Entering Education and Work Information into Your Facebook Timeline

By Carolyn Abram from Facebook For Dummies, 4th Edition

When you set up your Facebook account, you have a chance to enter work history and education. If you don’t do it, your timeline might look a little lean. You can enter this information later by going to the at-a-glance box in your timeline:

All information fields in the About section are optional to fill out. If something doesn’t apply to you, or you don’t want to share that information, just leave it blank.

To add an employer, follow these steps:

Click the Where Have You Worked? field.
Start typing the name of the company where you worked or currently work.

Facebook tries to find a match while you type. When that match is highlighted, or when you finish typing, press Enter.
Enter details of your job into the fields that appear.

These include
- Position: Enter your job title.
- City/Town: Enter where you physically went (or go) to work.
- With: Here you can enter the names of co-workers by typing their names into this field. This is especially useful if you are using your timeline for business networking and you want people to know those to whom they could look for a referral.
- Description: Provide a more detailed description of what it is you do.
- Time Period: Enter the amount of time you worked at this job. If you select I Currently Work Here, it appears at the top of your timeline.
Click Add Job.

See the little privacy icon to the right of the Where Have You Worked field? That icon represents who can see this information, and clicking it allows you to change who can see it. This is true of virtually every field in the About section. Look for the privacy icons and adjust according to your comfort levels.

To add a college, follow these steps:

Click into the field that says Where Did You Go to College/University?
Start typing the name of the college you attended (or attend).

Facebook tries to find a match while you type. When that match is highlighted, or when you finish typing, press Enter.
Enter details of your school into the fields that appear.

These include
- Class Year: Select your class year.
- Concentrations: List any majors or minors you had.
- Attended for: Choose whether you attended as an undergraduate or a graduate student.
Click Add School.

To add a high school, the steps are similar. Click into the High School field, and fill in the information.

You can edit any of this information (for example, if you leave your current job or remember that you were actually class of ’45, not ’46) by clicking the Edit link next to the employer or school you want to edit. The same fields reappear, and you can change any and all information.

When you’re done adding and editing your professional and educational history, click Done Editing to save your changes.