{"id":54185,"date":"2022-02-16T10:40:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T15:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/?page_id=54185"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:07:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:07:16","slug":"profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/academic-process-policies\/faculty-actions\/my-cv\/user-guides\/profile\/","title":{"rendered":"My CV – Profile User Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. My CV Introduction<\/h3>

\nThis User Guide provides details for navigating and modifying your Profile Information<\/i><\/u><\/em> in My CV. There are additional User Guides for other functionality, such as navigating and modifying your scholarly and creative works, grants, teaching activities, and professional activities (service). These can be found on the Training and Support page of the My CV Project Website<\/a>.
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2. Accessing My CV<\/h3>

\nAccess My CV at mycv.bu.edu\/<\/a>
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3. Navigation<\/h3>
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3.1\u00a0 The Menu Tab<\/h4>\n

Click on the Menu icon in the top left-hand corner to navigate My CV.<\/p>\n

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The Menu tab allows you to manage your scholarly and creative works, grants, professional activites, or teaching activities, build your CV or BioSketch, explore scholarly and creative works and activities of other BU users, and manage your profile.<\/p>\n

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3.2\u00a0 The Home Page<\/h4>\n

The Home page<\/b><\/strong> allows you to see a summary view of the information you have in My CV as well as any outstanding actions you need to take, including scholarly and creative works to claim or reject, and scholarly and creative works to deposit into OpenBU. These outstanding actions are displayed by browsing your My Actions <\/b><\/strong>carousel. If you prefer a list of your actions, you can change the display format, by clicking the buttons pointed out with the blue callout box below.<\/p>\n

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3.3\u00a0 Profile Page<\/h4>\n

Navigate to your Profile page<\/b><\/strong> by selecting the Menu > My Profile ><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Profile page <\/b><\/strong>allows you to view or edit your profile information in My CV. This information includes your contact information, overview statement, academic appointments, administrative appointments, degrees, certificates and trainings, language competencies and websites.<\/p>\n

Your profile has been pre-populated \u2013 as accurately as possible \u2013 with information from BUWorks. If any pre-populated information is incorrect, please contact your My CV Liaison<\/a><\/span>, as these issues need to be addressed in the source system.<\/p>\n

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4. Add a Delegate<\/h3>
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You can assign someone to manage your My CV account on your behalf. They will be able to impersonate you, claim\/reject scholarly and creative works, create new scholarly and creative works, deposit into OpenBU, and will receive an email when you have pending scholarly and creative works waiting for your review.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Navigate to Manage Delegates <\/b><\/strong>by clicking Menu > My Profile > <\/b><\/strong>Settings > Account Settings<\/b><\/strong><\/strong>\n

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  2. At the top of the page, you will see a delegate panel. Type your delegate\u2019s name (last name first)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Select the correct person from the drop down list of results that appears and click Add delegate.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n

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    Delegates can be removed at any time by navigating to Manage Delegates <\/b><\/strong>and selecting the red \u2018X\u2019 icon<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>) next to their name on your delegate screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    5. Add Profile Information<\/h3>
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    Maintaining your profile information will ensure that when you export a CV or BioSketch from the system, the information included is accurate and complete.<\/p>\n

    5.1\u00a0 Add a photo<\/h4>\n

    Navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile <\/b><\/strong>><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Click Manage Photo<\/b><\/strong>, browse and select the photo you\u2019d like to upload and click Save<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    5.2\u00a0 Add an email address or phone\u00a0 number<\/h4>\n

    Navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile <\/b><\/strong>><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile. <\/b><\/strong>Click the green plus sign<\/strong> next to Add an email address and\/or Add a phone number (\"\"<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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    5.3\u00a0 Add an overview<\/h4>\n

    \"\"<\/a>Navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile <\/b><\/strong>><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong>. Click the yellow pencil icon<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>) under the Overview heading. Add the desired text and save the change by clicking the green check mark icon<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>)<\/p>\n

    5.4\u00a0 Missing of Inaccurate CURRENT Appointments<\/h4>\n

    At this time, your current<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong> BU appointments<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong> are being pre-populated into your My CV Profile. This information is coming from\u00a0BUWorks. Sometime in the future, your past BU appointments will also automatically be populated in My CV.<\/p>\n

    If there is a current <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>appointment missing from your My CV Profile, or if the information associated with any of your appointments is appearing incorrectly, please contact your My CV Liaison<\/a><\/span>, as these issues need to be addressed in BUWorks. Once the issue is fixed in BUWorks, your appointment information will appear correctly in your My CV Profile the following business day.<\/span><\/p>\n

    5.5\u00a0 Add missing Academic and Administrative Appointments<\/h4>\n

    At this time, your current<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong> BU appointments<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong> are being pre-populated into your My CV Profile. This information is coming from\u00a0BUWorks. Sometime in the future, your past BU appointments will also automatically be populated in My CV.<\/p>\n

    For now, you should only manually add non-BU appointments<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong> into My CV.<\/p>\n

    Academic Appointments<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

    To add an Academic appointment, navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile <\/b><\/strong>><\/b><\/strong> About Me ><\/b><\/strong>Edit Profile. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Under the A<\/b><\/strong>cademic appointments<\/b><\/strong> heading, click the green plus sign<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>). Enter all relevant information, and when you are ready to save, click the green check mark button<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>).<\/p>\n

    Administrative Appointments<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Administrative appointments are called \u201cNon-academic employment\u201d in My CV. To add an administrative appointment, navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile <\/b><\/strong>><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    Under the Non-academic employment heading<\/strong>, click the green plus sign<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>). Enter all relevant information, and when you are ready to save click the green check mark button<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>).<\/p>\n

    5.6\u00a0 Missing or inaccurate education information?<\/h4>\n

    My CV is pre-populated with your education information. This data is coming from BUworks, which may be missing some degrees and certificates.<\/p>\n

    If there is a degree missing from your My CV Profile, or if the information associated with any of your degrees is appearing incorrectly, please contact your My CV Liaison<\/a><\/span>, as these issues need to be addressed in BUWorks. Once the issue is fixed in BUWorks, your degree or certificate will appear correctly in your My CV Profile the following business day.<\/span><\/p>\n

    5.7\u00a0 Add certifications or postgraduate training<\/h4>\n

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    Navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile > About Me > Edit Profile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Click the green plus sign<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>) under the Certifications and\/or Postgraduate training headings. Enter all relevant information, and when you are ready to save, click the green check mark button<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>)<\/p>\n

    5.8\u00a0 Add a language competency<\/h4>\n

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    To add a language competency, navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile ><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Under the Language competencies heading, click the green plus sign<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>). Enter all relevant information, and when you are ready to save click the green check mark button<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>).<\/p>\n

    5.9\u00a0 Add an address<\/h4>\n

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    To add a language competency, navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile ><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Under the Language competencies heading, click the green plus sign<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>). Enter all relevant information, and when you are ready to save click the green check mark button<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>).<\/p>\n

    5.10\u00a0 Add a web address<\/h4>\n

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    To add an address, navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile ><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Under the Mailing addresses heading, click the green plus sign<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>). Enter all relevant information, and when you are ready to save click the green check mark button<\/strong> (\"\"<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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    6. Generate a CV or Biosketch<\/h3>
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    You can quickly and automatically generate a pre-formatted CV or biosketch from the My CV system. To add an generate a CV or Biosketch, navigate to your profile page by clicking Menu > My Profile ><\/b><\/strong> About Me > Edit Profile<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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      Click CV and Reports<\/strong> (located in the upper right of the screen)<\/li>\n

    2. You will be prompted to select the type of document you would like to generate. Select the desired document type<\/li>\n
    3. Select the file format for your document<\/li>\n
    4. Depending on the selected format, click the Download as a Word Document<\/strong> or Download as PDF button.
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      \nYour document will then be automatically generated and downloaded.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      7. Additional Resources<\/h3>
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      More information about My CV, including contact information for your My CV Liaisons, additional User Guides and Frequently Asked Questions, can be found on the My CV Project Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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