u WHY YCAREERS? Find out why it’s students ’ one - stop - shop for careers and landing that perfect job after graduation
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Why YCareers? If you’re a student who hasn’t logged on to YCareers lately—or at all—you’re missing out on a world of career help and possible job opportunities. The BYUH Career Services Office launched YCareers last August specifically for students to interact with employers, recruiters, internship coordinators and career advisors. In short, it’s the mechanism students can use to jump-start their path toward a quality career. Students can log on to YCareers using their Student I.D. number and password. Once a student is logged in, they can view and sign up for on-campus interviews, submit resumes for critique and feedback, see when employers are visiting campus and holding information sessions and find out which employers will be attending the career fair. Jobs and internships are also found in YCareers, and students can receive help in general regarding career searches and information.
YCareers is actually part of a online information system that is networked with more than 600 other universities, so employers from all over the world post jobs for BYU-Hawaii students to view and respond to if interested. Through YCareers, students are also able to RSVP to workshops, and career advisors also use YCareers to set up appointments with students and help them with things such as choosing a major, figuring out what types of careers will be fulfilling and satisfying, interview skills, career goals and more. For students to log on to YCareers, visit http://apps.byuh.edu/career/YCareers.php. Click on the “For Student” button and log in by using your Student I.D. and password. The Career Services Office is just to the right of the Cafeteria entrance and staff can be reached at 808-675-3533 or by e-mail at careerservices@byuh.edu.
On-Campus Interviews All BYU-Hawaii students may sign up for on-campus interviews through YCareers, but there are some stipulations, and there are also two different methods employers use to select interview candidates on campus. Let’s discuss the stipulations first:
1. Students must have an approved resume uploaded in YCareers to be eligible to sign up for interviews. Students get an approved resume by submitting their resume to an Career Services advisor, who will help fine-tune the resume and approve it.
2. Each interview has screening criteria that is set up by the employer. Students must meet that screening criteria to be eligible to interview. Students can see their status by looking at the upper right hand corner of the job listing in an area called “Application Status,” which will indicate what the student needs to do See INTERVIEWS, Page 2
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Hot Jobs Career Services receives hundreds of job postings a week in YCareers. We try to pick some of the top jobs of the week and list them here. To see more, log in to YCareers.
HP Sales Rep
Employer: Hewlett Packard Location: Honlolulu, HI. Salary: Competitive Contact: Ahmad Mohammadi, ahmad@hp.com, T: 286-3283
Solutions Specialist
Employer: Reynolds & Reynolds Location: Nationwide, US. Salary: Competitive YCareers Job I.D. # 1681
Pre-Audit Clerk I Employer: City & County of Honolulu Location: Honolulu, HI Salary: $2,311 per month YCareers Job I.D. # 1645
Admin. Manager
Employer: Reflexis Systems Location: Chennai, India Salary: Competitive YCareers Job I.D. # 1577 Log in to your YCareers account and go to “Search Jobs & Interviews” in the top navigation bar for a complete list of job postings. Choose “YCareers Jobs and Interviews” for job postings looking specifically for BYUH students.
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preselection. The student needs to only meet the screening criteria and to sign up for the interview and why have an approved resume uploaded. they might not be eligible to sign up Watch for future Career, Ink. for an interview. newsletters that will post on-campus interview dates and times. Preselect vs. Open Interviews Make sure to check if any Employers choose to list on-campus interviews are coming on-campus interviews using up by logging on, clicking one of two processes: Preselect “Search Jobs or Open. & Interviews” “Each process and choose Each process affects affects how, and “YCareers Jobs IF, the student is how, and IF, the & Interviews.” able to sign up In the light student is able to sign for an interview,” blue search box up for an interview. said Brady Smith, under the Show Create your own personal Brady Smith Career Services Me drop down Career Services Consultant consultant. business card that includes menu, select “All “The preselect Interviews” and your name, phone number, process is a bit click “Search.” e-mail address and major. more involved Any on-campus interviews Give your card to recruiters and requires the employer and will appear, from which you the student to check YCareers could click the title of the job to and interview panels. regularly as they interact with find out more information and one another. When an employer possibly sign up. chooses to use the Preselect process, they are choosing to view applicant resumes before actually inviting a person to interview.” Here’s how Preselect works: A student sees an on-campus All workshops are held in the Career Services Office unless interview in YCareers, meets all stated otherwise. the screening criteria and signs up. When they sign up, they are actually not signed up to Apr interview, but rather requesting - Choosing a Career Workshop, 2-3 p.m. an interview—they remain in a - Do What You Are Interpretation, 3-4 p.m. “pending” status. The employer is now able to preselect who they want to interview, so not every student who requests an interview will get one. - Resume Workshop, 2-3 p.m. Apr The employer views all of the resumes students have submitted, - Job Interview Skills Workshop, 3-4 p.m. and if they like what they see, the - Job Search Workshop, 4-5 p.m. & 7-8 p.m. employer “invites” certain students to interview. It’s important for students to submit their resumes early, because the employer must have enough time to review the Apr - Western States Chiropractic College: resumes and then “invite” students to interview. exhibit table on campus, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. The student then must log into YCareers regularly to see if they have been “invited” and if so, they may then choose a timeslot to interview. Only then are they actually signed up to interview. Apr - Resume Workshop, 2-3 p.m. The Open process is much - Job Interview Skills Workshop, 3-4 p.m. simpler. An employer posts on-campus interview times and - Resume Workshop, 7-8 p.m. any student can grab an interview timeslot on a first-come-firstserved basis, without having to be invited to interview. There is no
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