Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, and Human Services Students Co-op How to use NUcareers for your Co-op job search Updated 9.30.17
1. Click on Cooperative Education 2. Be sure to choose the correct Search Set your Intention on NUCareers Term (i.e. 2018 - Spring) 3. Choose the item in the drop down that best describes what you hope to do
Upload your resume 1. Go to Cooperative Education - Co-op Documents 2. Upload your final (approved) resume 3. Label it for the specific term you are searching for (to make it easy to distinguish) i.e. Spring 2018 resume 4. Make it your Default for that search term
Archive old resumes (so the wrong ones cannot go out by mistake)
Narrowing your selections Clicking on Advanced Search on the Job Search screen will allow you to narrow your options Pay Attention.. Do not apply for a job that requires a car if you don t have one, or for an unpaid position if you need a paid job. If you are only looking at co-ops in the US, choose this so you don t have to wade through a ton of international job choices
Make sure to update your job search profile in NUcareers: include any majors that might have jobs which match your interests (does not have to be limited to your assigned NU major/s). The majors you highlight in NUcareers are what will limit or expand your search the most. Typical types of jobs my students are interested in:
Keeping track of your selections Ranking your priority for a job will remind you of jobs you liked, didn t like. 1. Click Priority 2. Choose your ranking (very interested, interested, do not consider me) 3. Click Add 4. It will save your priority 5. You will also be able to see your priority jobs easily on your search screen
Focus and SAVE your searches Clicking on Advanced Search on the Job Search screen to expand your options Do this by adding other majors (than your own). You can search by Major Clusters or Individual Majors. (the system will default to just your program unless you change this and save the search) Major clusters are groups of majors. When you search by cluster, your search results will return all jobs for majors in that cluster. For example, the College of Social Sciences cluster is composed of all majors in the college (ASL, Ant, CJ, Econ, etc.) Selecting the CSSH cluster is a shortcut to search all of these majors. Be sure to SAVE the search so you can regularly check for the same types of jobs You can also search by individual majors if you are seeking more specific results.
Applying for a job in NUcareers In order to be sent (have your resume considered), you must Apply to the job in NUcareers Read each job description carefully, and do not apply to any jobs for which you are unqualified.
Be sure to apply with the correct resume The first time you apply to a job in Nucareers (during each co-op term), you will create a customized package to apply with. Be sure to choose the resume you want (Spring 18 co-op resume) Then label this package (Spring 18 co-op app package) ***The next time you apply to a job you can choose this by applying with an EXISTING app package
Applying for a job in NUcareers Some jobs may require a cover letter or other supplemental material*. *you will not be able to Apply until you have completed this package ALSO, be sure to Apply before the job choice deadline or you will not be considered) (for CSSH jobs the 1 st round of choices are due Tues, Oct 10 th for some other jobs it may be earlier and should be noted within the description)
Checking on a job s status in NUcareers To review the status of your co-op applications: Click on the Cooperative Education menu in the main left navigation. From the co-op dashboard, click the Applications button All of your applications will be displayed in a list. Check the Status column to see the status of a given application.
Slides (help) for later in the co-op search (around early-mid November or so)
Find jobs that want more resumes Search the FEATURED POSTINGS You can find featured postings in TWO ways (see below) 1. Click featured postings OR 2. Click advanced search (see next slide)
Creating a specialized advanced search for featured postings Click advanced search Type in a keyword if you d like to Click the featured postings box Scroll down and choose the majors you want to see (or the colleges )
Or create (and save) a more focused search for featured postings Save the search so you can use it again over and over again Title it so you can remember what the criteria were Click the box (when saving it) to get emails about new items this search has found for you
Good luck!! Go here for more help with NUCareers