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1. Go to
http://bigapple.erecruiting.com
2.
Click
on “Create an Account” at the bottom left.
3.
Enter
in the "Password token" - Please contact your career office for
this.
4.
“Register for an Account” – fill in all of the data fields, and
click “Register”. Keep in mind that if you are a member of an
eRecruiting school, the system requires unique usernames (no
duplicates allowed).
5. “Please
complete your profile” The system will ask you to fill out a few
required profile fields (red dot next to the required fields) then
click “next”. It is very IMPORTANT to have your email and phone
numbers correct. This is how we can reach you for interviews.
6. “Your
Experience Preferences”. If you choose not to answer any of these
questions, there is an “I’d rather not say” option.
7.
Once
the required profile fields are completed, you will come to the
“upload your resume” page.
8.
If you
are ready to upload your materials, click “go” (see uploading your
materials below). If not, click on the “Home” link at the upper
right. From now on, you will come directly to this page when you
log in.
9. There
is a special search link set up for students: “BIG APPLE
EMPLOYERS 2009” will show you all of the employers with
application deadlines of Monday, January
12, 2009.
10. If, next to the employer and job,
you see a box with 2 people in it (see picture to the upper right),
it means that the employer is collecting application materials ahead
of time and you will need to apply via the Big Apple eRecruiting
system before midnight on MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009. The
employers will select the candidates they wish to interview via this
system. Interviews will be held in New York City at the American
Management Association on Friday, February 20, 2009.
11.
If you click
on the “employer name” it will give you the overview of the
employer. If you click on the “job title” it will link you to the
job that the employer is hiring for. In the job section, you will
find the complete contact information to address your cover letter
and also the application materials needed to apply to the position.
Look carefully as some employers may
require unofficial transcripts and or writing samples.
UPLOADING YOUR MATERIALS:
1. Go
to “Documents” in the gray box across the top and click on “Upload a
Document”.
2. Select
the type of document you wish to upload, and click “next”.
3. Click
on “Browse,” find your document, click “open,” and then click on
“upload.”
4. When
your status says ready, your document is uploaded.
5. Follow these instructions to upload
your resume, cover letters, transcripts, and writing samples. You
can have more than one resume and all of your cover letters in the
system at the same time. Transcripts should be uploaded under
“Other”.
6.
IMPORTANT: By uploading, you HAVE NOT
applied to any jobs!
APPLYING TO AN EMPLOYER:
1. Once all of your materials have
been uploaded you are now ready to apply to the position(s) that
interest you.
2. Go
to the “Employers” link in the gray box across the top, and click on
“Employer Search.” In the text box, type in “BARC08” and all of the
Big Apple Recruiting Consortium employers will show up. Or, as
mentioned above, click on the “BIG APPLE EMPLOYERS 2009” and
it will pull up the employers with the January 14th
deadline.
3. One
at a time, click on all of the jobs that interest you and
scroll to the bottom of each job. You will see the “How to Apply”
box. In this box it will tell you all of the “application
requirements” and “other requested materials”. Make sure that you
have all of the required materials uploaded into the system and
click “apply.”
4. Pick
the correct resume, cover letter, and other materials needed by
highlighting the name of each material. Finally, click “submit”.
NOW you have applied to the employer. Do the same for each
employer that you wish to submit an application.
5. If
you have any questions, contact your career office or Eileen
Wisnewski at Bates College
ewisnews@bates.edu
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