Discussion Topics and Organisation

The discussion area is broken down into categories and sub-categories. This keeps discussion clear and organised and allows everyone to follow what's going on. The categories are predefined by our staff here, and can sometimes change to reflect useage of the discussion area. At the moment, they are as follows:

• Categories...

Inside each category or sub-category you can find topics. These are threads of discussion - posts related to a common subject. The basic use of a discussion area, or forum as it is called on some sites, is:

• If you are browsing out of interest you are able to read through many topics and contribute to those which you have something to add to, of value.
• If you have a question or point in mind, you look for an existing topic that discusses your point by browsing and searching. If it doesn't exist you then create the topic in the right area.

Discussion Etiquette

Overview. Link to T's/C's; etc

Formatting Your Posts

To format your posts we use a system called BB Code. This is relatively widespread, although it does vary a little from site to site. Generally you can type as you normally would. If you want to add some colour, style or specific formatting to your post, then you can start with the BBCode Guide.

One Profession is a website that enables the science, technology and engineering communities to sharing, discussion and development. It wishes to support people at all stages of their career, including directors and those yet to get started. It does this by providing the following features:

• A discussion area, dedicated to you for discussing anything from current affairs through to tackling problems on the bench or best practice when managing people.
• A wiki, designed to enable you to store nuggets of information or whole articles so that others may benefit from your experience or add to it.
• Genesis, our personal and professional development application. It enables you to work alone, with your mentors or with your organisation to structure and record your development.
• Articles on hot topics from our engineers at One Profession and experts in the field.
• A news feed following the activities of our industries, communities and the site.
• A job listing facility, enabling you to search for a new challenge or post jobs from your enterprise.

Depending on what you are looking for, there will be a feature for you. Start by browsing the above sites, reading our articles or browsing the wiki. If you wish to develop your career, take a look at Genesis or search through the jobs listings. Perhaps an article has addressed the big question on your mind. If you can't find the question, or just fancy a good debate, then it's worth heading over to the discussion area and posting a topic there.

The key to what you get out of this site is that if you have something to contribute, it's well worth putting it in the wiki, or even submitting an article. Not only will you help the next people who have the same question, but you'll also be gaining yourself attention and a reputation.

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