Site Help for Applicants

Junior Faculty Recruitment Site Help for Applicants

Creating an Account

All applicants must first create an account in order to store resume information and apply for jobs. You can create a new account by going to:

http://jfr.gov.harvard.edu/user/register

Enter a username (of your choice) and valid email address. Your password and further instructions will be sent to your e-mail address. Once you log into your account, you can change your password at any time by clicking on the 'My Account' link.

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How to Save Your Resume Information

Once you have logged into your account you will see 3 additional links in the top navigation bar:

Create A Resume - will display a form to submit the elements of your resume information. The form provides spaces to upload information in PDF or plain text format. Word documents are not allowed.
My Resume Information - will allow you to view, edit, or delete your saved resume information.
My Job Applications - will show you a list of jobs that you have applied for.

When you have completed the "Create A Resume" form, press 'Submit' to save the information. This will save the information to the database but your resume information will not be accessible to faculty reviewers until you apply for a job.

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How to Apply For A Job

Before you can apply for job, you must be logged into your account and have a resume saved the database. If two cases are true, the you can apply to a job by viewing the job description and clicking the 'Apply for this job' link.

You can view a list of job listings at: http://jfr.gov.harvard.edu/joblistings.

To view the description of the job listing, click on the job title.

If you have multiple resumes saved, then after you click 'Apply for this job' you will be presented with a choice of which resume you would like to apply with.After you apply for a job, you will receive an email confirmation that the application has been processed

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How the Letters of Recommendation System Works

The premise of the Letters of Recommendation system is to allow the applicant to enable a third-party (person) to submit a letter of recommendation on his/her behalf. Thus applicants cannot register themselves to submit a letter of recommendation.

You can register up to 3 "submitters" for each resume. When you register a submitter, the submitter will receive an email indicating that you have made a request for a letter of recommendation. The email will include a special link. When the submitter clicks on this link, it will display a form on this web site where a PDF or Word formatted letter of recommendation can be submitted .

Each link is unique and identifies the submitted letter to you and your resume information. If the special link is altered in any way access will be denied. The link can be accessed more than once, but once a letter is submitted, the link will become moot.

Once receiving the email, the submitter does not need to create an account as this may cause access problems. Clicking on the link and submitting the letter of recommendation is all that is required from the submitter. The submitter should receive a confirmation email if the letter of recommendation has been submitted successfully.

Applicants cannot view the submitted letters, however the faculty reviewers can access your submitted letters as part of your resume information.

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