Online Resume Builder - OptimalResume

The Sam M. Walton College of Business Career Center and OptimalResume.com™ are teaming up to provide a customized resume development application specifically for Walton College Students.
 

First Resume

Even if this is your first resume, the OptimalResume Builder makes the process fast and easy - and it ensures top-quality results. Step-by-step, the OptimalResume Builder helps you construct a resume that is appropriate for your career or employment objective. It prompts you to enter the required information and provides helpful samples and suggestions on wording and format. In addition, you can add interactive infobytes about yourself and use hyperlinks or email to add a new dimension to your resume. OptimalResume Builder will walk you through developing both text versions of your resume, as well as flash versions of your resume. With OptimalResume Builder, you will be able to email employers a hyperlink directing them to your professional, flash driven resume.
 

Existing Resume

If you have an existing resume, you don't have to redo it - simply cut & paste the content into the OptimalResume Builder™. Best of all, you can work at your own pace. You don't have to finish your resume in one sitting, and you can check your progress along the way. The OptimalResume Builder is here to work for you!
 

How do I start using OptimalResume?

1. Visit https://waltoncollege.optimalresume.com/validate_user.php
2. Enter your UARK Student ID Number
3. Create your profile and continue with OptimalResume prompts
4. Develop fabulous resumes like those seen at OptimalResume's sample resume page https://my.optimalresume.com/resumesamples.php
    

Need help? Check out the OptimalResume and Letter first time user guide.
 

Returning OptimalResume Users

• What's the login page for returning users?
  http://waltoncollege.optimalresume.com/
• I'm a graduate of the Walton College, can I use OptimalResume/Letter Builder?
  Yes. You will need to pay the one year registration fee of $29.00 directly to OptimalResume Builder
• I'm not a business major, can I use OptimalResume/LetterBuilder?
  Yes. Please visit career.uark.edu for the University Career Center's OptimalResume login

To view sample resumes developed by OptimalResume, as well as resumes developed by Walton College students, click on the following resume samples:

 

REMEMBER: You should always have your resume reviewed and proofread by someone in the Career Center before sending it out to potential employers.

Online Letter Builder - OptimalLetter

OptimalLetter is the next generation online letter builder that makes it easy for students and alumni to create almost any kind of letter with custom instructions and examples approved by the Walton College Career Center.

OptimalLetter fits seamlessly with OptimalResume Document Center, accessed from https://waltoncollege.optimalresume.com/. Now students and alumni can create all of their professional documents and communications from a single online location with the assistance and helpful guidance of your Walton College Career Center
OptimalLetter works much like OptimalResume in that students create letters section by section with stepwise instructions and examples, maximizing the impact of the tool for students and improving the quality of letters for users. By producing letters in five formats: Rich Text, Plain Text, PDF, HTML, and email, OptimalLetter saves time and offers flexibility that makes it useful under most all circumstances.

Like OptimalResume, OptimalLetter is fully customizable to maximize its value for clients. Each institution has the ability to define its own letter types, either by choosing from default letter types or by creating new letter types from scratch. Any letter type is possible, but common letter types include: Cover letters, Application letters, Networking letters, Rejection letters, Withdrawal letters, Broadcast letters, Acceptance letters, Follow-up letters and Thank you letters.
 

How do I start using OptimalLetter Builder?

1. Visit https://waltoncollege.optimalresume.com/validate_user.php
2. Enter your UARK Student ID number
3. Create your profile and continue with OptimalResume Builder's™ prompts
4. Develop fabulous resumes and letters!

Need help? Check out the OptimalResume and Letter first time user guide.
 

Returning OptimalLetter Users:

• What's the login page for returning users?
  http://waltoncollege.optimalresume.com/
• I'm a graduate of the Walton College, can I use OptimalResume/Letter Builder?
  Yes. You will need to pay the one year registration fee of $29.00 directly to OptimalResume Builder
• I'm not a business major, can I use OptimalResume/Letter Builder?
  Yes. Please visit career.uark.edu for the University Career Center's OptimalResume login

When to send a cover letter:

• If you are submitting your resume in eRecruiting Experience, you should only submit an accompanying cover letter if the job description states a requirement for you to do so. Otherwise, do not send a cover letter; your resume is sufficient.
• If you are sending your resume through standard mail or via fax, you should send a cover letter.
• If you are responding to a newspaper ad or any other job announcement that requires you to send a paper version of your resume, you should send a cover letter.
• If you are applying for a position via an online job board (i.e. Monster.com) and the job system requires a cover letter.

When not to send a cover letter:

If you are submitting your resume in eRecruiting Experience, and the job announcement does not state or request a cover letter.

• When you are sending an electronic version of your resume (i.e. your resume is attached in an email) in lieu of attaching another document to the email, you should create a shortened, professional message within the body of the email that takes the place of the cover letter. View this sample email letter used in lieu of a cover letter.

Click here to view a sample cover letter.

Don't forget! You can use Optimal Resume/Letter Builder to help you create fabulous cover letters and more!

A 'Thank You' letter should be sent via email within 24 hours to your contact person at the company who coordinated your interview, as well as the interviewer(s).  

• A 'Thank You' letter can be sent in the body of an email. Click here for an email example.
• To view a standard sample 'Thank You' letter (typed or sent in a handwritten, professional 'Thank You' card), Click here.

  Don't forget! You can use Optimal Resume/Letter Builder to help you create various types of letters.