ILLINOIS WORKNET: BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS AND ADVISORS
• Students access resources and
tools to help them explore
careers, training, and skills
needed to reach their training
and employment goals.
• Advisors have access to the
same resources and tools in
addition to instructor guides
and partner tools to recover
passwords, view student
assessments, plans, saved
resumes, and more.
• All resources are FREE.
AGENDA
Illinois workNet Tools & Guides
Resume Builder Demo
Customer Support Center Overview
Career Plan Builder Demo
Next Steps
Advisor/Instructor Tools
Student View
Career Plan Demo
STUDENT TOOLS: GETTING STARTED
Students must have an Illinois workNet account in order to use personalized tools.
Go to
www.illinoisworknet.com
to Sign Up for an Illinois
workNet account.
STEP ONE
Verify your Illinois
workNet account
via email.
STEP TWO
Go to My Dashboard,
then select the
Dashboard icon.
STEP THREE
MY DASHBOARD: GETTING STARTED WITH MY CAREER PLAN
Student View
MY CAREER PLAN: START WITH A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Self-Access:
• Students access and update
pre-populated steps.
Staff-Assisted:
• Staff have the ability to
update pre-populated steps
or add other steps/services
through Customer Support
Center Tools.
Student View
MY CAREER PLAN: START WITH A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Student View
MY CAREER PLAN: START WITH A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Student View
MY CAREER PLAN: START WITH A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Student View
MY CAREER PLAN: EXAMPLE RESOURCE LINKS
Student View
MY DASHBOARD: EMPLOYMENT 101
Student View
EMPLOYMENT 101: STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Employment 101 is a self-
guided tool to help
students develop a plan to
reach their career goals.
Student View
INSTRUCTOR GUIDES AVAILABLE:
• Prepare a Career Plan
• Prepare a Job Search Plan
EMPLOYMENT 101: THE GUIDE
STEPS WITH INTEGRATED RESOURCES:
• Articles
• Searches
• Tools
• Videos
• Link to View Plans
SIDE BAR FOR:
• Career Planning
• Job Search Records
• Goals and Notes
Student View
MY DASHBOARD: RESUME BUILDER
Student View
OPTIMAL RESUME: RESOURCES
Resume Writing Guide
• Get Prepared
• Start Writing
• Customize Your Resume
• Use Your Resume for
Interview Prep
• Illinois workNet
Resume Builder Tools
• More Articles
Resume Builder – Helps create a clean, professional-looking resume.
You can start a resume from scratch or choose from over 500 samples
to use as a starting point.
Letter Builder – Helps create a professional letter. This includes any
job-related letters, such as cover letters, thank-you letters, and job
acceptance letters.
Portfolio Builder – Lets you create and organize a portfolio of your
past projects.
Self-Assessment Tool – Lets you take different assessments and save
the results. You can use them to assess and identify your skills,
strengths, and accomplishments.
Interview Prep
– Lets you practice your interviewing skills in real time.
You can respond to a set of common interview questions and record
yourself doing so.
Video Resume Builder – Lets you create and record a video version of
your resume. You can also create a script to be read to you as you
record, if you like.
Website Builder – Helps you create a personal website for yourself.
You can add materials you’ve already made (such as resumes, letters,
and portfolios) to your website.
Resume Builder tools can be found in your Illinois workNet account.
Simply login and click on “Resumes” under the “My Dashboard”
menu. After this, you’re ready to start building!
OPTIMAL RESUME: GETTING STARTED
• Complete any contact
information that is missing.
• Enter your career preferences.
• Hold CTRL to select multiple
items.
• Click Save.
• You may change Industry at
any time.
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OPTIMAL RESUME: DOCUMENT CENTER
• The Document Center offers storage for files you create or upload.
• All documents created within Optimal Resume can be accessed
from your Illinois workNet Dashboard at any time.
• Access from the Resumes button on the homepage toolbar.
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OPTIMAL RESUME: DOCUMENT CENTER
Select from a variety of documents/content to manage
Today, we will focus on the
Resume Builder Section!
OPTIMAL RESUME: RESUME BUILDER
• From Document Center, select
Create New Resume, name your
resume, then click Start.
• Upload an existing resume.
• You c
an not edit a resume
you upload.
• I
f you use standard resumes with
your customers, you can send
them to
info@IllinoisworkNet.com
and Optimal will upload them
into their system as a template
that can be used.
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• Three options are available to create a new resume:
• Browse Samples – Provides templates to select a resume (540 samples are
available).
• Browse Section Sets – Provides section headers, you complete filling in the rest of
the information.
• Start From Scratch – For experienced resume writers, you will have a blank
template.
OPTIMAL RESUME: RESUME BUILDER
SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE
What types of tools
would be helpful to
communicate with or
provide career planning
guidance to your
students?
CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER: GETTING STARTED
Partners must have an Illinois workNet partner account.
Go to
www.illinoisworknet.com
and Login to your Illinois
workNet account.
STEP ONE
Invite students to join your
Customer Support Center group.
When they accept the invitation,
they are immediately added to
your group.
STEP TWO
Go to My
Dashboard.
STEP THREE
Advisor Login
• Career Plan will be prepopulated with basic
goals and steps.
• Customize goals and steps based on the
student’s assessment results.
• Use the Career Plan as a communication tool.
• View student’s saved items in Illinois workNet.
.
CAREER PLAN TAB:
Access Career Plan Builder
CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER: PARTNER TOOLS
Advisor View
• View student’s saved resumes, cover
letters, interview practices, assessments,
and webpages.
OPTIMAL RESUME TAB:
View Student Employment 101 Results
CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER: PARTNER TOOLS
Advisor View
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