Optimal Resume Builder Help: Getting Started Document Tools
Optimal Resume Builder Help: Getting Started Document Tools
Ideal for all aspects of career development and job searching: OptimalResume The gold standard in online resume technology, endorsed by hundreds of universities, outplacement firms, public libraries and workforce boards across the country
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Review Center 11 ResumeGPS 11 Experience Section 6 Download 11 Add/Delete Employer/Job 6 Print Preview Implementation: Implementation of the OptimalResume system is straightforward. Initial graphics for11 Adding a Section 7 Switch Resume the website are provided by OptimalResume.com and are made to match the clients existing website. 11 Reordering Sections 7 Default content for examples and help text is provided by OptimalResume.com. Deleting a Section 7 Editing your Resume 12 Editing a OptimalResume.com Section provides 8 comprehensive training and support throughout the process. And of course, Sharing your Resume 12 Editing Tools 8
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Browsing Samples
Sample resumes, on the other hand, show resumes in their entirety, from header layouts to section sets to writing samples. Resume samples are organized by industry and job level. Clicking on a sample brings up a preview of that resume. To use that template in your own resume, click the Use This Sample button.
General Section the most basic parts of your resume, general sections simply allow you to enter a name and content. Most sections, including Objective, Education, and Skills, work best as general sections.
Experience Section Most resumes should have at least one experience section, which generally refers to current and previous jobs. These sections are organized by employer, then furthermore by individual jobs. You can add employers and jobs to this section as needed. When you begin making an experience section, you will only see a few text fields at first. To enter additional content, click the Add/ Delete Employer/Job link found under the section title in the Sections area of the right-hand toolbar. You will have the option to add or delete a job or employer from the experience section.
Hybrid Section This section is the happy medium between general and experience sections. Like the experience section, the hybrid section is organized by Organization and you must add them as needed from the righthand toolbar. However, the fields for each individual organization are less detailed than employers and lack information such as Employer URL and location.
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Add/Delete an Employer/Job
To add an employer to an experience section, or to add a job to an employer, click the Add/Delete Employer/Job link under the experience section in the right-hand toolbar. That will display a window that makes it easy to adjust your experience section. Click the Add Employer button to add an employer to the section. Click the Add Job at this Employer link beside each employer to add a job at that given employer. When you add a new job or employer, it will be placed at the bottom of the employer or the experience section, respectively. You can use the Reorder button to rearrange your jobs, employers, as well as your sections.
Reordering Sections
To change the order in which your sections appear, click the Reorder button in the righthand toolbar. This will open a new window showing all of the sections currently in your resume. Drag and drop your sections into the desired order. Note that this window also allows you to reorder employers and jobs. Click Apply to save your changes.
Deleting a Section
To delete a section, click the trashcan icon next to the section name in the right-hand toolbar. Youll be asked if you are sure you wish delete the section. Click Delete to proceed.
Editing Tools
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Every section has fields for a section name and section content. When entering content, you will notice a toolbar above the editing field. This bar contains helpful features to format and guide your writing: 1. Bold bolds highlighted text 2. Italic italicizes highlighted text 3. Underline underlines highlighted text 4. Text Color allows you to change text to a color selected from the palette 5. Eraser removes any formatting applied to selected text 6. Bullets adds a bulleted list 7. Link inserts, changes, or removes a hyperlink to another website 8. Resume Table inserts a table into your resume. You can set the number of rows and columns for your table after clicking this button. 9. Line After adds an empty line after current content in editor 10. Line Before adds an empty line before current content in editor 11. Remove Line Before removes an empty line before current content in editor 12. Examples opens the Examples menu, where you can browse sample content for a specific section. Available sections are listed in the left box. Click on a section type to see examples for that section. If available, you can also click the Add button next to an example to insert that example into your editor. 13. Action Verbs - 400+ verbs to help you describe your work experience 14. Infobyte opens the Infobyte menu, where you can insert an Infobyte next to selected section. Infobytes appear only in your online resume. They are small icons that can be moused over to reveal additional information about your resume. These are a great way to elaborate on the sections of your resume without adding extra pages. There is also an Examples section specifically for Infobytes if you are unsure of what to write.
Editing a Table
If you are working with a resume that contains a table, you can access additional options by right clicking on the table. You can add rows and columns, as well as delete the table.
Layout Set the margins, columns and header format for your resume
Font Change the font and font style for different parts of your resume
If youre unsure of what a setting corresponds to, there is a magic wand feature next to every setting that highlights exactly where the style changes will be applied. Affected areas will be highlighted in orange when the wand is clicked.
Spellcheck
Clicking Spellcheck will highlight in red misspelled words in your document. If you right click on a misspelled word, you can replace it with the correct spelling or ignore the error and move on.
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Divides your header into invisible boxes so you can arrange elements within each box
Drag individual fields into a part of the layout. Notice that each box can have its own alignment. That is how we achieve the effect where the name, email and phone numbers are centered, but the other information is right and left aligned, respectively.
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Resume Samples
View professionally written resume samples, which you can sort by job family and experience level.
Section Examples
View examples for each kind of section on your resume (e.g. education, experience, honors and awards).
Action Verbs
A list of 400+ action verbs to help you describe your work experience
Explore Careers
Opens the O*NET database, where you can find occupation-specific information like skills and education required, and salary and growth trends
Document Toolbar
Rename lets you change the name of your resume Clone creates a duplicate copy of your resume in the Document Center. Before cloning, you must enter a unique name for your cloned resume. Review Center (if available) Allows you to send your resume to a career counselor. Select your counselor from the drop-down menu, and include a message if desired. ResumeGPS (if available) Select the current resume to be used as your GPS resume. Your GPS resume is made available to employers for searching. For more information on Resume GPS, click here.
Print Preview Shows an HTML version of your resume. This is how your resume will appear in downloadable versions. More importantly, Print Preview shows how many pages your resume will take up. To move to another page, use the arrow buttons or the Go To Page feature. You can also zoom in and out of your resume to see how it will look from different ranges. Download Download a hard copy of your resume into different formats: PDF, HTML, Plain Text, and Microsoft Word Compatible. Switch Resumes Clicking this button shows all of the resumes you have created so far in the Document Center. Click on a resumes name to go to the editing page for that document.
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We recommend that you add a resume to your resume website in order to easily share your resume online with employers. If you havent already, create a website in the Website Builder and select your desired resume from the list of available resumes. For more information, refer to the Website Builder help.
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