Whether it's your first resume or you need to revise an existing resume for a specific opportunity, the Optimal Resume Builder makes the process fast and easy! It helps you construct a resume that is appropriate for your career or employment objective. It prompts you to enter the required information and provides helpful samples and suggestions on wording and format. Once you've built your resume with the OptimalResume Builder, you have the option of presenting it in several ways:
- In Flash - You can add interactive infobytes about yourself and have your online resume be interactive
- In Word® - The Word® online file can be saved for use as an email attachment or for uploading to the job boards.
- In Plain Text - As an online Plain Text file with your unique Web site link
You can have multiple resumes saved and you can come back to them at any time to change/add/remove/reorder resume sections and wording. Since changes to your online resume take place immediately, anyone viewing it after the changes are made will see the most recent version.
Start Using Resume Builder! Interview Prep
Try our free, self-produced virtual/video mock interviewing program. You can choose tailored, pre-set interviews or select your own questions to practice and hone your interviewing skills. You can use video recording, audio recording, or even just practice by writing your answers. After recording your mock interview, you can self-critique your responses, and e-mail it to your Career Center advisor for feedback.
If you have a computer and webcam set up at home or in your dorm room, you can conduct and record your mock interview at home and save it OpitmalResume.
Additionally, two Virtual Interview Kiosks, equipped with a computer and webcam, are available the Career Center.
Schedule a time-slot online for your virtual interview.
To get started, you just need to have an active account in OptimalResume before coming in to do your interview. If you’ve made a resume, you’re all set. Just click on SKILL CENTER for the interview tool. Your recorded interview will be saved in your own secure, online account on OptimalResume Web site and accessible anytime.
Start Using Interview Prep! Letter Builder
The Letter Builder makes it easy to create high-quality professional letters in a matter of minutes. Similar to the Resume Builder, the Letter Builder offers paragraph-by-paragraph instructions and examples developed by career center professionals to help you create effective employment letters for a variety of purposes.
