A profile that tells employers what you can do

Start with one unfinished basic section

In My profile, the Basic information cards bring your essential details together. Open a card with a reminder, complete that part and save your changes before moving on. If you are still in the initial setup, use Continue setting up my profile and finish the remaining steps.

Read the words on a card as well as its colour. A reminder about a missing language level asks for a different action from an add-on marked Unlock required. CV, Introduction Video and Portfolio are separate extras; you can improve your basic profile without preparing all of them today.

Describe work someone could picture

Choose experience that reflects work you have actually done. Then, where the form gives you space to explain, add a short example of what that work involved. Think about a task you could comfortably discuss if an employer asked about it.

For example: “Handled guest arrivals, updated room bookings and passed special requests to the next shift.” This gives a front-desk employer something more useful than “Excellent hospitality professional”.

For an office role, a truthful example might be: “Checked supplier invoices against purchase records and kept an Excel tracker up to date.” Use numbers only when you know they are accurate.

If you are looking for your first job

Use the no-prior-experience option if it describes your situation. You can still explain useful learning or practice: a course project, volunteering, helping organise an event or a personal project. Label it clearly so an employer can distinguish practice from paid employment.

For example: “During a college project, I built a simple stock tracker in Excel and checked the totals with my group.” You do not need to turn that into a job title you have never held.

Give languages and software a useful level

Select the languages you use and set a level for each selected language. The explanation beside Language proficiency can help you choose. Match the level to what you can do now, including an ordinary work conversation, rather than the level you hope to reach.

For software, describe the tasks you can carry out. “Excel: enter and sort records, use simple formulas and create a monthly totals sheet” is easier to understand than “Good at computers”. Use the notes field for relevant tools or experience the selections do not cover.

• Do not select a language or tool just because it appears in many job searches.
• If you have only practised something in a course, say so.
• Keep the level and your written example consistent.

Make location and contact choices accurate

Keep where you currently live separate from where you would like to work. Choose preferred work locations that you could realistically consider. You can be interested in Dubai while currently living somewhere else; the two answers serve different purposes.

Check Contacts & social profiles for spelling, an up-to-date email address and any work-relevant links you want to include. Review who can see each contact method. Add your own details, not a former manager’s private number or someone else’s account.

If you add a profile photo, choose a clear, recent image of yourself and follow the upload instructions shown. You do not need a studio portrait to make a careful choice.

Save, check and choose the next action

After saving, return to My profile and look again at the basic cards. If your job search has a View option, your signed-in private preview is useful for checking what the employer view would look like. It does not make the page publicly accessible.

Finishing your profile and publishing a job search are separate steps. Once your details are ready, look at My job search and check whether a promotion is Published. A saved draft still needs its publication step.

• My experience describes real tasks or clearly labelled practice.
• My selected languages and software have honest levels.
• My preferred locations and contact choices are up to date.
• I have saved my changes and know whether my job search is published.

Your next step

Open My profile and finish one basic section that still needs attention. You can build the rest from there.