Welcome to Skill Exchange Here are some simply tips and points to help new Members, or

people considering Membership, to navigate the website and use the Member services easily and effectively

Let’s get you started!

New?

JOIN Here

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COMPLETE & JOIN UP

To become a Member complete the registration form in JOIN section.

Name, address and contact details- If in NI please select your local area / county and add your e-mail and answer the simply (human test) create a password, and tick the T’s and C’s box to apply.

Using your Account page

Here is your Skill X Account Services-Link to the Main website, Your Skill Exchange profiles / expert listings; Your Contacts and search for other Members sections.

Here is your Account ID - complete more fully your details, change password and add /upload a recent (passport like) photo of yourself. These help create your presence within Membership.

Fully complete your ID / Contact details

Completing your ID details helps Skill X Administration see and contact you.

Your location Post Code is vital (not shared /shown in searches ) and used to give ‘distance from’ /locality to skills and expertise. Jan Wilkins / OHP is our demo Member/Company

Fully complete your Member Profile

Completing your own Profile and Company details helps other Contact members see and appreciate who you are and what industry and areas you represent. Jan Wilkins is our demo Member

Contacting other Members

In My Contacts- search by first or surname (use upper case leading text e.g. John or Smith).

Activate Exchange card now to send a direct e-mail request to each Member ‘s you wish to contact.

They must see Contact Pending and then accept (or decline ) contact before you get their Profile details.

Using My Skill Exchange (MySkill X)

Use /create your own unique Member Ref. to ID and track this candidate (e.g. RD012). Do Not use candidate Names.

Select Enabled YES or NO to make the profile public or not.

You MUST Add YOUR /the Business/ Office/Location Post Code.

Use ‘Next’ and complete the whole form please.

Open My Skill X to add a Profile of one of your employees that you wish to promote OR select to offer yourself or another colleague as an Expert Offer.

Or Request Skills from other members.

Using My Skill Exchange (MySkill X)

If this is submitting a candidate /employee available for hire or loan / secondment do not add candidate names or gender to these forms. Complete the Skill Profile form as best you can. Good Job Descriptions and past Experience help Members see potential use and understand the wider roles available. The more detail you add the better the search results and interest. If you are adding yourself e.g. as an Expert you can create a number of Skill Profiles based on industry sectors or skill sets- so that you can be found by searches across more than one industry.

Using My Skill Exchange (MySkill X)

Competence is an increasingly valuable way to judge skills mobility and the ability to change or cope in a new workplace or role.

Skill X uses competence in Leadership, Commercial and Communication as descriptions to add value and clarity to candidate’s Skill Profiles.

Select from the choices and broad examples but feel free to write your own within each section.

Searching Skill & Expertise

To search skills- Log- in as a Member and on the main website- select ‘Search’ section from the top navigation bar, and you’ll see three search groups. Select the button ‘Find Expertise’. In Find Expertise use the search box on the right for Job Function etc; hit Search.

This is the main Member search area. Use the left hand search boxes. BUT DO ADD YOUR Post Code (this

gives us your present works location and any skill provided will be related in distance to you).

As a demo test select ‘Expert Available’ and ‘Marketing / Sales /PR– add your post code BTXX and hit ‘Search’. Y ou can if you wish also ONLY use Expert, your Post Code and the keyword search e.g. Marketing or whatever.

From the results- Select View to read each Member or candidate Profile or CV. If interested hit Send Enquiry Now at the end of the Profile to contact the Member.

Searching Skill & Expertise

We hope this has helped introduce the service. Thanks for your time.

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