In SchooLinks, Job Seekers are members not linked to a high school—including early-career individuals and adults exploring new career pathways. As a Job Seeker, you can use the Career Center to research occupations, explore different career paths, and use the Opportunity Board to find internships, volunteer roles, and employment opportunities. If you would like to engage more directly with schools and students, you can link to your high school or add a work affiliation, which unlocks expanded ways to connect.
☝️To create a Job Seeker account, use the steps in How to Create a Member Account.
Top Navigation Bar
Use the top navigation bar to access:
Notifications (bell icon): View any SchooLinks alerts relevant to you. Refer to step #3 under the Account Settings dropdown below.
Help Center (question mark): Access SchooLinks help articles.
Account Settings (gear icon): Manage your account settings and access the language translation feature. Refer to the Account Settings dropdown section below.
Profile icon: Your SchooLinks alumni photo or avatar. Refer to the Personalize Your Profile section below.
Job Seeker Account Settings
Job Seeker Account Settings
Click the Gear icon in the top right corner of any SchooLinks page, then click Account Settings.
Click Account Access to view or update your SchooLinks password.
*Note: Updating your password only applies to users who log into SchooLinks with the email/password option. If you used your Google or Microsoft account to access SchooLinks, you will see the Google or Microsoft icon beside your name.
Click Notifications to choose how you would like to receive email notifications from SchooLinks:
Immediately
Daily batch
Weekly batch
Add and verify your phone number to receive SMS text alerts.
Click Profile Photo to Upload a Photo from your device, or click Customize Avatar to create your profile avatar. On the Create an avatar pop-up, select hair color and style, skin color, facial features, shirt style and color, and background color. You can also click Create random avatar to generate an avatar, then click Save Avatar.
Click Organization Affiliations to add your employer, whether it be an organization or a higher education institution. You can also add your alma mater information to help SchooLinks match your account to your school's records. Complete the information needed for each affiliation, then click Save & close.
If you are a guardian, click My Students, enter your student's 6-digit alphanumeric claim code (often shared by the counselor), select your relationship to the student, then click Add.
Side Navigation Bar
Use the side navigation bar to access the following pages available in your SchooLinks account:
Engage
Engage
The Engage category provides access to the following pages:
Opportunity Board: The Opportunity Board allows you to view current opportunities, such as internships, volunteer positions, and part-time jobs that you can apply for.
Program Exploration: Programs are organized educational or extracurricular activities that help alumni gain hands-on experience, develop valuable skills, and build connections with mentors and industry partners. Examples include:
Internships and High-Quality Work-Based Learning (WBL) Experiences
Mentorship Opportunities
Apprenticeships
Competitive Academic Programs
Worksite Field Trips/Tours
Mock Interviews
Job Shadowing
My Placements: View current or past program placements.
Career
Career
The Career category provides access to the Employer Showcase and the Career Center.
Employer Showcase: Browse various organizational videos, photos, and text highlighting each company's strengths, mission, programs, and initiatives that might appeal to students considering a career in the field. This information helps you envision where you might fit in the industry and the skills and knowledge needed to succeed.
Career Center: Provides comprehensive data on each of the careers recognized by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Search Options
Search Bar: search for a career directly by name
Regional: search most job openings and most common careers by state
Clusters: search by the 16 national career clusters
Hot: search from a list of fastest growing careers
All: search from a list of all career options
Click on a Career tile to open the Career Profile
Dashboard Tab
Click the Home icon or the SchooLinks logo to access the Dashboard tab, which provides the following features:
To-dos: A list of action items, such as surveys or
Student Questions: After adding a career, organization, or college, you can act as a mentor to current students by answering questions about those topics.
Affiliations: Add your job or school to further engage with students who are interested in those topics.
High School Network: Add your alum info to access your transcript, explore events available to alumni, and view classmates' updates.
Personalize Your Profile
Click My Profile to go to your profile page.
Your profile page highlights your interests, skills, experiences, and academic accomplishments, and you can update it anytime. You can also export your profile as a comprehensive resume.
Personalization options include:
Add a preferred name and profile image or avatar.
Add a profile headline or objective.
Add or edit your profile cover photo.
Add your social account links and copy your public profile link to your clipboard for sharing with others.
Export your resume: Add your contact information to the pop-out form, then choose to save it to your Google Drive or download it to your device as an editable document.
