- Cestagi.com facilitates an easy to use platform that helps keep your achievements current. Cestagi.com simplifies maintenance of your biographical sketch page, vitae or resume, by providing a simple step-by-step process framework. With the push of a button you can export your vitae from anywhere in the world in matter of seconds as long as you have Internet access. Modify it and it is ready for your next proposal or job offer.
- Cestagi.com is available to everyone, with more and more individuals from academia, government and industry signing up. Professionals, educators and young scholars who are serious about career advancement, wish to promote their unique credentials and initiate collaborative efforts among peers are encouraged to sign up.
- Cestagi.com is a web service that is easily accessible from any computer using a web browser. To get started all you need is a valid email address. The sign up takes a minute or two and you can always return to update/add more information at your convenience.
- Nothing. You get all the tools to manage and export your resume, a personalized account link to your vitae web page and the privilege to advertise employment opportunities and events at no cost. (Advertising privileges may be forfeited as Spam will not be tolerated.)
What is my personal account link? Can I change it?
- Personal account link is automatically generated for you when your Cestagi.com account is validated during the sign-up process. It is found under "Settings" once you login into your account. The format of your personal account link is http://cestagi.com?Firstname_Lastname where "Firstname_Lastname" can be altered to your liking under account settings. So, whenever you want to provide a web link to your curriculum vitae, that would be the format.
How do I update my email address?
- Your email address can be updated under "Settings" once you login into your Cestagi.com account. You will be asked to enter your new email address. Verification code will be sent to your new email, which you will have to retrieve and supply before changes will take place.
- Your password can be changed under "Settings" once you login into your Cestagi.com account.
I forgot my password, what do I do?
- If you forgot your account password, please use our Contact us form found on the bottom of Cestagi.com website. Be sure to provide the email address that is associated with the account.
Is Cestagi safe? Are there privacy settings?
- Cestagi.com takes safety measures with your information seriously. Contact information, only if you wish to provide it, including phone numbers and email addresses are displayed as an image in a Captcha-like format on your vitae web page. This prevents automated bots and other web crawlers from retrieving and harvesting such information for Spam/unsolicited marketing purposes. Cestagi.com also incorporates different privacy levels for your account. You can make your vitae information public, restricted (viewable only to registered Cestagi.com users), private (viewable only to registered Cestagi.com users you are collaborating with, meaning people you add under the "Collaborators" module) and hidden (not viewable by anyone, only you have access to it). You can set privacy level under the "Settings" quite easily once you login into your account.
Do I need to provide all the information when building my curriculum vitae?
- Cestagi.com stores information in a modularized format. This facilitates clean organization and easy customization of your biographical sketch. Meaning, if you do not have any publications or wish to not share them, you simply uncheck the "Publications" module under your account settings and it never gets published on your vitae page. Same goes for the "Teaching courses" module, if you do not teach, you simply uncheck it. The following modules are currently supported on Cestagi.com: "Personal Information" (this module is required), "Personal statement", "Education", "Research interests", "Work showcase", "Teaching courses", "Professional affiliations and services", "Awards and honors", "Publications", "Conference proceedings and workshops", "Professional experience", "Grant support and funding", "Collaborators" and "Announcements."
What export features does Cestagi support?
- Cestagi.com currently supports many export features. Cestagi.com provides the ability for you to export your online curriculum vitae information into different formats (NSF/NIH formats included) in PDF, WORD (RTF) and LATEX document types. Furthermore, the "Publications" and "Conference proceedings and workshops" modules allow you to export corresponding information in both RIS and BibTex formats.
- Yes! Once you create your Cestagi.com account, you can advertise an event, like a conference or workshop, on your page or even a job opening. To publish an employment opportunity on Cestagi.com, login into your account and under settings click on "Announcements" module. Select an "Employment" category and proceed with the form. Once you enter all the information and click submit, our staff will review the announcement and publish it on our website at no cost. (Approval typically takes 24-48hrs)
Is there an easier way of importing publications?
- Yes! Within the "Publications" module, you can provide a DOI link to your published article. Once you provide a valid DOI link, click on "X-REF." Cestagi.com will try to populate the rest of the fields for you. Please allow a couple of seconds to process this request.
How do I get started with Cestagi?
- It is simple, get started now by clicking here.
Date of last revision is 01/01/2012.
More questions? Please contact Cestagi.com at support@cestagi.com.