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Questions About Registering:

1. How do I register with Career Services?
2. What is the difference between Basic Services and Career Success Services?
3. What is Career Success Services?
4. What is Panther JOBlink?
5. I was a Career Success Services member on the old system. What should I do in order to continue being so on this new system?
6. I already paid for Career Success Services – Do I need to pay again?
7. Where can I go to pay for Panther Link?
8. I have registered for the career services (basic services) online.  Just want to know how can I purchase the Career Success Services.  Do I need to come to University Park, GC-230 to pay $20?
9. When I enter my e-mail address it gives an error.
10. I get an error message that says "Your information does not match...."
11. I already graduated from FIU – what do I need to do to register for Panther JOBlink?
12. I am a member of the Golden Panther and have tried to re-register onto the system. However the system indicates that my email is not valid, which I know that it is because I am currently enrolled for this semester.  What should I do?
13. I am interested in purchasing the Career Success Services.  Can you just charge my school account so financial aid pays for it?  Or what do you i have to do?
14. I was a Career Success Services member before the Career Services System upgrade. Now, after I updated my profile, it won't let me post my resume because it says I am not a Career Success Services member. What should I do?
     

Questions About Resumes:

14. How do I upload my resume to Career Services?
15. Help! The system will not let me upload my resume. Why?
16. My resume does not look the same as my original document.
17. How can I see my resume once it is uploaded to Panther JOBlink?
18. How do I make a change to my resume?
19. How do I submit my resume to a potential employer?
20. What does it mean that my Resume has been “Approved with reservations”?
21. I don't know what to put down on my resume as for a title.  I thought I should put my name but it says "put something down that appears professional".
22. I re-registered for the career services online and I got a message that I don't have access to my resumes online, etc.  Why does that happen and how can I fix that?
23. I can only submit my resume once with the new system. is it possible to resubmit again if I make changes to my resume.

Questions About Jobs:

24. I am having trouble accessing job listings when I specify the type of job that I am looking for. I don’t get any matches. Why is that?
25. I don’t understand the section where it asks for “position posted after”… I don’t understand what’s that trying to ask for?
26. What order are the job listings in?
27. How can I sort these job listings?
28. What does “Global” Job mean?
29. Why can’t I see all the job postings?
30. How can I find jobs on FIU campus?

Questions About On-Campus Interviews:

31. Where can I see which companies are coming on campus?
32. I went to look for on-campus interviews and it keeps giving me an error saying that I am not authorized for this. Why?
33. Do you have to pay money to see on-campus jobs.... if not, where can I locate the section with the jobs on-campus?
34. I am not able to see the  “Search for On-Campus Interview” Jobs. How do I submit my resume to the firms (like the Grant Thornton job)? 
35. I thought I did that already by uploading my resume and have it on the resume book but apparently that wasn't enough. What else do I need to do?
36. I have been pre-selected for an interview with “XYZ Company”.  How do I sign up?
37. How can I delete interview appointment?
38. How will I know if I have been selected for an interview?
39. I received an email from “XYZ Company” telling me that I have been pre-selected for an interview and I need to sign up for a time. However, when I go into the system to sign up for a time, the system won’t let me. What should I do?
40. I am trying to submit my resume to “XYZ Company” and it says that I do not meet the requirements, but I DO meet the requirements – what should I do?

Questions About Registering:
1. How do I register with Career Services?

1. Go to our website at http://www.fiu.edu/~career.
2. Click on the link “Register With Us”.
3. Review the registration instructions on this page and the authorization to release data.
4. At the bottom of that page, provide consent by clicking “I Agree – Begin Registration”.
5. Enter your FIU email address and create your own username and password.
6. Fill in the requested contact, education, employment preference, demographic and student services information.
7. FOR CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES – if you have completed steps a-f, you must also pay the Career Success Services fee.
8. Once you have paid AND completed the steps to register with us, you should send an email to panther.link@fiu.edu for us to activate you for Career Success Services.
9. Please allow 1-2 business days AFTER we have received your email for us to activate you.

1. Basic Services are FREE for all currently enrolled students. These services include:
    - Individual Career Counseling, In Person Resume Critiques, Mock Interviews, Job Search Workshops, Career Assessments, Career Fairs & Forums, Global Job Listings.
2. Career Success Services involve a fee. Currently enrolled students pay $20, and these services last for as long as student is enrolled, plus one year after graduation. Alumni pay $55 and these services last for one year after activation.

Career Success Services are an efficient way for you to connect with potential employers through on-campus interviews, resume referrals, and Panther JOBlink job listings for FIU students. The on-campus recruitment program brings major Fortune 500 companies to Career Services to conduct interviews.

Panther JOBlink is our new online job and interview management system. Panther JOBlink provides a connection between employers and individuals looking for jobs and internships. Panther JOBlink is a partnership between FIU Career Services and NACElink and replaces our old partnership with Monstertrak. Through Panther JOBlink, Career Success Services subscribers access job postings and internship/co-op opportunities. As appropriate, they electronically submit their resumes for consideration. Employers review resumes submitted and select individuals to interview.

You would need to re-register with our new Panther JOBlink system – if you have not already done so. Please follow the steps given in Question #1 above.

If you are still a student and have already paid for Career Success Services, you will not need to pay again. If you graduated LESS THAN one year ago, you will still have access to use our system. However, if you graduated MORE THAN one year ago, you may have to pay our alumni fee of $55 to register for Career Success Services again.

6. I already paid for Career Success Services – Do I need to pay again?

That depends!

1. If you are still a student – the answer is NO you do not need to pay again.
2. If you have already graduated, you may fall in one of 3 categories:
   1. If you graduated less than one year ago and you paid for Career Success Services – then you do NOT need to pay again.
   2. If you graduated more than 1 year ago, but you paid for Career Success Services less than 1 year ago, then you do NOT need to pay again.
   3. If you graduate MORE THAN 1 year ago, and you paid for Career Success Services MORE THAN 1 year ago, then you will need to pay our Alumni fee of $55.

7. Where can I go and pay for Panther Link?

You must come into one of our office locations to pay for Career Success Services. We are located at 3 campuses:

1. University Park – GC 230
2. Biscayne Bay Campus – WUC 255
3. Engineering Campus – EAS 2870

Payment must be check, money order, Visa or MasterCard

8. I have registered for the career services (basic services) online.  Just want to know how can I purchase the Career Success Services.  Do I need to come to University Park, GC-230 to pay $20?

Yes! Or WUC 255 or EAS 2870. Alumni pay $55

9. When I enter my e-mail address it gives an error.

Please contact us at: 305-348-2423, 305-348-1282 or 305-919-5770 OR email panther.link@fiu.edu describing your problem and include your email address and we will add your email to our Panther JOBlink database.

10. I get an error message that says "Your information does not match...."

We probably just entered your email address in the Panther JOBlink system . Sometimes it takes about 5 minutes for the system to recognize it. Please try again in about 5-10 minutes.

11. I already graduated from FIU – what do I need to do to register for Panther JOBlink?

If you already graduated, and you did not pay for Career Success Services while you were a student, then you need to pay $55 at one of our office locations (GC230, WUC255 or EAS2870).

12. I am a member of the Golden Panther and have tried to re-register onto the system. However the system indicates that my email is not valid, which I know that it is because I am currently enrolled for this semester.  What should I do?

When we transferred to the new Panther JOBlink system, we did not have everyone’s email address to upload into our system. If you get an email error please contact us at: 305-348-2423, 305-348-1282 or 305-919-5770 OR email panther.link@fiu.edu describing your problem and including your email address and we will add your email to our Panther JOBlink database

13. I am interested in purchasing the Career Success Services.  Can you just charge my school account so financial aid pays for it?  Or what do you I have to do?

No, sorry. You must come into one of our office locations to pay (GC230, WUC255 or EAS 2870)

14. I was a Career Success Services member before the Career Services System upgrade. Now, after I updated my profile, it won't let me post my resume because it says I am not a Career Success Services member. What should I do?

You should send an email to panther.link@fiu.edu to let us know that you have completed your online profile and you wish to be reactivated for Career Success Services. Please include your full name and graduation date in the email. Please allow 1-2 business days to be reactivated.

Questions About Resumes:
15. How do I upload my resume to Career Services?

1. You must first be registered for Career Success Services. See question 1 above.
2. You should have your resume already saved on your computer or a disk – in MS Word or any other Word Processing File.
3. After you have registered and paid the Career Success Services fee, you should log into the Panther JOBlink system at: http://www.fiu.edu/~career
4. Click on the link "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES"
5. Click on the link “Upload/Update resume and more”
6. Click “Store Resumes”
7. Click on the link “Click here to upload a resume”
8. Click the “Browse” button and then locate where you have saved your resume on your computer or disk.
9. Give your resume a title – something professional – employers will see the name of your resume.
10. Click “upload/update your resume”

16. Help! The system will not let me upload my resume. Why?

1. If you are not able to follow the steps in Question 14 above, then you have not been activated for Career Success Services.
2. If you have already paid for the service, please send an email to panther.link@fiu.edu for us to activate you.
3. Please allow 1-2 business days for activation.

17. My resume does not look the same as my original document.

1. When you upload your resume into the Panther JOBlink system, it gets converted into a .pdf file. This is to ensure that our employers will be able to see it.
2. It is important that you look at your resume once it is uploaded to make sure that the format is still in tact.
3. Here are some tips BEFORE you upload your resume:
   1. Avoid using a fancy font – the conversion may not recognize it.
   2. Use the TAB key instead of the space bar to align your text.
   3. Avoid using tables – also gets distorted when uploaded.
      AVOID USE OF MS WORD TEMPLATES – these sometimes include tables, which get distorted when uploaded.
   4. Check you page margins – sometimes if your resume is too close to the edge, it may wrap your text to another line.

18. How can I see my resume once it is uploaded to Panther JOBlink?

1. If you click on the resume title – you will be able to see what the uploaded version looks like.
2. You will need to have adobe acrobat reader installed on you computer – you can download this for free from the http://www.adobe.com website.

19. How do I make a change to my resume?

1. You must make all changes to your resume on the ORIGINAL version, which you saved on your computer or disk – in MS Word or other program. Resave document.
2. Once you make the changes, log into the system and click on "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES and then click on “Upload/Update resume and more”
3. Click on “Store Resumes”.
4. Select the resume that you wish to change – by click on the radio button.
5. Click on “Click here to update the selected resume”.
6. Locate modified resume from your computer/disk.
7. Click “upload/update resume”.

20. How do I submit my resume to a potential employer?

1. You must first be registered for Career Success Services - see questions 2 and 3 above.
2. Once you have your resume uploaded into the system, you will have to do a search for an employer.
3. This can be done 1 of 2 ways. First, click on "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES"
4. Then click on “ Job Listings (Global & Local)”.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page – click the “Search” button.
6. Click on the position title of your choice.
7. Scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says “Application Details”. There should be instructions there for submitting your resume to the employer.

PLEASE NOTE: If the position is for an On-Campus interview, you MUST meet the employers requirements in order to submit a your resume through the Panther JOBlink system. When you are looking at the job details, you should see what the requirements for the position are.

21. What does it mean that my Resume has been “Approved with reservations”?

This means that a Career Services staff member has reviewed your resume and should have provided some feedback. Please check your email to find the feedback provided.

22. I don't know what to put down on my resume as for a title.  I thought I should put my name but it says "put something down that appears professional".

You can put anything for the name. Some people simply put their name or the name of their major...or the type of job that they are looking for. For example - Accounting Resume, Full Time Resume, Internship Resume, Technology Resume.

23. I re-registered for the career services online and I got a message that I don't have access to my resumes online, etc.  Why does that happen and how can I fix that?

You must be registered for Career Success Services in order to be able to upload your resume. In the old system that we had, everyone could upload their resume to the system - both Basic and CSS users, however, in the new Panther JOBlink system, only Career Success Services users

24. I can only submit my resume once with the new system. is it possible to resubmit again if I make changes to my resume.

First, you can submit more than one resume into the Panther JOBlink system. In fact, you can upload up to 10 resumes. Secondly, YES - you can always update the resume that you uploaded. However, you MUST make the changes to the original resume document (that you saved on your computer or on a disk) and then log into Panther JOBlink and "update" the resume that is in the system. (Please see Question 18 for more details)

Questions About Job Listings:
25. I am having trouble accessing job listings when I specify the type of job that I am looking for. I don’t get any matches. Why is that?

This happens because you have narrowed your search down too much. Try doing a search with only ONE speicification first. Sometimes what happens is that the employer did not specify when they were filling in the job posting, and therefore, when you specify, you could be missing that job opportinity because your search is not including the employer that did not specify.

26. I don’t understand the section where it asks for “position posted after”… I don’t understand what’s that trying to ask for?

27. What order are the job listings in?

The job listings are currently in the order of the most recently posted. You can change this order if you want - see Question #28.

28. How can I sort these job listings?

You can sort by Job Titles or by Company names. Simply click on the column title at the top of the listings.

29. What does “Global” Job mean?

Global jobs are jobs that have been posted to other institutions, not just for FIU students. Our Panther JOBlink system is tied in with other Universities as well, and sometimes an employer may post a job at multiple institutions.

30. Why can’t I see all the job postings?

Possibly because you are not registered for Career Success Services. Please see Questions 2 and 3 above for more information.

31. How can I find jobs on FIU campus?

We are currently adding a page to our website that will cover information about this. For now, you will have to visit the Human Resources office to obtain information on this. They are located in the PC building - room 224 - or visit their website at http://www.fiujob.org and click on "Search Postings".

Questions About On-Campus Interviews:
32. Where can I see which companies are coming on campus?

To view Company presentations, log into the Panther JOBlink system, click on "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES" and then click on "Company Presentations (Information Sessions) ". OR from our homepage - click on "Calendar of Events".

To view upcoming on-campus company interviews, you MUST be registered for Career Success Services (See Question 1 above). Then log into the system and click on "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES" and then " Search for On-Campus Interview Jobs ". .

33. I went to look for on-campus interviews and it keeps giving me an error saying that I am not authorized for this. Why?

You have not been activated for Career Success Services. If you have already paid and you get an error message, please send an email to panther.link@fiu.edu for us to activate you for Career Success Services. Otherwise, please see Question #1 above for instructions about registering for Career Success Services.

34. Do you have to pay money to see on-campus jobs.... if not, where can I locate the section with the jobs on-campus?

Jobs at FIU can be found though the Human Resources office in PC 224. or visit the website at http://www.fiujobs.org/ and click on "Search Postings".

35. How do I submit my resume to the firms (like the Grant Thornton job)?  I thought I did that already by uploading my resume and have it on the resume book but apparently that wasn't enough. What else do I need to do?

Once you upload your resume you MUST do a search for jobs/internship and then submit your resume to the specific company. Employers do NOT see your resume just because it is in Panther JOBlink. You have to submit your resume to the companies that you want to.

36. I have been pre-selected for an interview with “XYZ Company”.  How do I sign up?

You can only sign up for an interview between the sign up dates -Even if the company has already contacted you.

To find out what the sign up dates are: -

1. log into the system to do a search for the company
2. click on "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES" and then "Search for On-Campus Interview Jobs"
3. then in the "keywords" field type the name of the company.
4. When the company search results appear, click on the job title. Scroll to the middle of the page, and you should be able to see when the interview sign up dates are.

37. How can I delete interview appointment?

You must call our office at 305-348-2423 and speak to someone to cancel the appointment. Failure to show up for the interview without cancelling the interview at least 2 business days BEFORE the interview will result in loss of our services for 1 year.

38. How will I know if I have been selected for an interview?

You should receive an email from either the company or from the Panther JOBlink system.

1. Otherwise, you can log into the system, click on "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES"
2. Then click on "Application History / On Campus Interview Status / Interview Sign Up".
3. Under Current Status, the system will indicate if you have been preselected or if your resume is still under consideration.

39. I received an email from “XYZ Company” telling me that I have been pre-selected for an interview and I need to sign up for a time. However, when I go into the system to sign up for a time, the system won’t let me. What should I do?

1. You will need to check the sign up times.
2. Log into Panther JOBlink.
3. Click on "CAREER SUCCESS SERVICES"
4. Click on "Search for On-Campus Interview Jobs"
5. In the keywords field type the name of the company. OR if you have the Job ID, you can enter it in the field provided.
6. When the results appear, click on the position title.
7. When the position details appear, in the middle of the page there should be a box. Inside the box it should indicate the dates of the sign up period.
8. If the dates are in the future - YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE INTERVIEW UNTIL THE DATE ARRIVES!
9. If the dates have already passed, it is too late to sign up.
10. If you are within those dates and you still cannot sign up, please contact 305-348-2423.

40. I am trying to submit my resume to “XYZ Company” and it says that I do not meet the requirements, but I DO meet the requirements – what should I do?

You will NOT be able to forward your resume through the system if it says that you do not meet the requirements. Please be sure to check all of the requirements to be sure that you meet them - ESPECIALLY the graduation date requirement. Many employers will stipulate when they want their candidates to graduate.

If you honestly believe that you meet the requirements, then we suggest that you search to see if the company is coming on campus to do a presentation (see question 31). You will be able to meet with the recruiter there and give him/her your resume.

Or you may contact Kyra Spence at spencek@fiu.edu - only if you strongly believe that you meet the requirements, and we will try to forward your resume to the recruiter.