My Details
New users
Keep me logged in
Existing users
Forgotten your password?
My Details account page
Your profile and CV
Jobs by email
My applications
My jobseeker account details
Change email address
Change password
Email subscription options
Closing your My Details account
Logging out
New users
If this is your first time to My Details, you will need to register (which is free). Go to the My Details page and click on the 'Create an account' button. You will be asked to type in your salutation, first name and family name. You will also be asked to enter your email address, then choose and confirm a password. You must remember these for future use.
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Existing users
If you are an existing user and have a record of your email address and password, simply go to the My Details page, enter them in the 'Already registered?' box and click on the 'Log in' button. If you have forgotten your password, click on the 'Forgotten your password' link.
Forgotten your password?
If you have forgotten your password when you go to log in, click on the 'Forgotten your password' link. You will be presented with a screen in which you need to enter your email address. Click on 'submit' and your password will be emailed to your mailbox.
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Keep me logged in
If you would like JOBJOURNEYScotland to remember you next time you visit the site, please leave the 'keep me signed in...' box ticked. If you use a shared computer, please note this option does not give anyone else access to your personal data (CV), you have to log in to view this information.
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My Details account page
My Profile
To go into our candidate database and allow recruiters to find you for their jobs, you need to complete a Jobseeker Profile. Click on the 'View my profile' button in the My Profile section. The purpose of this questionnaire is to create a file of information on you, that you control, and that recruiters can search. Once you have completed the form, you can decide how much of this information you want recruiters to be able to see. With the Jobseeker Profile visibility options at the bottom of the page you can do the following:
If you want recruiters to be able to see ALL of the information in your Jobseeker Profile, including your Personal details and CV, work experience information and new job requirements you can do so by selecting the first radio button.
If you want recruiters to be able to see your work experience information and new job requirements but NOT your personal details or your CV you can do so by selecting the second radio button.
If you do not want recruiters to be able to view any of your Jobseeker Profile information you can do so by selecting the final radio button.
Personal details
- Home phone - Number you can be reached on outside working hours.
- Office phone - Number you can be reached on during working hours.
- Check to allow recruiter contact via SMS - SMS stands for Short Message Service. It is the same as text messaging. Tick the check box to allow recruiters to contact you by SMS to your mobile phone in the future.
Upload CV
- CV - Your CV must be in MS Word format. Please make sure it is not password protected. Click the 'Browse...' button and follow the prompts to locate your CV, for example it may be saved on your home PC. Or you can type its location in the My CV box. If, at a later date, you want to update your CV with a new version you can do so by clicking the 'change' link, and repeat the above process to update the online copy.
My experience
- Education level - Your highest academic achievement
- Industry/ sector experience - Tick one or more options to show the areas of your experience. This can be industries such as Legal and kinds of work such as Secretarial, PAs, Administration.
- Years of experience - Click the drop down to select the number of years that most closely matches how long you have been working overall.
- Current job title/ function - your current role or job title
- Key skills - A brief outline of what your hard and soft skills are. Hard skills are qualifications and training, soft skills are acquired experience.
- Country of residence - Click the drop down arrow to select a country.
- Current salary/rate - Use the first drop down arrow to indicate whether your income is an annual salary, daily rate or hourly rate. From the second drop down you can select the amount you receive.
- Additional languages - Use the drop down to indicate language abilities other than English. These are languages that you would be comfortable using in a business environment. Click the plus icon (+) to select more than one.
- Availability - This section allows you to specify when you are available to start a new job. You can choose:
- a notice period by selecting the radio button and then picking an option from the list
- a date you are available from by selecting that radio button and then specifying a date or
- you can decide you are not available by selecting the third radio button.
- Eligibility - Select the option or options that apply to you
My requirements
- Desired job title/function - the job or role you are looking for
- Personal summary - a brief outline of the type of work you are looking for.
- Desired Location - Use the drop down to select the area where you prefer to work. Select the option 'Any location' to indicate willingness to relocate. Click the plus icon (+) to select more than one location.
- Desired salary/rate - Use the first drop down to indicate a whether your desired income should be an annual salary, daily rate or hourly rate. From the second drop down you can select the amount you are looking for.
- Type of position- Use the drop down to select the kind of position you want, Select 'Any' if you are willing to consider all options.
- Desired hours - Use this drop down to select whether you are looking for full time or part time work, or type your requirement. Select 'Any' if you are willing to consider either option.
Jobseeker Profile visibility options
The Jobseeker Profile visibility options allow you to do the following:
- If you want recruiters to be able to see ALL of the information in your Jobseeker Profile, including your Personal details and CV, work experience information and new job requirements you can do so by selecting the first radio button.
- If you want recruiters to be able to see your work experience information and new job requirements but NOT your personal details or your CV you can do so by selecting the second radio button
- If you do not want recruiters to be able to view any of your Jobseeker Profile you can do so by selecting the final radio button.
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Jobs By Email
Jobs By Email enables you to set up a regular feed of job vacancies to be sent to you by email. Click on 'Setup a new JBE' to create a new email alert. You will be presented with a choice of lists to pick the information you think is most relevant to your search, and a keyword field, in which you can type words to look for, that will help narrow down the search.
Click on 'view sample results' to see current jobs that match your criteria. If you are not happy with the type of jobs that appear you can click 'Back to JBE set up' and change your criteria.
When you are happy with your JBE criteria, click on the "Activate Jobs By Email" button.
When you return to My Details, your JBE alerts will be displayed in the 'Jobs By Email' section. Next to its listing are three buttons:
- 'send email' This is a radio button. Click on it to receive emails (this is the default setting)
- 'don't send email' This is a radio button. Click on it to stop receiving emails, but save the alert for later use.
- 'Delete' (X) Click on this button to completely remove that JBE from your account.
You can have up to three email alerts set up at any one time. You can click on the alert title to see the latest results for that search. You can also specify how you would like to view the emails, in plain text or HTML.
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My applications
This area of My Details keeps a record of any jobs you have applied for online. For each job you can see:
- the name of the job, which links to a full description of the job,
- the date the job was created,
- the date on which you applied for the job,
- the name of the company advertising it and
- a contact email address for the job.
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My jobseeker account details
This page allows you to:
- change the email address you use to log in to My Details
- change the password you use to log in to My Details
- edit your email subscription options
- close your account on JOBJOURNEYScotland
Change email address - To change your email address, enter your new address and click on submit. You will be logged out of My Details, and will need to log in again using your new email address.
Change password - To change your password, please enter a new password, enter it again to confirm and then click on submit. You will be logged out of My Details, and will need to log in again using your new password.
Email subscription options - Use the check boxes to specify whether you want to receive job and career information, by email, that is matched to your criteria, and if you would like to receive interesting offers from JOBJOURNEYScotland partner companies.
Closing my jobseeker account - If you wish to close your My Details account or remove your information, click on the 'Close my account' button. You will then see the 'Close my jobseeker account' page. Click on the 'Close my account' button. You will be asked to confirm your choice. If you continue, your account will be closed, and all your data erased from our database. You will go to the JOBJOURNEYScotland home page.
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Logout
When you have finished with your session in My Details, click on the 'Log out' button at the top of the page. You will be presented with a page confirming that you have logged out.
