Student User Guide: Symplicity Portal

Log In

Home Page

My Profile: Introduction

My Profile: Personal

My Profile: Academic

My Profile: Privacy

My Profile: Password/Preferences

Documents

How to add files to “Documents”

How to add files to “Documents” – Resources – Resume Builder

Opportunities

Organizations

Log In - After clicking the opportunity web link, you will see the login page [see Fig 1]

- Select “Student/Alumni” by clicking on it

Figure 1

- Arrive at second log in page [see Fig 2 A]

- Choose “Forgot Password” to reset your password.

- You will then arrive at the “Forgot Password” page [See Figure 2B]. Use your alpha-numeric

Yale-NUS email to change the password and then check your email for reset link.

- Note: You will be able to change into your friendly email ID after you have logged in

Figure 2A

Figure 2B

- After entering your password, you will arrive at home page [see Fig 3]

Home Page

Figure 3

- If the “Home” tab is clicked at any stage, you arrive at the home page

Figure 4

- The quick search tab [see Fig 4] allows for a quick search of the site

- The “Getting Started” section gives an overview of all important steps [see Fig 5]

Figure 5

- The green tick mark indicates that the section in question has been completed as shown in

Fig 5

- An empty grey circle indicates that the information has not been filled or is incomplete

My Profile: Introduction - Select the “My Profile” tab to view and edit Personal and Academic information as seen in

Fig 6

Figure 6

- Arrive at the profile page [see Fig 7]

Figure 7

- The “Personal” section gives an overview of your personal information while the “Academic”

section gives an overview of your academic information

- A status bar [seen in Fig 7] indicates the level of completion of each section using

percentages and intuitive color schemes

- To edit Personal information, click on the “Edit” button in the “Personal” section

- To edit Academic information, click on the “Edit” button in the “Academic” section

- To change account settings, click “View/Edit Account Settings” button in “Personal” section

- Click the “switch to tab view” button to switch to a tab view for the page

My Profile: Personal - When “Edit” in “Personal” section is clicked, arrive at personal profile page [see Fig 8]

Figure 8

- Fill in all important and mandatory information

- It is important to complete the profile section to access other sections of the portal

- As seen in Fig 8, the completion status list helps track the level of profile completion

My Profile: Academic - When “Edit” in “Academic” section is clicked, arrive at academic profile page [see Fig 9]

- Fill in all important and mandatory information

- It is important to complete the profile section to access other sections of the portal

- As seen in Fig 9, the completion status list helps track the level of profile completion

Figure 9

My Profile: Privacy - Click on “Privacy” tab to view and edit privacy preferences [see Fig 10]

Figure 10

My Profile: Password/Preferences - Click on “Password/Preferences” tab to edit password and select accessibility preferences

[see Fig 11]

Figure 11

Documents - Click on “Documents” tab on the home page to view and edit all documents attached to

your profile [see Fig 12]

Figure 12

- You do not need to upload your resume at this time in order to view CIPE’s opportunities.

But you will need to have it ready, along with other specific documents, when you are ready

to apply for any positions

How to add files to “Documents” - Once you have chosen your opportunity, follow the following steps to add new documents

- Click the “Add New” to add new documents to the profile [see Fig 13]

- Label documents clearly and indicate the type of document by selecting the appropriate

options

- The ideal format for the documents to be uploaded is PDF

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Figure 13

- Once the required document has been selected, click submit to finish uploading the

document

- Uploaded documents can be viewed by clicking on the “View” button or deleted by clicking

on the “Delete” option [see Fig 14]

Figure 14

How to add files to “Documents” – Resources – Resume Builder

- Click on “Resources” tab on the home page to access the Resume Builder [see Fig. 15]

Figure 15

- Select the appropriate tabs to edit Resume information.

Opportunities - View all available internship and job by clicking the “Opportunities” tab on the home page

[see Fig 16]

- Select the appropriate tab depending on the type of position and job being sough

Figure 16

- Use the search function to filter and find the positions you are looking for

- The job application page has all the pertinent information

- Click the “Apply” button on the top right corner of the page [see Fig 17]

- Arrive at the application page seen in Fig 17

- Select the resume & cover letter you would like to use from the dropdown menu

- If the document for the application has not been loaded to the list of documents, click the

“Add New” button to add a new document [see Fig 18]

Figure 17

Figure 18

- Create your cover letter by uploading your documents (as specified) or use the online editor

by selecting the “online editor” option [see Fig 19]

- Click the upload the confirm the document selection

Figure 19

- A completely filled and submitted application will be seen if the “Applications” tab is clicked

as seen in Fig 20

- To withdraw the application, click the “Withdraw Application” button

Figure 20

Organizations - Select the “Organizations” tab to view the organization directory [see Fig 21]

Figure 21

- Using a keyword search or by selecting the industry, filter the list of potential employers

- Select the star [see Fig 22] next to the employer name to add it to the list of favorite

employers

Figure 22

- To view the list of favorite employers, select the “Favorite Organizations” from the drop

down menu from the “Organizations” tab from the home page