Symplicity Quick Guide for Marquette's Recruitment Programs

To use Symplicity for the Fall and Spring Recruitment Programs, please follow these steps:

  1. ACCESS SYMPLICITY. Visit Symplicity and log in using your personal username and password.  
     
  2. MAKE SURE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE. If you have not done so already, complete your account information.
    1. Click the circle with your picture on the menu bar located at the top right corner of the page (if you have no picture, the circle will contain your initials).
    2. Click "My Account" from the drop-down menu.
    3. Click "Personal Information" and complete fully the form then click "Save" at the bottom or top of the page. 
    4. Click "Academic Profile." For "Practice Area(s)," you can choose up to seven (7) practice areas by holding down the Control key (or the Command key if you have an Apple computer/laptop) when making selections. You need NOT know definitively the areas of law that interest you and you can change your selections at any time. 
       
  3. VIEW RECRUITMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYERS.
    1. Click "OCI" on the menu bar at the top of the page.  
    2. Under "Session," select the appropriate session from the drop-down menu, e.g., "'24 Sum/Fall 1" (click the arrow at the right of the box to view the available sessions). Note that you will see only employers that are recruiting YOUR class.
    3. Click "Review" for the employer(s) of interest to view relevant information for each employer. Carefully review both hiring criteria (including GPA/class rank) and required application materials.
       
  4. UPLOAD YOUR DOCUMENTS. 
    1. Click the circle with your picture on the menu bar located at the top right corner of the page (if you have no picture, the circle will contain your initials).
    2. Click "My Documents" from the drop-down menu.
    3. Click the blue "Add New" button.
    4. Give your document a name in the "Label" field.
    5. Select the appropriate document type, i.e., Résumé, Cover Letter, Unofficial Transcript, Writing Sample, Other Documents. Select "Unofficial Transcript" for your law school transcript only. Select "Other Documents" for undergraduate transcripts and other documents such as a list of references. Law school transcripts must be obtained per the instructions on the CPC's Transcripts web page. 
    6. Click "Choose File" to search the appropriate drive for the document you wish to upload and then select the appropriate document.
    7. Click the blue "Submit" button. 
    8. Review the document uploaded by clicking "View as PDF" -- the PDF version will be submitted to employers.
       
  5. APPLY/BID FOR AN INTERVIEW.
    1. Click "OCI" on the menu bar at the top of the page.  
    2. Under "Session," select the appropriate session from the drop-down menu, e.g., "'24 Sum/Fall 1".
    3. Click "Review" to the left of the employer.
    4. Under "Bid Details" on the right side of the page, select the appropriate documents you wish to submit.
    5. Click the blue "Apply" button once you select the appropriate documents that you have uploaded to Symplicity. You can remove or replace any document submitted for an employer or withdraw your application entirely up until the bid/application deadline for the employer (set forth in the "Bidding Deadline" column and under "Important Dates"). Whatever documents have been submitted at that bidding deadline will go to the employer.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

  • ALL OCI employers require the submission of a résumé.  Résumés MUST conform to the legal résumé standards set forth in the Legal Résumé Guide and must be approved by the Career Planning Center following a one-on-one meeting with a member of the CPC professional staff, either virtual or in person. You will be unable to apply for any positions via Symplicity until your résumé has been reviewed AND formally approved on Symplicity. The CPC also reserves the right to remove from consideration résumés that do not meet legal résumé standards.
  • Do NOT submit a cover letter or any other document (other than a résumé) for an employer unless specifically requested by the employer.