Why it’s worth finishing
A thin profile — no photo, no headline, nothing filled in — is the single biggest reason someone hesitates to book you, hire you, or accept your Connection request. CoHub also uses your profile to suggest people worth connecting with on the Network page, so the more accurately it’s filled in, the better those suggestions get, in both directions. None of it is required to use CoHub — but every field left blank is information someone else doesn’t get to see when they’re deciding whether to deal with you.
Get there from Edit your profile, linked from your account menu.
Verify your email first
Nothing else works properly until you do — you need a verified email to book a Space, host a listing or event, or message anyone. It’s a one-click resend from the top of the edit-profile page if you missed the original link.
Photo and cover photo
Your profile photo shows up everywhere — in messages, notifications, search results, and on every listing or task you’re attached to. A real photo of you (not a logo, not blank) is what makes a stranger comfortable messaging you first. The cover photo is the banner across the top of your public profile page — optional, but it’s the first visual impression someone gets when they click through to see who you are.
Headline, company and industry
Your headline is the one line under your name everywhere you appear — make it specific (“Founder, Studio Nine” tells someone far more than “Business owner”). Company and industry both feed directly into how well CoHub can match you with relevant people, listings and tasks, so leaving industry blank means missing out on those matches entirely, not just looking less complete.
Business stage, suburb & preferred location
Business stage is optional context for anyone deciding whether to connect or collaborate with you. Suburb and your preferred CoHub location help match you with nearby members, listings and events — useful even if you mostly book from the same one or two spots.
Website / LinkedIn
One optional link out to wherever you’re established elsewhere — your site or your LinkedIn. It’s often the fastest way for someone to satisfy themselves you’re a real, legitimate business before they book or hire you.
Skills and “What I do”
Skills are short tags (“Copywriting”, “SEO”, “Event Styling”) that make you findable and scannable. “What I do” is your About section — a couple of honest sentences on what you actually do, in your own words. This is the field that turns a profile from a directory entry into an actual person someone wants to talk to.
“I can help with” and “I’m looking for”
Two checklists that make your profile useful for networking specifically, not just bookings — what you can offer other members, and what you’re hoping to find. This is what CoHub’s connection suggestions lean on most, so it’s worth the thirty seconds it takes to tick a few boxes honestly.
Availability, and the introductions/notifications toggles
Availability is a free-text note (“usually at CoHub Tue/Thu mornings”) that helps someone figure out when they might run into you in person. “Open to introductions” and notification preferences control how proactively other members and CoHub itself can reach out — worth checking they’re set the way you actually want.
Experience
Add past roles — title, company, location, dates, and a short description — the same way you would on any professional profile. It’s optional, but it’s often what convinces someone you’re credible before they’ve booked or worked with you even once.
Credentials
If your work needs a licence, certificate or qualification, add it here — type, title, issuing body, credential number, and issue/expiry dates. For CoHub Gigs work in particular, this is what lets a Poster check you’re actually qualified before they hire you for something that legally requires it. CoHub doesn’t independently verify trade or professional qualifications beyond identity checks, so an accurate, up-to-date credential is what does the work of proving it.
Verification document
Uploading an identity verification document may be requested before you can list a Space, post or accept a task, or complete a booking or task — particularly for higher-risk categories. It’s a one-time step, not something you need to redo per booking.
What builds up automatically
Your booking and gig history, and the reviews you earn from hosts, guests, posters and workers, all show up on your public profile over time — see how business networking works for how reviews work. You don’t fill these in yourself; they’re the payoff for actually using the platform, and they’re what eventually does more for your credibility than any field you can type into.
Taking a break, or closing your account
Both live on a separate Account settings page — next to Edit profile in your account menu, top right of any page — rather than mixed in with the profile fields above, since they’re account-level decisions, not profile edits.
Take a break is the reversible option: it hides you from Business Connections’ suggestions and directory search, but everything else — messages, bookings, Gigs tasks — keeps working exactly as normal. Turn it back on from the same page whenever you’re ready; nothing is lost in between.
Close your account is the one-way option: you’re logged out immediately and your profile is hidden everywhere on CoHub. It can’t be undone yourself afterwards — you’d need to contact info@cohub.com.au to reopen it. Your existing bookings, reviews and messages are kept, not deleted, in line with our Privacy Policy.