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• The Career Center
• Career ConnectionsSigning-up for Interview
  Schedules Tutorial

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Welcome to Career Connections! This tutorial is
designed to orient users with On-Campus Interviews
(Viewing, Requesting Interviews, Signing-up for
timeslots, etc.) in Career Connections.
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The USF Career Center coordinates on-campus
interviews for numerous organizations during the
recruiting season. Local, state, national and
international organizations visit USF to recruit
students and graduates for employment with their
organization. To participate in the On-Campus
Interview Program, you must be a degree-seeking
student or a USF graduate . This tutorial will
show you how to identify interviews that match
your qualifications how to apply for, schedule
and cancel on-campus interviews.
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• Schedule Requirements/Qualifications
• Employers establish the requirements/qualificati
  ons desired for the position(s) they will be
  interviewing for. These qualifications include
• Major- some positions are degree specificothers
  are open to any major
• Classification- Freshman, Sophomore, Junior,
  Senior, Alumni, Grad Student
• Graduation Date- Fall Grad (example December
  05)- Spring Grad (example May 06)- Summer
  Grad (example August 06)
• Citizenship- Citizen US-born or naturalized US
  citizens- Non-Citizen, Authorized Resident
  aliens, H1 visa holders- Non-Citizen, Practical
  Training F1, J1 visa holders
• NOTE - Employers may choose to screen candidates
  using all, some, or
• none of these requirements/qualifiers.

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Now that you understand how you can qualify for
interviews, you also have to familiarize yourself
with the process of signing up for interviews you
qualify for. We begin by looking at types of
schedules

• Interview Schedule Types
• Interviews at the Career Center
• can be classified into three types
• Open
• Preselect
• Mixed

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OPEN Interview An Open Interview Schedule
permits any student/alumni, meeting the
employers qualifications, to claim any
available interview time slot on a first- come,
first-served basis.
Interview Schedule 9am Jane Smith 10am 11am 1
pm Samantha Austin 2pm 3pm
Paul Jackson
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PRE-SELECT Interview A Pre-Select Interview
Schedule, also known as a PRS schedule, allows
the employer the opportunity to screen and
select the applicants they wish to interview.
Applicants selected may then claim an interview
time slot. Pre-select interviews follow distinct
phases
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Phase 1 Pre-select Phase - PRS-Open
During this phase, applicants may request an
interview by submitting their resume
- PRS-Closed Applicants can no longer submit a
resume to request an interview
Preselect Request List John Doe Jane
Smith Samantha Austin
Paul Jackson
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Phase 2 Decision Phase - The employer reviews
the resumes and returns a list of
selected applicants to the Career Center. Once
the names of pre-selected applicants
are entered into Career Connections,
they are permitted to claim an interview time
slot during the Sign-up Phase
Preselect Request List John Doe Jane
Smith Samantha Austin Paul Jackson
Preselect Request List John Doe Jane
Smith Samantha Austin Paul Jackson
X
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Phase 3 Sign-up Phase - PRS-FCFS (Preselect
First-Come, First-Served) - Pre-selected
applicants may now claim any available interview
time-slots
Interview Schedule 9am Jane Smith 10am 11am 1
pm Samantha Austin 2pm 3pm
Paul Jackson
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• Mixed Interview
• The Mixed Interview Schedule is a combination of
  the Pre-select and
• Open Interview types,
• A Mixed schedule begins as a PRS schedule and
  ends as an Open
• schedule
• Preselect Phase
• Decision Phase
• Signup Phase
• PRS-FCFS Signup accepted applicants may claim
  interview time-slots. (priority is given to
  applicants who requested and were accepted)
• Open Signup Any qualified applicant may claim an
  interview time-slot.

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Interview Timeline To better understand schedule
types, we use the Interview Timeline to represent
a schedules evolution
Open Schedule
Closed
Open
Preselect Schedule
PRS-Closed
PRS-Open
Decision Phase
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Mixed Schedule Timeline
PRS-Closed
Interview Date
PRS-Open
PRS-FCFS
Closed
Qualified applicants may request consideration
for interview
Accepted applicants may claim slots
In a Mixed Interview, an Open Schedule phase is
added at the end of a Preselect Schedule
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The preceding provided information on how
schedules are built. The following provides
instructions for submitting your resume,
claiming an interview time and canceling a
scheduled interview in Career Connections If
you accessed this from Career Connections, click
here to skip the next few steps.
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Using a web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer
is recommended), go to the USF Career
Center website at www.career.usf.edu. Click on
the Career Connections box to access the login
page.
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Click on the Student Alumni Login link
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To login, your username is the email address that
you listed on your Resume Release form. Your
password is the last four digits of your USF ID
number.
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Now that youre familiar with the interview
selection process, well show you how to apply
for and claim interview time slots in Career
Connections

• To sign up for On Campus Interviews, click on
  Schedulesfrom the Main Menu, then select
• Qualified Schedules Displays a list of active
  schedules for which you are qualified
• Future Schedules Displays upcoming schedules
  regardless of your qualifications
  (schedules shown are for
  viewing only no action is possible)

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When you click on Qualified Schedules, you will
see a list of interviews for which you can
apply.
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Schedule Details Open Schedule
Lets first look at an Open Schedule
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Schedule Details Open Schedule (contd)
You will be brought to the Sessions Section A
session refers to the Interviews actual schedule
and lists, by time, the applicants to be
interviewed. A schedule may have more than 1
session, on separate dates, and/or separate
locations.
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Session Details Open Schedule
You will be brought to the Session
details. Scroll down to
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Session Details Open Schedule
Timeslots Section Click on Sign-up to claim
any free timeslot.
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Once youve requested consideration for an
interview, you must submit your resume for the
employers review. Select the resume you wish to
submit and click save.
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Once youve claimed your interview timeslot, you
will be returned to the Timeslots listing. You
are now on the schedule.
John Doe
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If you selected Switch Time, you will see the
screen below.To switch your interview time,
click on Select New Timeslot on the new time you
want.
If you choose to cancel your interview, be aware
of the Career Centers policieson interview
cancellation and the consequences of no-showing
for an interview
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A Note on Canceling or No-Showing for an Interview

• The USF Career Center takes Interview Schedules
  very seriously, as they are commitments you make
  towards employers. As such, we have Cancellation
  and No-Show Policies that you must be aware of
• Cancellations
• Five days prior to your interview you may cancel
  in Career Connections.
• Once the Cancellation option is closed in Career
  Connections you must call the Career Center to
  cancel at least 24 hours prior to your scheduled
  interview.
• If you cancel less than 24 hours prior to the
  interviews, it is considered a Late
  Cancellation or No-Show, which will result in
  loss of on-campus interview privileges.

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USF Career Center Policies on No-Shows and Late
Cancellation

• IMPORTANT TO READ AND UNDERSTAND
• SUMMARY Students/alumni who fail to show up for
  a scheduled interview and do not notify the
  Career Center 24 hours in advance of the
  interview will have their Career Connections
  account de-activated and their applicant type OCI
  removed, which prohibits access to on-campus
  interviews. They may remain on schedules already
  signed on but will lose the privilege of
  participating or signing on any other schedules
  for the remainder of the recruiting semester.
  They may appeal after the 1st and 2nd no-show as
  described below.
• Appeal Process
• After the 1st no-show/late cancellation, to
  request re-activation of their account the
  student must personally meet (no phone reviews
  will be accepted) with their career specialist,
  who will make the decision on whether to
  re-activate their account.
• After the 2nd no-show/late cancellation, to
  request re-activation the student must personally
  schedule a meeting with their career specialist
  and the Assistant Director to appeal. The
  Assistant Director will make the decision on
  whether to re-activate the account
• After the 3rd no-show/late cancellation the
  student/alumni is removed from participation in
  on-campus interviews for the academic year.
  However, the director/assistant director reserves
  the right to re-activate the students account if
  it is believed circumstances warrant such a
  decision.

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Schedule Details Preselect Schedule
What about Preselect Schedules?
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Schedule Details Preselect Schedule
To request consideration for an interview,
click Request Interview. Since this is a
Preselect Interview, you will be added to the
Preselect Request List
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Once youve requested consideration for an
interview, you must submit your resume for the
employers review. Select the resume you wish to
submit and click save.
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If you opted to cancel your request, you will
receive a message stating that you successfully
cancelled your interview request
Notice you have the option of re-requesting if
you change your mind again.
In this example, we are in the Preselect
request phase. The next step is to wait on the
employers decision
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Preselect Interview Decision Phase
If the employer accepts your interview request
you will receive an email from theCareer Center
January 9, 2006 Dear ltstudentgt Thank you for
using the USF Career Center. You have been
approved for the following schedule Organization
Name ltCompany Namegt Job Title ltJob Titlegt
Schedule ID ltSchedule gt Interview Date(s)
ltInt. Dategt You will be able to sign up for a
time slot open to PRS-FCFS (Pre-select,
First-Come, First-Served). The PRS-FCFS sign-up
period for this schedule will begin on ltSign-up
Dategt.
If the employer does not accept your interview
request you will receive this email instead
January 9, 2006 Dear ltstudentgt Your request
to attend the following interview has been
declined by the employer Organization Name
ltCompany Namegt Job Title ltJob Titlegt
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Preselect Interview Sign-up Phase
Sign-up Phase for Preselect Interviews proceeds
as with an Open Schedule, with the exception
that only those students whose interview requests
have been accepted by the employer are able to
claim timeslots. If the Schedule is a Mixed
interview type (Preselect followed by an Open
phase),any qualified student, even those whose
interview requests were not accepted, may claim
any remaining timeslots. To claim a timeslot in
a Preselect Interview From the Career
Connections Menu, select Schedules, then click on
QualifiedSchedules
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Preselect Interview Sign-up Phase
From the list, click on the schedule you wish to
claim a timeslot
Schedule Details will be displayed for your
review. Click on Sign-up to Proceed.
(Alternatively, click on Decline Interview if
you do not wish to claim a slot)
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Preselect Interview Sign-up Phase
Click on the Interview Date you wish to claim a
slot for.
Click on Sign-up for the time you want to claim.
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Preselect Interview Sign-up Phase
The schedule will now display with your selected
timeslot.
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This concludes the Career ConnectionsSigning-up
for Interview Schedules Tutorial. For tips on
how to conduct a successful interview, Click
here. If you have additional questions about On
Campus Interviews, please call 813-974-2171
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