Adding Transcripts to Symplicity

Question:

Hi Dean Kinsey~
Happy New Year!
I have a quick question--how do I upload a transcript to Symplicity? I cannot for the life of me figure it out! :)

Thanks!!

Answer:
The answer is not obvious. You'd have to check the Career Services Handbook (the purple book) to know, or our web site. The security encoding for the UALR's transcript paper makes an actual transcript on that paper way too big to upload into Symplicity. For that reason, you must cut and paste your grades from BOSS into a simple Word document. We call it a Grade Sheet. Be sure to clean it up by deleting all the extraneous coding, etc. (That actually looks really bad and is distracting when employers try to read your grade sheet). You can then save this "Grade Sheet" to Symplicity just like you upload your resume.

Let me know if you have other questions about this. This and other answers to other questions asked in the future will be posted to the Career Services blogspot at http://bowencareerservices.blogspot.com/.

Symplicity Makes the Difference

Postings job openings, reviewing resumes, customizing job searches, blogging, developing and presenting educational workshops, organizing on-campus interviews and interest sessions...life in a career services office can be fun and ever-changing!

Symplicity, the online career management system, has been life-saver for the two-person staff at Bowen School of Law! Launched initially with only the on-campus interview program in Sepember 2008, the CSO team now funnels 90% of the career activities for students and employers through this medium. Job postings (law clerk, attorney jobs and legal-related positions) along with registration for and management of the on-campus interview program are handled primarily through Symplicity.

Registration on Symplicity is mandatory for students who participate in Bowen's on-campus interview program in September and February annually. For both on-campus interviews and job postings, students and alumni may upload the resume, cover letters, grade sheet and writing sample, then with a couple of clicks, credentials are made available to employers!

Employers may register, then submit job postings directly to students through Symplicity.

As a rule, the CSO staff will work closely with employers and students who are using Symplicity and need assistance navigating the several modules. However, most users have developed a comfort level and better understanding after a short period of use.