Once you find a position you would like to apply for, click on the "Apply for this Posting" button at either the top or bottom of the listing.
Once you have completed the appropriate application, you may be given the opportunity to attach a resume, cover letter or other document. For certain positions, you may also be asked additional, supplemental questions related to this specific position.
Supplemental questions appear on many of the positions posted and vary depending on the type of position.
To answer supplemental questions for a position that you are interested in, you need to click the radio button next to your desired answer for each question asked. Once you have completed the questions, click the check box next to the certification statement underneath the questions. After certifying your responses, click the "Submit Answers to Supplemental Questions with my Application" button. If you choose to not apply for the position, click the "Cancel Applying for this Vacancy" button.
There are 5 steps to attaching documents:
Step 1: Select the Document Type to Attach
Step 2: Attach Document
Step 3: Confirming
Step 4: Reviewing Documents and Completing the Attaching Process
Step 5: Final Confirmation
If your document is in Microsoft Word or PDF format, please use the Upload feature to attach your document. Otherwise, please use the Paste feature.
You may preview a previously saved document by selecting the document from the drop down list and clicking Preview.
To attach a new Microsoft Word, Text, Rich Text, or PDF document, click Browse, select the file you wish to attach, and click Open. Your document must be less than 2 MB in size.
You may use the Enter a New Resume/CV field to type (or copy and paste) your resume information if your document is something other than Word, Text, Rich Text, or PDF, or if you do not have a saved resume file.
NOTE: Once you have uploaded a document, the file name changes from your file name to a system generated file name that reflects the date and time that the document was submitted. This is how your document will be referred to in the system for future reference.
Note: The Date & Time Submitted field shows the name your document has been given in the system from now on.
To confirm attaching your document to the position, click on the "Confirm Attaching Documents" button. You will be able to view and remove this document once you have confirmed the attachment and are taken back to the Attach Documents page.
If you choose not to attach this document at this time, click "Return to Previous" at the top of the page.
Repeat the above 3 steps for each document you wish to attach.
After you attach a document, you will be returned to the main Attach Document page. You will have two choices regarding your uploaded documents: View and Remove. Once you have attached your documents, please click the View links to verify that they are formatted correctly. If a document has changed formatting, please click the Remove link to remove the document, and adjust it as needed. Some formatting issues may include different spacing, page breaks, or margins than your original document. Typically, if you remove any table cells and indent text on the right margin, your documents will format correctly in the system.
When you have attached all documents you wish to attach, click the Finished Attaching Documents button.
If there are required documents and you do not wish to attach them at this time, click the Attach Documents Later button. Your application for this position will not be complete, but you can return at a later time to complete attaching your documents.
If there are no required documents and you do not wish to attach documents at this time, click the Cancel Applying to this Posting button. You will have cancelled this application; however, you can reapply to the position at a later time once you have your documents ready.
Once you click the "Finished Attaching Documents" button, you will be asked to confirm that you do not wish to attach any more documents. If you are ready to confirm your application, click the Yes button. If you would like to go back to review and/or make changes to your documents, you may click No to return to the Attach Documents page.
Once you click Yes, your materials will be submitted and you will not be able to attach further documents for the position. You will then be given a confirmation number for your application and the application process is complete.
NOTE: If you have confirmed the attached documents, finished the application process and then realized that you would like a different document associated with the position, do NOT withdraw your materials. You will not be able to resubmit them. Please contact the University of Minnesota Human Resources Call Center at 612-625-2000 and one of our representatives will assist you with the process.
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Last modified October 3, 2006
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