This document provides an overview of the features available in the Optimal Resume Letter and Portfolio Builder tool. It outlines how to access the tool and create resumes, cover letters, portfolios, video resumes, and websites. Templates, samples, and editing tools are available for each document type. Videos are also available to demonstrate how to use each feature of the resume building platform.

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Building Your Optimal Impression
Letter and Portfolio Builder Tool

2. • Access your Account
• Document Center
• Skills Assessment
• Resume
• Letters
• Portfolios
• Video Resumes
• Websites
• Interviews
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What we will cover
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www.illinoisworknet.com/resume
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Log-In to Access
Resume Builder
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1. Complete any
Contact
Information that
may be missing.
2. Enter your
Career
Preferences.
3. Hold CTRL for
Multiple
Selections.
4. Save.
5. You can change
Industry at any
time.
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Document Center
• The Document Center offers
storage for files you create or
upload.
• Access it from the Resume home
page.
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Letter Builder
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• Letter Builder helps you build
letters in the same way as the
Resume Builder
• Access letters from the Document
Center
• Select Create New Letter
• Choose from an existing letter
Letter Builder
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• After selecting Create new letter
• Name the letter
• Select Start Letter
• Option to upload a letter
• Uploaded letters cannot be edited.
Letter Builder
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10. • Options include:
• Samples
• Types
• Start from Scratch
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Letter Builder
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11. • Browsing displays samples based upon Categories & Experience Levels
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Letter Builder
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12. • Browsing Letter Types provides types of letters with sample paragraphs
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Letter Builder
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13. • Sections are offered with sample language to use
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Letter Builder
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The editing tools included are the
same across the platform:
• Examples
• Action Verbs
• Infobytes
• Style
• Formatting
• WYSIWYG
• Tools
Letter Builder
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15. • Starting from Scratch provides only your name and address
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Letter Builder
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Portfolio Builder
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• Access from the Document Center
• Compile your collateral materials in
one place for easy access
Portfolio Builder
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18. • Name the portfolio
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Portfolio Builder
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19. • Select from a Template or Start from Scratch
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Portfolio Builder
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20. • From Templates, determine what type of portfolio you want to create
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Portfolio Builder
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Portfolio Builder
• Multiple options are available
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22. • The Portfolio
starts with the
basics, but you
can include
specific projects
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Portfolio Builder
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Upload a file or add a link
to a website
Add a file to the portfolio Add special notations
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24. • Store files by project
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Portfolio Builder
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Watch videos on each topic
• Resume Builder Series Videos
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN9VmjFBxYM&list=PLlkuU1Id_xm_yHJfUGpXfTYyV2PVuknJR
• Accessing the Resume Builder on Illinois workNet
• Managing your Resume Builder Account
• Creating a Resume with the Resume Builder Tool
• Creating Cover Letters with the Resume Builder Tool
• Creating Portfolios with the Resume Builder Tool
• Assessments on the Resume Builder Tool
• Practice Interviews on the Resume Builder Tool
• Create a Video Resume
• Create a Personalized Website
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Thanks for watching
Questions may be directed to:
 Illinois workNet– info@illinoisworknet.com
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OR:
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