Career Connections in the Sam M. Walton College of Business partners with VMock SMART Career Platform to help students create a powerful resume and accelerate students’ career journey. VMock leverages technologies like data science, machine learning, and natural language processing to provide instant personalized feedback on resumes based on criteria gathered from employers and global best practices – from anywhere, at any time of the day.
Getting Started
- Click on the above VMock button, click on Continue with University ID.
- Sign in with your university credentials.
- Click on Sign Up.
What is VMock?
VMock is a 24/7 virtual career assistant that utilizes technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and a sophisticated analytics engine to deliver instant, personalized, and smart career guidance to students and professionals.
How does VMock work?
VMock’s suite of applications incorporates rich historical data, robust knowledge sources, global best practices and recruiters’ criteria along with school-specific customizations to provide automated feedback. VMock will allow all Sam M. Walton College of Business students access to a benchmark-based score on their resume and several uploads to improve it so that they can have a solid resume and immediate feedback on video interview preparation.
VMock Resources
SMART Resume provides users an initial score benchmarked against their cohort along with detailed, personalized feedback and guidance to help improve their document to exceed industry standards for high quality. The feedback is segmented into five core modules: Impact, Presentation, Competencies, Bullet, and Section-level feedback. The Feedback is dynamic, adjusting as users make improvements to their resume, guiding each step of improvement to create a world-class resume.
SMART Editor helps users to achieve all-star profile strength. Our machine learning engines scan resumes to offer instant and targeted sample suggestions for each bullet. Secure 24/7, real-time guidance from the platform makes resume stand out and maximizes your job-search outcomes. It allows users to create their resume online on VMock Platform or easily convert their existing resume to their requirements in just a click and provides instant score improvement, live feedback and downloadable resumes in PDF or Word format.
Resume Optimizer enables you to create a recruiter-ready resume targeted toward a specific job description or your desired career track. This is excellent preparation for applications that ATS systems will review, which scan for keywords, skills, and competencies on a candidate’s Resume.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of VMock’s latest breakthrough – the Cover Letter Module! Craft tailored Cover Letters, Instantly! In today’s competitive job market, a compelling cover letter can make all the difference. With VMock’s Cover Letter tool, students can now seamlessly create company or job-specific cover letters with ease. The real-time feedback feature ensures that your cover letter is not just personalized but also optimized for success. Receive valuable insights on relevant parameters such as targeted keywords, content impact, and essential formatting checks. Our tool goes beyond generic advice, providing personalized samples and recommendations tailored to each user.
Aspire helps create a compelling LinkedIn profile with targeted and personalized recommendations to improve the language, content and key terms for recruiter search optimization. With Aspire, students strengthen their search engine ranking, improve profile visibility and create a consistent narrative from resume to public profile for recruiters. Based on intelligent skill gap analysis and analytics, users get personalized feedback on key skills to highlight and align their LinkedIn profile with their aspiration.
Elevator Pitch analyzes interviews holistically and instantly reveals hidden crucial information in body language, enunciation, and content. It also allows users to watch interviews and provide time-aligned feedback, making it much easier to understand feedback and rectify issues. It offers instant feedback on non-verbal communication, delivery of the speech, diction, and content strength. It provides ease of practicing for interviews.
Mock Interviews platform provides built-in mock interview sets for 100+ career tracks for students to practice. Students can create their own custom mock interview from the “Question Library” section on the platform. Students can attempt assignments created by career coaches and receive AI feedback.
Frequently Asked Questions
Undergraduates, graduate students, and postgraduate students of the Sam M. Walton College of Business are eligible to use VMock. Each student has 10 resume uploads each semester and can practice their elevator pitch and mock interviews for multiple questions.
You can login to VMock with your university credentials. VMock utilizes AI technology and career services benchmarks to provide a score on your resume, elevator pitch, interviews, LinkedIn profile, or cover letter. Utilize the guides to learn how to use a specific function of VMock and use the recommendations in VMock to improve your scores.
Utilize the recommendations from VMock to improve your resume score. Here are a few tips:
- Check your degree for accuracy (VMock is correct)
- Utilize a clean format – no images, graphics, or personal pictures
- Use bullet points that begin with strong action verbs
- Input numerical details where you can – be specific
- Avoid making your document longer than 1 page
If you are facing any technical issues, reach out to VMock Support at support@vmock.com. For any other queries, you can contact Walton Career Connection at wcobcdc@uark.edu