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GA Online System Instructions

Step 2: Students Apply to Jobs
Deadline: August 24, 2012

You may apply for a maximum of five positions. Once you have submitted an application to a position you cannot remove it. We, therefore, encourage you to review all of the jobs you are interested in before submitting an application. If, after you have applied for your positions, you decide to withdraw your application you must speak to your Department Graduate Liaison Officer who will be able to withdraw your application for you.

It is recommended that you apply for your positions in the first two weeks of posting (August 7-17) since faculty members may begin reviewing applicants starting August 20. You may however apply to GA positions up until August 24.

GA Homepage

Once you log onto the system your GA homepage will appear. You will initially see the jobs that are offered by your home department. However, you may also view all other jobs in the other departments by selecting the department using the drop down menu.

Applying for a Position

You may view the job description details by clicking on the job title.

If interested in applying for the position, you should click “Yes” under “Apply for Position” at bottom of screen. This will open the application page.

You will need to provide a Rationale for Applying for the Position, a Title for your Resume, and upload a copy of your Resume.

The “Rationale for Applying for the Position” field has a maximum of 150 words. You should provide a brief explanation and description of your skills that demonstrate that you are a suitable candidate for the position. This is essentially your covering letter.

The “Title for Resume” will be attached to the version of your resume that you upload. (For future employment opportunities, you will be able to retrieve this version of your resume using the title you give it.) Please note: The title will be visible to faculty members when reviewing your application.

Finally, click the “Apply for Position” button. You will be returned to your GA homepage where you will now see the job you applied for listed with a status of “Applied”. If you decide not to apply for the position simply click “Do not Apply/Back to Main Page”.
Please note: Once you click on “Apply for Position” you can no longer withdraw or edit your application.

Ranking GA Positions

Once you have completed your application process you will need to rank the positions you have applied for in order of preference. This ranking must be done by August 24, 2012, in order for the matching process to work. Your order of preference can be changed up to this date.

The original order of jobs will be the order in which you applied for the positions. To change the rank order by preference click on “Edit Ranking” which will cause the “Update Ranking” pop-up menu to appear. Click on the job title of the position you want to move and click either “Move Up” or “Move Down”. Once you have finished changing the order of your position you should click “Update Ranking” and the order of your positions listed above will change accordingly.