Skills First Student Instructions

1. Sign in/Join:

Below is the page that pops up which has two options.

i. Existing users can directly sign in using the current optimal resume email and password.

ii. New users should opt for “Students Click here to join”.

Step 1: Once the student clicks on “Students click here to join”, the below page appears where

the new user should enter the details such as Name, Email, and Password and click on “Join”.

Now the student account has been successfully created.

Step 2: Once the Skills First account is created you can login to SkillsFirst using the credentials.

Or for existing optimal resume users, Sign in with the optimal resume credentials and that will

automatically import all the resumes and cover letters from Optimal Resume website to Skills

First. Below is the Sign in page.

Step 3: Once the user enters valid email address and password and click on “Sign in” a home

page appears as shown below. This has multiple options to create a resume, cover letter, etc.,

2. Submit a Resume for Review:

Step 4: To submit a resume for review, In Homepage → Personal Galleries → Resumes

Below page opens which shows two options

i. Add Resume – Submitting Resume for Review

ii. Browse Resume – Access the Fulton schools career center templates

Step 5: For submitting the resume for review select the “Add Resume” option visible in the

below screen.

i. Add Resume:

Step 6: Click on “Add Resume”. Which in turn opens the below window. Add Valid Resume

Name and Description(if any) and click on “Save”.

Step 7: Once the Resume name and description are provided the screen appears as below in

which student has to upload the resume using “Upload Resume” Option.

Step 8: Clicking on “Upload Resume” button opens the below widget where student should

upload the resume. Click on “Choose Resume” and choose the resume from the device and click

on “Done" once the resume is uploaded successfully.

Step 9: Click on “Submit for Review” which makes the below widget open. “Select Review

Group” from dropdown, add the comment and click on “Submit”.

Step 10: Once the resume is submitted for review, students still have an option to replace the

resume using “Replace Resume” option or cancel the review using “Update Review Status”.

ii. Browse Resumes:

Step 11: To use the template provided by the Fulton schools career center, click on “Browse

Resume” Option

Students will be able to view the four templates suggested by the career center as shown in

below. To use those templates, click on any one of the templates.

Step 12: Once the student opens the template the screen appears as below. For using the template

student must click on the “download icon ” which is visible in the image. And edit the

downloaded resume template.

Step 13: Once the student completes editing the resume, the student can submit the resume using

Step 5 – Step 10.

Step 14: After successful completion, students can logout of the session by clicking on the

“Student Name” on top right corner of the page. Click on “Log out”.