign-up is complete:
- The finished look!
Public Availability and Profile view:
After sign-up is complete:
Here the whole world can see this Profile’s:• Ratings• Pricing• Credentials; and…• Availability!
Notice URL link above, it’s a perma-link!
You can also share this profile URL through many social media channels!!!
Calculating Availability:Your default hours – hours booked/blocked = remaining hours
Updating Availability Calendar:
Update Availability page:
Here you can enter hours to “add” or “block” out from your Calendar, using mass date-range updates.
Update Availability page:
See the effects of the updates in real-time:
Choose hours to “add” or “block” from your Calendar, using mass date-range updates.
Public Profile page:
Here’s the public view of the effects of the Availability update action:
Social media sharing:
Here are the multitude of social sharing options:
A sample Twitter share:
Now it’s easier than ever to make your Profile page viral across the Internet!!