Basic Services

Optimal Resume

OptimalResume.com

OptimalResume.com provides a comprehensive, web-based tool for students to create, present, and manage their resumes. It is a feature-packed, interactive system that not only helps students build their best resume, but also enables them to create an online marketing presentation of their skills and abilities.

With the OptimalResumeBuilder, students use examples to create top-quality resumes in a short period of time. In addition, students can publish their resume in three formats and can upload it to HIRESOONER. Please use the password 'sooners' when logging on for the first time.

>> Click to access Optimal Resume if your are currently enrolled.

Going Global

Going Global offers career guides and a Global key employer directory, both of which are updated continually. This massive research tool contains more than 10,000 resources for finding employment in the US and abroad. Developed by a worldwide team of career specialists, each country covers job search resources, employment opportunities and trends, business resources and networking groups, work permits and visa regulations, cost of living and compensation information and much more.

>> Click to access Going Global if your are currently enrolled.

FOCUS

FOCUS: Career and Education Planning Solutions

FOCUS is a self-paced, online career guidance tool used to assist you in self-assessment and career exploration. Users of FOCUS learn to make more realistic decisions about their goals and plans, how to self-manage their careers and the importance of adaptability in these times of change. Keyword to login is "Sooners".

  • Analyze your career planning status
  • Self-assess your interests
  • Explore and analyze occupations based on your interests and work values
  • Explore and analyze occupations based on educational areas of study, education, training, and skills
  • Explore and analyze occupations based on personality and life values
  • Explore and analyze occupations based on leisure activities
  • Search for and analyze occupations based on your skills
  • Find information for a specific occupation-compare two occupations side by side

>> Click to access Focus if your are currently enrolled.

Online Job Board


Students have free access as a "guest" to the online job board in HIRESOONER that contains current full time, internship and co-op openings. New listings are added daily. The "guest" UserName is "ouguest" and the password is "careers4sooners"

>> Click to access Online Job Board if your are currently enrolled.

First Job in Sports

Search this online job board for current openings for full-time positions and internships related to the sports industry.

>> Click to access First Job in Sports if your are currently enrolled.

Username: oklahoma Password: careers

Women Sports Jobs

Women Sports Jobs

Women Sports Jobs is a leading online career center and job board for careers in sports.They provide an online platform for connecting sports enterprises with the most qualified career-minded individuals.

You have the ability to search hundreds of jobs in the sports industry, while employers can search a pool of qualified and diversified candidates. Jobs are posted daily to provide you with the most current and up-to-date opportunities in the industry. Includes job listings in sales, marketing, broadcasting, public relations, coaching, officiating, health and fitness, athletic administration, event management, journalism, sporting goods jobs, and more.

>> Click to access Womens Sports Jobs if your are currently enrolled.

Vault Online Career Library

Vault Online Career Library

Vault is the Internet's ultimate destination for insider company information, advice, and career management services. Vault's content and services include:

  • "Insider" information on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries.
  • The Vault Career Library: Vault's best-selling collection of more than 80 career guides and employer profiles covering a wide range of industries, including accounting, advertising, biotech, fashion, media, investment management, real estate, venture capital, and many more.
  • Vault's Electronic WaterCooler is the Internet's first collection of company-specific message boards for employees. Every day, tens of thousands of people visit Vault's expert-moderated message boards to share the latest corporate and career news, network with each other, ask for job advice and learn about trends shaping the workforce.
  • An extensive free job board with thousands of top job openings.

>> Click to access Vault if your are currently enrolled.

First Research

goinglobal.com

First Research is an in-depth industry profile database. Industry profile sectors include: Construction and Real Estate; Public Services, Education, Recreation; Finance and Insurance; Retail; Food and Agriculture; Services; Healthcare; Manufacturing; Technology and Communication; Transportation, Energy, Storage; and Wholesale.

>> Click to access First Research if your are currently enrolled.

H1Base

H1 Base, Inc. is a leading online solutions company who is dedicated to assisting people from all over the World - move to America to live and work.

H1 Base helps students find a job/company offering H1B visa jobs & sponsorships.

>> Click to access H1Base if your are currently enrolled.

To enter: Click "VIEW" after reaching H1Base.

Internships.com

Search this online job board for current internship openings.

>> Click to access Internships.com if your are currently enrolled.

Promo code: Sooners (use promo code to register for free account)

Interview Stream

Interview Stream Logo

You've heard it said so many times. Making an excellent first impression is essential for a strong interview. This includes your appearance, your timeliness, but most importantly, your interviewing skills! Take a look at what happens to a few students who didn't prepare for their interview. Don't let this happen to you!

Who really gets the job? The best qualified? The smartest candidate? Not necessarily! Most of the time, it's the person who is able to best sell his or her skills to employers in a professional and effective manner.

Before heading into your next interview, spend 30 minutes using the newest technology: InterviewStream!

You can stop by Career Services or sign up ahead of time by calling 405.325.1974 to use this interactive online video-based practice interviewing tool. Have a webcam? You can even conduct an interview right now! This tool provides feedback and tips of non-verbal behavior and commmunication missteps. If you don't have a webcam we have webcams available for you to check out and use at home.

Mock Interview Critique Form

>> Click to access Inerview Stream if your are currently enrolled.

. If you have your own webcam. Click "Get Started" then enter your information

a. Username=email address

b. Choose a password

OU Career Mentoring Network

OU Career Mentoring Network

The OU Career Mentoring Network is comprised of alumni and employers representing diverse career fields, who have offered to share their career experiences with students.

The OU Career Mentoring Network is available exclusively to students who have a current HIRESOONER account with Career Services and have completed the Career Mentoring Network training.

If you are interested in joining the Career Mentoring Network please complete the following three steps:

  • Open a HIRESOONER Account.
  • Watch the OU Career Mentoring Network training PowerPoint *. (Please note that there is an important audio component to this presentation. Please turn on your computer's speakers. For those with difficulty accessing the audio the trnacript is available below)
  • Take a short questionnaire over the training.

Once Career Services verifies that you have completed all three steps, you will be given access to the Mentors when you log in to your HIRE SOONER account.

*You can download the PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft HERE . The transcript of the PowerPoint video is available HERE .