Help

Welcome to Lode Help!

Lode provides a guided and detailed way to put the right graduates in the right jobs with the right employers.

Help is divided into two sections - student and employer. Choose the help topic you need from the appropriate section below.

Student help

Introduction and general tips

Managing and developing your CV

Manage contacts from employers

Checking stats, notifications and news

Changing your account settings

Employer help

Creating a search

Checking notifications and news

Changing your account settings

Student help - introduction and general tips

Lode provides you with a way to put your CV before a large number of desirable employers. Lode walks you step-by-step through the process of creating a CV, covering all the key information in which employers are interested.

Below are a few ideas on how to:

General tips on using the Lode site

Save each page as you go

On most pages and forms there is a Save button. Use it! Otherwise you might find that you have to record your information all over again.

Content help on the page

On most Lode pages, you'll see a blue box of help tips. These contain useful guidance about how to fill in answer fields, and about the kind of content employers expect in these fields. Well worth a read!

Mouse tips

For further tips on how to fill in answer fields, run your mouse pointer over the label (caption) next to each field. You will often see a tip appear, advising you about the required content and format for that field.

Required fields

When filling in pages, you will sometimes see fields with a red zigzag underline. You must fill in these fields.

Underlining will also appear if you have put the wrong content into a field. For example, if you enter a URL (web address) in a field without "http://" in front of it, the underlined field shows that you need to format the URL properly.

Organising tabular information

On some pages such as Qualifications or Publications, your information is displayed in a table. To organise the display of this table, simply mouse over any column heading, then click on the pulldown to the right of the column label. From the resulting menu you can sort the table alphabetically by the chosen column, or select which columns will be displayed.

Managing and developing your CV

Step 1: Take the interview

To get up and running with Lode, you need to complete the basic interview. This covers the information that an employer needs as a minimum to consider contacting you.

When you first finish your registration process, you are asked to begin the interview. This won't take long, and the payoff might be your ideal job!

As you start the interview, you'll notice a progress bar along the top of the page. To progress forwards or backwards through the pages of the interview, click the arrow buttons at either end of the progress bar. To go to a specific page of the interview, click on the label for that page on the progress bar.

Remember to save each page of your interview as you go. You can exit the interview at any time, but your summary CV will not be searchable by employers until you have completed all the interview pages.

You can also complete or update interview questions from the EDIT PROFILE tab (see below).

Once you have completed the basic interview process, employers will be able to search for your mini CV.

Step 2: Provide extra information, or update: the EDIT PROFILE tab

Once you have completed the basic interview, you can provide further information. This includes the kind of thing that an employer will eventually want to see anyway: referees, further education, your interests, any publications or research, and so on.

When you click on the EDIT PROFILE tab (available anywhere outside the interview), you'll see a list of links on the left side of the page. These are divided into mandatory questions and optional questions.

Mandatory questions

The first link in this section (Update via the interview) takes you to the interview. You can update any of your basic interview information by way of this link.

Subsequent links access individual pages of the basic interview. You can use these to update any of your basic information on a page-by-page basis. Although each page contains the same information as its interview equivalent, some are laid out slightly differently to make it easier for you to manage and update your information.

Optional questions

All the links in this section take you to optional pages in which you can provide further information. You should regard this as a normal part of the CV creation process rather than an added extra, as your employer will eventually want most of the information in these fields. Additionally, an employer will be more interested in a thorough and complete CV.

View and download your CV

To view your CV, click the VIEW PROFILE tab (available anywhere outside the interview). You will see a layout of your CV. You can download your CV in printable PDF format by clicking the DOWNLOAD PDF button in the upper right of the page.

To see layouts of other information, such as referees, supporting documents and so on, click on the other supplied tabs within this page.

Manage contacts from employers

As soon as you complete the basic interview, your mini CV (a brief summary of your CV that excludes your contact details) can be searched for by employers. Of course, completing extra pages of information gives you a better chance at a good first impression with your prospective employer!

If an employer performs a search, finds your mini CV and likes what they see, they must contact you to get permission to view your full CV. For various reasons you may not wish to allow certain employers to see your full CV. Once you give permission, the employer can contact you by your preferred contact method for further discussions.

Check your stats, notifications and news

Click on the MOTHERLODE tab (available anywhere outside the menu) to get the following information:

  • How many employers have been expressing interest in you.
  • Whether you have any notifications.
  • Any news about Lode including new features and optional pages.

Status

The Status window gives you feedback about your CV completion. It also provides statistics on how many times employers have:

  • Viewed your mini CV in search results.
    Your mini CV is like a summary of your CV. Employers can search on certain characteristics (such as qualifications), look at this summary and then decide whether to go further.
  • Requested your full CV.
    Employers do not automatically get access to your full CV. They have to ask your permission. You will be notified of these requests in the Notifications window, and via email.
  • Viewed your full CV.
    Note that a number here may represent several employers viewing your CV, or a single employer taking multiple views. Either way, it's a good thing!

Notifications

Any messages specifically for you will be displayed in the Notifications window. These messages might include notifications from employers who have seen your mini CV and would like to see your full CV with contact details. From time to time, they may also include special messages for you from Lode.

For each notification from an employer, you can click on one of three buttons:

  • Accept.
    This allows the employer full access to your CV and contact details .
  • Reject.
    The employer will be notified of your rejection. Your name, contact details and full CV will not be provided to the employer.
  • Skip.
    Come back to this notification later.

To see if any new notifications have come in while you have been looking at this page, you can click the Refresh button at any time.

News

Within the News window you will see a set of links headlining various news items of interest to users of the Lode site.

To see a summary of a news item, run your mouse over it. The summary will appear in a tooltip window.

To see the full content of a news item, click on its headline link.

Change your account settings

You can change your account settings from the ACCOUNT SETTINGS tab.

To change your password:

  1. In the Old password field, type your old password.
  2. In the New password field, type your new password. Remember, its always more secure to use a password with alpha, numeric and non-alphanumeric characters. For example (please don't use this one!) "m1pa5$w0rd".
  3. In the New password (again) field, carefully re-type your new password.
  4. Click Save.

Disabling your account

Under some circumstances you may wish to disable your account. For example, you may have a job lined up, and don't wish to be contacted by any employers. Disabling your account provides a way of suspending any contact, but still keeping your account against future need.

To disable your account, select "No" from the pulldown list on the Disable my account field.

To re-enable your account, select "Yes" from the pulldown list on the Disable my account field.

Employer help

Creating a search

To create a search:

  1. Click the Dashboard tab.
  2. In the Dashboard Searches window, enter a title for your new search.
  3. Click the GO TO SEARCH CRITERIA button. You will see the Search window, where you can manage all aspects of searches and results.
  4. Enter your criteria. For further help with this process, click the HELP tab within the Search window.
  5. To update your search results, click the SEARCH button.

To access a saved search, click on its named link in the Dashboard Searches window.

You can also create a search from the Search tab.

Checking notifications and news

Notifications

Any messages specifically for you will be displayed in the Notifications window. These messages might include notifications from candidates who have agreed to allow you access to their full CV. From time to time, they may also include messages for you from Lode.

For each notification from a candidate, you can click either of the following buttons:

  • OK.
    This allows you full access to the candidate's CV and contact details. In the resulting view, you will see a layout of the candidate's CV. You can download this CV in printable PDF format by clicking the DOWNLOAD PDF button in the upper right of the page. To see layouts of other information, such as referees, supporting documents and so on, click on the other supplied tabs within this page.
  • Skip.
    Come back to this notification later.

To see if any new notifications have come in while you have been looking at this page, click the Refresh button at any time.

News

Within the News window you will see a set of links headlining various news items of interest to users of the Lode site.

To see a summary of a news item, run your mouse over it. The summary will appear in a tooltip window.

To see the full content of a news item, click on its headline link.

Changing your account settings

If any of your company details or contact information changes, you can revise your Lode account settings accordingly in the Account Settings tab.

Name, work phone, email, postal address... Please supply and keep current the name and contact details for the account holder. Please include area codes in the work phone number.
Role Type in or select from the pulldown list the role of the account holder above.
Company overview Please supply a brief summary of the company activities.
Industry Type in or select from the pulldown list the industry in which your company is engaged.
ACN/ABN Please make sure these are correct and current.
Study stream Type in or select from the pulldown list the study stream you most commonly recruit from.
Types you are looking for Provide a brief description of key characteristics common to the candidates you are looking for.