This presentation will tell you a little about Work Hands, which basically LinkedIn for Blue Collare workers. You will see screen shots & my two cents on how it worked. Worth checking out!
2. How I heard about it…
• An article was passed along through the RRAF
group… http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/linkedin-style-job-network-blue-collar-crowd#.Uk7FhZMFNT0.email
• I checked it out and here is what I learned…
6. Getting started
• Because I chose to sign up through Facebook, some
information was pulled in already
• The rest I had to add, starting with my trade
• For a few moments, I pretended to be a construction
carpenter…
7. Next
• Add the number of years experience by sliding
the bar
• Then enter your zip code
8. Following this
• To fully utilize this site you will want to add connections (just
like Linkedin and Facebook)
• This is your chance to do that
• You can have it pull in your Facebook friends to choose from
or you can sync your Yahoo or Gmail emails
9. At this point…
• You have created your profile
• Now it is time to learn about it and enhance
what kind of information you are sharing
10. Things like…
• What kind of equipment do you know how to
use (and which do you own)
12. Projects
• There is a section called Projects where you
can add in more info about a specific project
you worked on – you are also supposed to be
able to upload photos
• I had trouble with the photos – I couldn’t get
it to work (it kept saying wrong file type even
though I tried a variety of file types)…
probably a glitch that will fix itself
13. In addition…
• Because I signed up through Facebook and I already
had some information about my education in my FB
profile, this came in automatically
14. Furthermore…
• My work history also came in from Facebook
• You can, of course, edit this or add additional
information at this time
16. You can even…
• Ask for endorsements (like Linkedin) by email or through
Facebook
• I tried the email for endorsement, but it didn’t go anywhere –
just kept running… again, could be a glitch that will fix itself
• I didn’t try the Facebook one
18. This is what the Jobs tab looks like
• It looks like the jobs pull in from different sites (like Craigslist for example)
but it also look like employers can join and post jobs for free right now
• When I clicked on a job to look at it more, it gave the option to apply
(now) or apply externally – I didn’t try this feature fully as I’m sure the
poor soul who would have received my “application” would have been a
bit confused!
20. Cool feature alert!
• Download your resume – takes the info in
your Work Hands profile and creates a resume
21. • If you get a chance to play with it, I’d love to hear how it
works for you
• Also, if clients are using it and you get feedback, I’d love to
hear that too!
• Again, great find Marney and thanks for sharing it – I think it
could be really valuable for the skilled/trades fields!
• Sarah Rach-Sovich, sarahr@rmcep.com