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Uploading Your Resume and Other Documents
You may browse through the On-Campus Recruiting employers listed in your account at any time, but to apply you will need to upload your resume and any other documents (cover letters, transcripts, writing samples, etc.) that the employer requires. You may upload up to 10 documents in your account. Documents may be word processing documents (such as Microsoft Word) or PDFs. The former is recommended since PDF documents occasionally encounter technical
difficulties.
Important: Registering for On-Campus
Recruiting does not mean that any employers will automatically receive
your resume. Keep reading to learn how to make sure they will receive
it.
- Log into your J-Connect account.
- Click “Documents” tab at the top of the screen
- Click on the “Add New” button.
- On the following page in the “Label” field, give your resume a descriptive name (for example, “First Name Last Name Date Banking”).
- Select the document type.
- Click on “Browse” to find your resume on your hard drive or on a disk and then double-click on the file to be uploaded.
- Click on “Submit.”
Note…You still need to apply.
Creating a J-Connect account and uploading your resume does not mean that employers receive your resume automatically. To send your resume, view the available OCR opportunities and submit your resume for each individual opportunity in which you are interested. (See “Submitting a Resume” for details.)
Throughout your job or internship search, you will probably want to update, remove, or add new resumes. This can also be accomplished through the Documents area of your J-Connect account. If you have an updated resume, you can either add it or use it to replace an old resume in your account.
Creating a resume is very different from writing a paper. Even
highly skilled writers will find that they need to employ a new
techniques to create an effective resume. Before submitting your
resume to OCR employers, spend time on your resume and seek assistance
from experts like the Career Center, alumni, and professionals working
in the fields that interest you.
Click here to learn more about writing
or improving your resume, creating cover letters, and more about
other documents you might need. Without an excellent resume and
cover letters, you will find it challenging to succeed in On-Campus
Recruiting.
If you upload more than one resume, be sure to designate a general resume as your default resume. If you are interested in several fields, say Investment Banking, Software Development, and Consulting, create a default resume that would function well for all three fields. Your default resume is the resume that the Career Center end employers download for Resume Books (see below).
- Once you have uploaded your resume, you may want to view the PDF version of your resume to ensure that it looks right.
- “Delete” will completely remove your resume from the website.
If you have an updated resume saved on disk or on your hard drive,
use the "Documents" button on the Main Menu to upload
the new version of your resume in place of the old version.
If you do not have your resume saved, download the PDF version
of your resume and upload it to J-Connect.
For organizations interviewing on campus, all resumes are submitted via your J-Connect account. Cover letters and other documents may also be required by employers and are also submitted the same way. In addition, employers often collect resumes at information sessions and at Johns Hopkins career fairs and will frequently select students for on-campus interviews from among those resumes.
- Log into your J-Connect account.
- From your Quicklinks on the homepage, click on the “On-Campus Recruiting Opportunities I Qualify For” link.
- Browse through the list to find opportunities that interest you. If you choose to narrow your results by using the search criteria at the top, be sure to start with a broad search first; you can always narrow your search further later.
- To see a full job description, click on the job title. Be sure to take note of the interview date and the resume deadline in the Schedule Details. The resume deadline is usually several days to two weeks before the actual interview date, and you must submit your resume before the deadline in order to be considered.
- Hit the “Submit” button and proceed through the following pages to select the resume and other documents you’d like to submit.
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