Quick Steps:
- Log in to myCareer > Select “My Account” at the top of the screen
- Scroll down the page to enter your First Name Used and check the corresponding feature to apply this name across myCareer, identify your pronouns, or provide a secondary phone number and your consent to text.
- Press Save at the bottom of the screen.
If you require guidance on your name or pronoun usage decisions, contact Dalhousie’s office of Human Rights and Equity Services or a 2SLGBTQ+ Advisor for support.
For more detail on the steps above, review the full step-by-step directions below.
There are several ways in myCareer that you can personalize your profile and provide more information on how you would like to be addressed and contacted. All the following changes can be made from the “My Account” tab of your myCareer dashboard.
1. Updating your First Name Used:
Within your My Account tab, enter your First Name Used, and “check” the box immediately below the field. Press Save.
Your First Name Used will now be displayed (instead of your Legal First Name) within your user profile, job applicant lists and interview schedules for employers, appointment bookings with staff, and your Co-Curricular Record.
If you enter your First Name Used, and do not check the box to apply the name across the site:
- Onlyyour Legal First Name will appear to employers across the myCareer system
- However, staff will see both but will default to your identified First Name Used when communicating with you and employers
To avoid this discrepancy, always check the box if entering your First Name Used.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This change affects the myCareer system only. Access DalOnline to edit your First Name Used for other Dalhousie systems (such as Brightspace, myDal, etc.) and/or consult the University’s Student Guide for options on transcript updates.
2. Updating Your Pronouns:
Further down the screen, you will find a section where you can enter your Pronouns. These are the part of speech used to refer to someone in the third person (E.g., She/Her/Hers, He/Him/His, They/Them/Theirs, Ze/Hir/Hirs, and many more).
Your pronouns will not appear to employers or anywhere else within the myCareer system but can be referenced by staff to inform how they can respectfully refer to you.
3. Secondary Phone Number and Consent to Text
If you wish to provide a secondary/cell phone number, you can enter that further down the screen and indicate whether you consent to be texted via this number. This can be utilized by staff to reach you should we have important alerts or reminders on key co-op communications or deadlines.
For more myCareer tips, consult our other Student User Guide tutorials.
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