Maximizing Your Jobs4Cats

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Maximizing Your Jobs4Cats!

• Jobs4Cats your online real-time connection to
  Career Services database of Jobs and other
  Career Information

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What is Jobs4Cats?

• Online database of
• Employer Directory
• Jobs
• Internships
• On-Campus Interviewing opportunities
• Job Fairs
• Career information

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This training for those with active Jobs4Cats
accounts.

• If you dont have an account yet, please
  attend/review Jobs4Cats Basics
  training/presentation first.
• Training offered Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
  through October 2007
• Online presentation available 24/7/365 from
  Career Services website

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Update your Major information! Recruiters will
screen out applicants based on this information.
This should be updated each semester!
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Some applicant types require resumes

• A resume is essentially the first item in the
  screening process
• Certified Teaching
• Full-Time Entry-Level
• Full-Time Experienced
• Intern

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Link to Resume Assistance
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Suggested Resumes Basic or Teacher
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After creating your resume, you can have a Career
Services counselor review it.

• Walk-in hours for reviews no appointment
  necessary varies during the year.  For current
  days and times, please check our home page
  www.careerservices.txstate.edu.
• Career Services also offers our 24-hour Resume
  Review program, allowing students and alumni to
  drop their resume and/or cover letter/employment
  documents at our office LBJ Student Center
  5-7.1 for pick up the next business day.
• Finally, out-of-town students and alumni can
  email their documents to our counseling staff for
  review.  Suggested changes will be emailed back
  in approximately 48 business hours.Email your
  documents in Microsoft Word format to either
  Dr. Greg Hill GH15_at_txstate.edu or Ms. Susan
  Lorino SL27_at_txstate.edu.

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Upload your resume(s) to your Jobs4Cats profile

• My Account My Documents

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You can have up to 10 resumes uploaded
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Create a Job Search AgentGet new job
notification!
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Select your search criteria, then select Search
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Give your Search Results a name, and Save. This
will send emails to you every time a new job is
added to Jobs4Cats!
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Deleting existing Job Search Agents

• Expand your Save Searches in your Jobs4Cats
  home page Quick Links.
• Click on the Red X to delete.

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Vault.com in Jobs4Cats

• 1000.00 worth of information for free!
• VAULT provides premium career research about top
  recruiters and employers, company-specific
  employee message boards and a job listing service
  (Job Board).

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Incredible research opportunity!
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Customized for Texas State

• Password protected login using your _at_txstate.edu
  email address

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Error message if not _at_txstate.edu
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Success message

• Password will be valid for 24 hours
• Log into Bobcat Mail to get password

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Research! Research! Research!

• the company AND the industry

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Wrap Up

• Make sure your Jobs4Cats profile is kept
  up-to-date.
• Manage your Job Search Agents based upon your
  current job search needs.
• Research the companies and the industry Do your
  career homework.

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Use Career Services as often as needed!

• What Can I do with this Major?
• Job Shadowing ? Internship
• Featured Presentations
• Job Fairs
• Job Search
• On-Campus Recruiting
• and much, much more!
• www.CareerServices.txstate.edu