Log in

Click the link to the left: Find a job

Your username is your William Mitchell e-mail address ( Firstname.Lastname@wmitchell.edu).

Type the password you received by email from the Career and Professional Development Office, unless you have changed your password in the “Account” section.

Complete your profile

• From the home page, click on “profile.”
• Fill out the form, completing all fields with a red asterisk.
• At the bottom of each page, choose “save changes” and then “next.”
• Continue filling out each section of the profile, completing “personal information,” “academic information,” and “privacy” tabs.
• If you want to change your password or complete the Graduate Employment Survey, click on the tab labeled as such and follow instructions.

Upload a document

e.g. resume, cover letter, writing sample, reference list

• Click on “documents” from the home page.
• Under the “approved or pending documents” tab, click on “add new.”
• Give your document a specific title you will remember in the future in the first box provided, then select the document type. (The system will convert all document types to both Word & PDF formats.)
  Click on “browse.” Then highlight/select thedocument you want to upload from your computer hard drive or disk and click “open.”
• Choose “submit.” If this is your first uploaded resume, it will appear in the “pending documents” tab. The Career Development Office will review it and send feedback and/orapproval. Then it will move to the “approved documents” tab.
• Only first-time resumes require approval from the Career Development Office. After that, all documents are automatically approved by the system.
• If you want your resume to be visible to employers, you must give permission under the “privacy” tab of the profile section.

OCI sign-up/bidding for employers

• First complete your profile and upload your resume.
• From the home page, click on “OCI.”
• Review the employers under the “Employers/Bidding” tab. All the employers that you are eligible to bid for, according to your class year, will be displayed.
• Review the employer schedules and specific details about program participation (e.g. eligible class years, interview length, requested materials, etc.).
• To submit an uploaded resume to an employer for consideration, click the “apply” button to the right of the employer name. Your “default resume” will be included with the application.
• If you are selected for interviews, you will be notified later and will receive an email with additional instructions.

View Current Job Postings/Search for Jobs

• Click on “jobs” from the home page.
• A chart of all current job openings will appear.
• Select search criteria, if you have specific criteria.
• Click on “search.” All positions that meet all of your criteria will appear. (If nothing appears, broaden your search.)
• Always click on the “clear” button after doing any search. The system will remember your last search.

Advanced Job Search

• Select the “Advanced Search” tab.
• Name the search in the “save as” blank.
• Fill out the form with your criteria. The more detailed you are, the fewer results you will receive.
• Choose “submit.” Your search results will then appear.
• When you enter the system again and want to do the same search, click on the “Search Agents” tab. Select your previously named search and click “submit.”

Apply for a Job

• Click on the “jobs” tab from the home page.
• Click on the employer name or job title of interest.
• In the grey “application status” box, select a resume and cover letter that you want to submit from the list of documents you have already uploaded in the system. (Read the instructions in the grey box carefully!)
• Add any notes you want to send with your documents in the email to the employer and check your spelling and grammar carefully.
• Select “submit.” Look under the “applications” tab to view a record of all the jobs you have applied to and to view the employer profile, if available.

NOTE: If the system will not accept your application, either the employer does not want to receive applications online OR you might be attempting to use a document that is “pending approval.”

Calendar

• To add an appointment, click on the day of the month, select the “day view” tab. Then put your cursor on the time and complete the brief form. Choose “save.”
• You may also set reminders by choosing the “personal events” tab.

NOTE: This calendar is for personal use and is not linked with William Mitchell’s events calendar in the Docket. Please check the Docket for all important campus events.

Report a Legal Experience/Placement

• Click on “profile” from the home page.
• Choose the “placement” tab. Click “add new” and complete the form. Choose “submit.”
• Complete this form each time you get a new legal or practical experience. This will be helpful for future students and in writing your resume.

Employer Networking Information

• To view employer profiles that have been completed, click on “networking” from the home page.
• A chart of employers with profiles will appear. Click on the employer name of interest and view the various tabs of information on that employer.