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Uploading a Resume to Career Connections Online
Loading documents to Career Connections Online is important because it will make it possible for our
staff and for employers to search for your resume when they have positions for which you may be a good
candidate. The only document that you are required to upload in our system is your resume. However,
we strongly encourage you to upload any documents that may be useful in your career progression. This
includes copies of your teaching license, CPR and suicide prevention training certification, cover letters,
letters of recommendation, and transcripts. Having all of these documents together in one place should
make it very easy to forward important career documents to the places you are applying. Keep in mind
that there is a limit of 20 documents that you can upload to Career Connections Online.
Log in to your Career Connections Online account at https://edcareers.indiana.edu and make sure you
have completed your profile before uploading any documents. To upload a document, go to the
Documents tab at the top of the window. Click the Add New button at the bottom left. Provide a Label or
name for your document and then select the Document Type. In the gray file box, click Browse to find
the document you wish to upload. You may also add any notes in the Student Notes file. If this is your
first resume, you can make notes for the reviewer or ask questions. When you are finished, click Submit.
The first resume you submit will have to be approved to ensure that it contains no spelling, grammar,
typographical, or significant formatting errors. We will not approve a resume that includes a photo of
you. We recommend uploading a Word or PDF document, which makes it easier for us to provide
feedback. Once your resume is approved, future versions of your resume will not be reviewed by our
staff unless you delete your default resume or set the new one as default. Therefore, it is EXTREMELY
important that you CAREFULLY proofread and have others look over your resume before uploading
future versions of your resume. Other documents like cover letters, certificates, and licenses are not
reviewed. Again, since these documents are not reviewed, you will want to carefully proofread them
before you upload them to Career Connections Online.
Be sure to set the appropriate resume as your default resume. This is the resume that will be included in
Resume Books put together for employers who request them. It is also the resume that employers will be
able to access if they are searching for potential candidates for positions.
When you are uploading documents other than your resume, please be sure to provide a label and click
the appropriate document type. The other steps are the same.
If you are uploading scanned documents, please note that there is a 500kb limit which may limit your
ability to upload your documents. We are encouraging users to split these documents:
If you have Adobe Acrobat, you can split PDFs by doing the following:
· In Acrobat, go to View > Tools > Pages > Split Document (on the right side menu)
· Choose to split the file size into .5 MB files
· Make sure you have chosen your desired output location and choose OK
If you do not have Acrobat (the free Adobe Reader does not have the ability to split PDFs), there are other
freeware and third party websites that can help, such as http://foxyutils.com/splitpdf/.
If you have any questions or have problems uploading your documents, please contact Career Connections