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TECHNOLOGYTO HELP
STUDENTS SUCCEED!
Advisement & Career Services
Your One-Stop Shop for Employment Success
Optimal Resume:
Optimal Resume: At A Glance
Miami Dade College has adopted this site as a resource to increase student employability
skills and post-graduation success.
Optimal Resume hosts a variety of tools to
help create, present, manage and share
professional credentials.
Create high-impact, interactive career materials based on career goals
Present materials online — with an easy-to-use website builder — and in print, as you can download
your materials in a number of formats Manage an unlimited number of career documents
from one central location Share credentials with several networks on a professional website and across social networking
sites
Overview
The website link is as follows:mdc.optimalresume.com
Students can register by clicking on the “Create New Account” button and entering their MyMDC student email.
Registering
Optimal Resume achieves student success via eight modules
Features
Use the Resume builder to easily and quickly create impressive and professional resumes, which can be shared online or downloaded and printed.
The builder combines expert advice, high-quality samples and actionable job market information to help you create focused, targeted resumes for every job opportunity.
Resume Builder
Use the Letter Builder to easily and quickly create a range of different professional letters, e.g. cover letters and thank you letters, which also can be shared online or downloaded and printed.
Letter Builder
The portfolio builder creates an online gallery that can be displayed as a page on your Optimal Resume website, shared as a link, or downloaded as a zipped file.
Portfolio Builder
Portfolios document your education, work samples, and skills. They are very useful for applying to jobs and training programs, demonstrating your transferable skills, and tracking your professional development.
If you are thinking of changing careers or are entering the workforce for the first time, the skills assessment module is a great place to start.
Skills assessments can help you identify and present your transferable skills and abilities to prospective employers and are especially helpful for creating targeted resumes and cover letters, and preparing for job interviews. The three types of skills assessments :
Skills Inventory Accomplishment Sheet
Proficiency List
Skills Assessment
This module makes it easy to refine your interviewing skills.
You control your interview practice session, including the interview type, number of questions, response format, and interviewer.
There are four ways to record your interview responses: Spoken and Video Recorded Spoken Only Written No Response
Interview Prep
This module makes it easy for job seekers to create high quality video resumes from any computer with a webcam and microphone.
Video Resume offers a unique script builder that helps users get started with a compelling video resume script. Instead of having to memorize their script, job seekers can read it with a unique teleprompter as they record.
Attractive video resume styling options are available including video skins and animated bullet points.
Video Resume
Creates a customized site that includes a variety of professional documents, as well as links to social networking profiles, e.g. LinkedIn and Twitter
Can index site with major search engines
Allows selection of documents that to include on website
Website Builder
Placing a resume in the ResumeGPS database gives employers access to find and contact job seekers with employment opportunities.
An employer searches for the kind of candidate they're looking for and sees matching resumes.
If there is a match, an employer can set up an online interview or videoconference. Users can also exchange messages with employers and see which employers have viewed their profile.
Resume GPS
Employers can send targeted opportunities to the personal Opportunity Dashboard®, or users can search millions of job listings through the integrated Simply Hired database.
Jobs & Internships
On your Opportunity Dashboard, you can scroll through organization logos, view company information, and easily apply to positions of interest with Optimal Resume career materials.
Questions
Contact Advisement Services at your campus: North Campus
[email protected] Kendall Campus
[email protected] Wolfson Campus
[email protected] Medical Campus
[email protected] Homestead Campus
[email protected] InterAmerican Campus [email protected] Hialeah Campus
[email protected] West Campus