1. Using the web to demonstrate your skills
Networking for Work: http://networkingforwork.org.uk

2. Using the web to
demonstrate your skills
- Creating your own online spaces to illustrate what you can
do: some vivid examples of people using blogs, visuals and
video to illustrate their skills and an outline of our resources
to help you do the same.
- Networking yourself and your skills online: examples of
people using Facebook and Twitter to market themselves to
their target audiences and an outline of our resources to help
you do the same.

3. Having a good CV is
essential for job-hunting
but by using online tools
you can bring the written
word to life. Use tools
such as blogs to show as
well as tell potential
employers what you're
capable of.
[Image by Charlotte West]

4. What is a blog?
- Blogs are websites that are easy to
create and regularly update.
- There are many blogging platforms you
can use to quickly create a free, hosted
website. All you need for sign-up is an
email address.
- Blogging platforms such as Wordpress
have very simple user interfaces,
meaning you don't have to know any
nasty code to make them work for you. If
you can use email confidently or shop
online, you can easily create and use a
blog.

5. An online space you can make your own
Tom Baker runs a small community bakery in Birmingham and has
used a simple Wordpress blog to create a website to demonstrate his
specialist skills, outline his bakery's services and engage customers.

6. Find our resources on networkingforwork.org.uk
Find our video guide to 'Creating a website with Wordpress.com' and other
blog-related resources, including Kind of Digital's guide 'What is Blogging?',
under 'Blogs' on the 'Resources' page of our website.

7. A picture is worth a thousand words
Female painter and decorator Liz posts pictures of her work, including
'before and after' shots, on her Juniper Ash Decorating website,
vividly illustrating her skill and impact.

8. Bring your skills to life with some video
Birmingham-based Zumba instructor Jolene Speke creates simple instruction
videos and publishes them on YouTube to then share on her website and
Facebook profile. View http://youtu.be/xvLnFBeyDgg to see how Jolene uses
video to demonstrate her expertise.

9. Find our resources on networkingforwork.org.uk
Find some helpful guides, hints and tips to publishing images and video
online under 'Multimedia' on the 'Resources' page of our website.

10. Network your skills online
Driving instructor Scott Rathbone uses a Facebook page to publicise his
Ultimate Driving Skool business. He engages his customers with helpful
driving hints and tips and publicly congratulates his successful customers,
highlighting his own skills in the process.

11. Use Facebook to help you connect and communicate
Jolene Speke uses her Facebook profile to connect with and keep in touch
with her customers, letting them know of class arrangements. She also uses it
to share her demonstration videos and photos.

12. Find our resources on networkingforwork.org.uk
Find some helpful guides, hints and tips to getting started with Facebook
under 'Facebook' on the 'Resources' page of our website.

13. Get talking to people via Twitter
Tom Baker uses his Twitter account to talk connect with local people, show off
his latest cullinary creations and keep customers updated of the latest
developments at Loaf bakery. He posts links to blog posts on his Twitter
account to help widen the reach of his website's content.

14. Find our resources on networkingforwork.org.uk
Find some helpful guides, hints and tips to getting started with Twitter under
'Twitter' on the 'Resources' page of our website.

15. Advantages of using the web to bring your CV to life:
- You can create online spaces that you have full control over,
which you can use to highlight and show off your skills and
successes.
- If updated regularly, these online spaces will rank highly in a
Google search for your name, so will help form an impressive,
professional online profile.
- You can use social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to
connect with people, network yourself locally/within your chosen
industry and demonstrate your knowledge to potential employers.

16. Further support:
http://networkingforwork.org.uk
Email: hello@talkaboutlocal.org
Tel. 0121 288 2910