Staff Opportunities

To apply for available positions online, you must first create a profile.

To create a profile:

1. Go to the Carleton University Career Opportunities website.
2. Click ‘My Profile’.
3. Enter your email address in the New Applicant field and click Create Profile. You will be prompted to upload your resume.
4. Click Save and Continue. The system will auto-populate fields based on your resume.
5. Fill in your remaining information. Fields will a red asterix are required.
6. Confirm that the information is correct and click ‘Save and Continue’.

Once your profile is complete, you will receive an email with a temporary password. Login using this password. To change your temporary password, click ‘Change Password’, enter a new password and click ‘Save’.

You can update your profile at any time by logging in and clicking ‘My Profile’.

If you forget your password, from the ‘My Profile’ page click “Have you forgotten your password?” and follow the prompts.

To change your password, login and click ‘My Personal Info’.  Click the ‘Login’ tab and enter your new password in the password field.  Click save and enter your new password again.

Once you have created an online profile, you are now ready to apply for jobs.

To apply for jobs:

1. Login to the Carleton University Career Opportunities website.
2. Click ‘Job Opportunities’.
3. Click on the position for which you would like to apply.
4. Click ‘Apply for this Job’ at the bottom of the page. The ‘My Documents’ page will open where you can assign certain documents to the specific job.
5. Click the box to the left of the documents you wish to assign to the job or upload additional documents by selecting ‘browse’ and choosing your desired document.
6. Click ‘Save and Continue’. The My Jobs page will open. From here you are able to withdraw your application or add additional documents.

Career Alert and RSS feeds are an easy way to stay informed about current job opportunities at Carleton University.

To set up an RSS feed:

1.  Click the following Job Opportunities RSS feed link.
2. Copy the address from the address bar.
3. Open Outlook and locate the RSS feed folder on the left hand side.
4. Right click the folder and select ‘Add new RSS feed’.
5. Paste the address in the box and click ‘Add’. A new folder called Carleton University internal career opportunities will appear.

To set up a Career Alert:

1. Go to the Carleton University Career Opportunities website.
2. Click ‘Current Opportunities’.
3. Select the red Career Alert link at the bottom of the page.
4. Enter your email address.
5. Select your job category preferences. You will now receive job alerts to your email for 90 days.

Refresh your memory on some of the Interview Strategies that can assist you in the process of obtaining a job.

Before the Interview

• Research the Department: Learn as much as you can about the department (e.g. department’s mandate/mission, organizational structure etc.) so that you have a better sense of what the interviewer expects and you can more readily demonstrate that you are a good fit for the department.
• Study the Job Description: Look very closely at the required skills, this will provide clues to what questions the interviewer(s) might ask.
• Anticipate and Practice Interview Questions: Develop your own interview questions based on what you anticipate the interviewer(s) might ask. Be sure to practice your responses to these questions. When preparing answers to interview questions, write them down in point form and remember to provide a validating experience or example to demonstrate how you gained a particular skill, experience or knowledge.
• Plan Questions to ask the Employer:  These questions demonstrate that you have done your research, understand the full scope of the job and are enthusiastic about the job.
• Know the Details: Verify the location and time of the interview. Don’t forget to take into account situations that are out of your control such as traffic, buses being late, the weather and last minute changes.
• Prepare your Clothing: Have your outfit chosen and ironed the night before your interview. Also pack the items you plan on taking with you (e.g. C.V., resume, list of references, portfolios etc.).

During the Interview / The Day of the Interview

• Be Punctual: It’s best to be at least 5 minutes early for your interview. The preparation that you do in advance will help you to be on time.
• Maintain a Professional Image:  If your personal appearance and hygiene are poor, the employer(s) might assume that the quality of your work is also poor. It is therefore important that you plan how you will look as carefully as you plan what to say. Don’t forget to wear clean and polished conservative dress shoes, a conservative suit, have well-groomed hair and wear minimal cologne or perfume.
• Non-Verbal Communication: What you say is as important as how it’s said since as much as 90% of communication is non-verbal.  Try to remember the fundamentals: sit up straight, make eye contact, have a nice firm handshake, and remember to smile. Remember to do this for everyone in the office.
• Interviewers are Friendly but they are not Your Friends: Remember to maintain professional dialogue with interviewers at all times. Don’t say anything that might call into question your professional judgment. Even in situations where the interviewer is really relaxed and informal, don’t forget to maintain professional dialogue. Consider the following quotation from Dorothy Neville, “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
• Use Examples: During the interview, use specific examples. In using these examples, divide your responses to questions into 3 parts: Situation, Action, and Result.
  • Situation -Tell the interviewer about the situation and what problem you were trying to solve.
  • Action – Explain to the employer what you did to achieve your results (highlight your skills).
  • Result -Tell the interviewer what was the final outcome

After the Interview

• Evaluate Yourself: Immediately following the interview, evaluate what went well and what could be done to improve. Write notes on what questions were asked and evaluate the content of your responses. In the event that you don’t secure the position, you will be sufficiently prepared for your next interview.

This reference guide was created in cooperation with the Career Development and Co-operative Education Office and the Department of Human Resources.