1 Symplicity for Interview Sessions and Employment Opportunities Office of Career Services

2 Symplicity Log-in From your web browser, go to csm.symplicity.com/students/ Enter your username and password. csm.symplicity.com/students/ Office of Career Services

3 Home Screen & Announcements From the “home” tab on your tool bar menu, you are able to view important “announcements” from the Career Services Office. Office of Career Services

4 Profile Information Select the “profile” tab from your tool bar menu. Here you will update your “Personal Information” and your “Academic Information”. You can also make changes to your Password from the “Password/Preferences” tab. Office of Career Services

5 Uploading Documents Click the “documents” tab on the tool bar menu. Click the “Add New” icon in the lower left corner of the page. 1.Name your document in the “Label” box. 2.Select the appropriate label for the “Document Type”. 3.Click the “Browse” icon to select your document. 4.Click the “Submit” icon to upload your document. Office of Career Services

6 Transcript Request From your web browser, go to rar/forms/transcript.php 1. Complete the ‘Student Information’ block. 2. Complete the ‘Transcript Order block. - Request “1” Unofficial Transcript - Select “yes” for both questions. 3. Click ‘Submit’ at bottom of page. Please DO NOT request your transcript until you have received an from the Registrar or Dean Smith indicating that grades are available. rar/forms/transcript.php Office of Career Services

7 OCI Bidding and Submitting Materials Click the “OCI” tab from your tool bar menu. From the “Employers/Bidding” tab locate the “Session” drop box, select the correct interview session. The page will then display the employers scheduled for that session, the location they are interviewing for, and the interview date. Click the “i” icon to display detailed information about the employer, including the documents required by the employer to place your bid. Office of Career Services

8 Employer Information This page will provide you with the: - Interview Length - Class Years Interviewing - Interview Location - Interviewing Office Locations - Hiring Criteria - Employer Contact Information Bid Details This is where you will upload the employer required documents. Be sure to click “Apply”. Office of Career Services

9 Bidding You are given enough bids to cover the amount of employers for each session. You must assign a bid number to each employer you wish to apply to. “1” is your highest rank, “2” is your second highest and so forth. Check the employer list daily. You can change the ranking of your bids at anytime before the bidding deadline. Office of Career Services

10 Lottery and Interview Selection Employers who come on campus choose the number of interviews they want to conduct. Of those interview slots, the employer is able to select 80% of the students and the other 20% is selected by the lottery bid system. –For example, if an employer is going to conduct 10 on-campus interviews and 40 students apply, the employer is permitted to pre-select 8 of the students. The remaining 32 applicants will go into the lottery, and of those, 2 will be randomly picked by the computer for an interview based upon the strength of their bids. Once you bid on an employer and the lottery is run, your bid is used. –For example, if Jane Smith places a “1” bid on Baker Hostetler but she is pre- selected by Baker based upon her stellar resume, she nevertheless has used up her “1” bid. That way, the system is fair for all students. –If Jeremy Brown places a “1” bid on Vorys Sater but so do 20 other students and Jeremy is not selected from the lottery, he nevertheless has used his “1” bid. However, the system automatically notes this and strengthens his “2” bid against other bidders who have already received interviews. Office of Career Services

11 Class Schedule and Conflicts When the computer generates the list of students who obtained an interview with a particular employer (be it by pre-selection or bid) it will also schedule an interview time for each student. The computer does not know if you are unavailable due to personal or other school conflicts. It is up to you to block off additional times that you will be unavailable for an interview. Be judicious about scheduling your additional conflicts. The more you have, the less your chances for getting an interview. If you fail to block off additional conflicts you may be scheduled for an interview at an inconvenient time. If this is the case, you have two options: (1) attend the interview and miss your other activity or (2) contact the other students interviewing with that employer and try to switch times. Skipping the interview is not an option. Office of Career Services

12 Class Schedules and Conflicts Click the “Class Schedules/Conflicts” tab on your tool bar menu. Select the correct “Session” from the drop-down box. Read the “Instructions Box”. Click on the times that you will be unavailable. Click “Submit” at the bottom left corner. Office of Career Services

13 Helpful Employer Research Tools Website Chambers and Partners American Lawyer guides/research_employers.php?sec=search Office of Career Services

14 Job Search Click the “jobs/resume collection” tab on the tool bar menu. Here you will find listings of all the current job openings and their application deadlines. You can click “Posted” to sort by date. To sort by “Class Level”, click your class year from the drop-down bar. Office of Career Services

15 Important Dates Opportunity Forum –Interview Dates Feb , 2010 –Student Bidding Jan Jan. 27 –Final Schedules Feb. 8 Early Spring OCI –Interview Dates Feb. 8-19, 2010 –Student Bidding Jan –Final Schedules Feb. 4 Regular Spring OCI –Interview Dates Feb March 19, 2010 –Student Bidding Feb. 4-7 –Final Schedules Feb. 18 Office of Career Services

16 Staff Pam Lombardi, Assistant Dean for Career Services and External Affairs Linda Sheer Jones, Co-Director of Career Services Cybele Smith, Director of Public Service & Public Interest Programs Trish Tweel, J.D. Career Advisor Cheri Wiles, J.D. Career Advisor Donna Vidmar, Office Associate Ebony Mobley, Recruitment Coordinator Office of Career Services