Work with Existing Résumés

Overview

The Résumés tab of your Employment Plan Profile contains all your active, inactive, and deleted résumés. From here you can perform a variety of tasks, including setting the online status, copying, editing, deleting, and more.

Employment Plan Profile — Résumés Tab

Where to Find This Feature

Top menu bar > Résumé icon > Résumé Manager button
Left navigation menu > Quick Menu > Résumé Builder
My Dashboard > Widgets > Job Seeker Services widget > Résumé Builder link
Directory of Services tab > Services for Individuals > Job Seeker Services icon > Résumé Builder icon

Steps to Manage Your Résumés

Your site may display different options from those shown here.

On the Résumés tab, you can perform the following actions:

To...	Do This:
Choose résumés to display	Use the drop-down list to view all, active, expired, partially complete, and deleted résumés. See Manage Expired Résumés for information on reactivating your expired résumés.
Filter the list	Enter a keyword in the Text filter field to limit the display to résumé titles with that word in the title.
Change the sort order	Select Résumé Title or Last Modified Date from the Sort drop-down list, and use the arrow button for ascending or descending order.
Create a new résumé	Select the Add Résumé thumbnail to launch the Résumé Builder. See Manage Your Résumés for details.
View résumé details	Select the thumbnail of the résumé you wish to view. Your résumé displays along with a Suggested Jobs Based on Your Résumé section below it, displaying positions in which you may be interested.
Make your résumé visible to employers	Select the résumé you wish to make visible. Your résumé displays. Select the Offline button to change the Résumé Accessibility setting. See Make a Résumé Visible to Employers for details.
Access options to manage your résumés	Select the gear icon on a thumbnail to display links for performing a variety of actions: Extend Expiration — Sets the expiration date to six months from the current date. Job Search— Uses information from your résumé to conduct a search for matching positions. See Use a Résumé as Criteria to Find Jobs and Use Your Résumé to Find and Apply for Jobs for details. Score— Displays your Résumé Score Details. At the top are items marked with a red X icon that need improvement. Below are items marked by a green check that are in good shape. See Improve a Résumé's Score for details. Copy— Creates a copy of the selected résumé that you can modify to create a new one. See Copy a Résumé for details. Edit — Opens the résumé details for editing. See the topics Edit a Résumé and Edit Employer Searchable Information for details. Delete — Moves the résumé to the deleted résumés list. See Delete a Résumé for details.
View information on résumé best practices	Select the Tips on preparing your résumé link.
Create and manage cover letters you can use in a job application	Select the Cover Letter link. See Manage Your Letters for details.

About Résumé Details

When viewing résumé details on the Résumé Builder page, there are a couple of unique features available to you to help with navigating and managing the page.

Résumé Builder — Résumé Details

To see the basic steps needed to get your résumé online, select the See Page Tips tab at the top of the page.
To view a detailed walk-through of all the steps needed to complete your résumé and put it online, select the Start Tour button. The tour takes you through the sections of your résumé with a brief explanation of each and provides an excellent overview of what you can do on the page.