Try some of the resources available to you when creating your next level career profile, and then start applying with a living CV that represents what you really have to offer any prospective recruiters for jobs, funding, introductions, and more. One of the most popular career development sessions at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's Academic Literacies & Writing unit, offered by Gino Fransman to educators and students.

1. aka the BoM – The Business of Me
Taking your CV online
Gino Fransman
gino.fransman@nmmu.ac.za
Academic Development Professional
Academic Literacies and Writing
Centre for Teaching Learning & Media (CTLM)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)
NMMU, Missionvale Campus, Senate Hall:
Academic Development Day

2. Good day, and welcome.
Thank you for being part of the session.
For the next hour, let’s each consider ourselves as being
our own primary business. The money maker.
You are the primary tool, so hopefully you may be able to
use this session as one of many other springboards, for
developing your best asset in various ways.
Our focus today:
Going Online Professionally

3. Some background
We need to realise that creativity and innovation are
essential tools for any of us looking to truly compete
in a developing reality.
• The ways that we learn today are radically different to
some of the ways in which we adopted knowledge
before.
• How many times have you consulted a dictionary
lately, instead of going online and finding the word
online?

4. The technologies that generate these changes are
still changing themselves, so creative learning
styles are the way to keep abreast of those
changes.
You may not learn it in a classroom; you might not
have learnt it at school.
BUT
Now and ahead, you need to become a self
sustaining teaching and learning unit, for
academic, career and social purposes.

5. You also need to reflect yourself professionally.
Hey, you’re a model...

6. Your task is
To fill in the blanks according to what is required for reaching
your career aim as we go through the following questions
To engage in imagining experiential activities while a student
or as a professional in the field
To consider how to generate, store, reflect and constantly
update employer/trainer feedback on your abilities
This is also known as?

7. Please write down the questions and start answering
The Basics About the BoM
1. What is your desired career choice?
2. What do you need to fully achieve your career
aim/purpose?
3. How long does it take to qualify for the ‘academic
part’?

8. 4. What skills do you possess that will make
achieving your career aim/purpose possible?
5. Skills vs Attributes. Yours?
6. What do you still need in order to get where
you want to be?

9. 7. What do you already possess, or
what’s already been achieved, out of
these identified requirements?
8. Finally: what’s left to do?

10. Now, the next task
is to start the process of reflecting on:
potential for getting work;
potential to apply for internships, for funding or
other development opportunities available and
advertised online

12. Why LinkedIn You Ask?
“... consider this: According to the Pew Research
Centre, LinkedIn usage is especially high among
the educated (bachelor’s degree holders and
up), and high earners (those making $75,000 a
year or more) — exactly the types of people
with whom you’d want to connect
professionally...”
Thus: also the types able to hire you...
Laura Shin, Forbes Magazine: How To Use LinkedIn: 5 Smart Steps To
Career Success, June 26, 2014
http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/06/26/how-to-use-linkedin-5-smart-steps-to-career-success/

13. What is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_aXKxRPvE8
LinkedIn Tutorial 2014 –
Introduction / What is LinkedIn?
Let’s watch!
Remember, there are several additional videos
alongside this link to take you much further getting a
great online portfolio!
Jot down questions as you watch...

14. “...we invite you to attend a free online
presentation or view a pre-recorded session.
For live webinars, you must sign up at least 24
hours in advance to receive the confirmation
email containing instructions on how to join
your session...”

15. To help you get started using your account or to learn
more about LinkedIn features and functionalities
• Creating an Online Presence on LinkedIn - Part I
• Date: Every Tuesday
• Time: 9:30 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco,
GMT-07:00)
• Brand new to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? In
Part I of our series, we talk through creating an online
presence on LinkedIn. We also address building out
your profile and how to control your settings.
• Register for a live webinar.
• View a pre-recorded session.

16. Engaging With Your LinkedIn Network - Part II
• Date: Every Tuesday
• Time: 10:30 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San
Francisco, GMT-07:00)
• Alright, you've got a LinkedIn profile, now what?
In Part II of our series, we talk about how to
engage with your network on LinkedIn using
some of the features we've available like
connecting with other members, searching,
Pulse, and even Company Pages.
• Register for a live webinar.
• View a pre-recorded session.

17. Job Search
Date: Once Per Month
Time: See here for
session dates and times

18. 5 tips
1. Make a findable and visually appealing
profile
2.Use your LinkedIn profile to showcase
everything that doesn’t fit on your resume
3. When you’ve got a profile you’re ready to
show the world, strategically connect with
others
Laura Shin, Forbes Magazine: How To Use LinkedIn: 5 Smart Steps To Career
Success, June 26, 2014
http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/06/26/how-to-use-linkedin-5-smart-steps-to-career-success/

19. 4. Once you’ve got a valuable network, snoop.
5. Stay active on the site.
Laura Shin, Forbes Magazine: How To Use LinkedIn: 5 Smart Steps To Career
Success, June 26, 2014
http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/06/26/how-to-use-linkedin-5-smart-steps-to-career-success/

20. “...98% of recruiters and 85% of hiring
managers use LinkedIn to find candidates,
says Viveka von Rosen, author of LinkedIn
Marketing: An Hour a Day and founder of
LinkedIntoBusiness.com.
What do you use?

21. Build Experiences and Networking
Opportunities

22. Visit this site and try learning something in another
language.
http://radiolingua.com/
Global Citizen
Vs
Local is Lekker
Learn a language, bit by bit, on
many different devices!

23. Volunteering?

24. References?

25. Questions?

26. writing.nmmu.ac.za
gino.fransman@nmmu.ac.za
Twitter: @ginofransman
Visit
Academic Literacy Development Scoopit Site
http://www.scoop.it/t/academic-literacy-development
21st Century Graduate Literacies Scoopit Site
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-graduate-literacies
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