STARTING & USING A CREDENTIALS FILE

1:______ Register:
Create an account in Career Services Hire-a-Hornet .

2:______ Reference Letters: 
Choose your reference writers. You need a minimum of two reference letters for your credential file to be complete. Most schools will want at least three and three to five is recommended. Ask your writers to write their letters on the reference form or include the reference form with the letter and mail it directly to Career Services. Give your writers at least a month to write and send their letters. Employers want current letters, if you have an old file please be sure to have 3 to 5 letters in the file that are not more than 5 years old.

3:______ Transcripts:
If you want a transcript in your file, contact Registration at 620/341-5419 to arrange to have a transcript sent to us. We do not have access to your transcripts. We cannot include transcripts from other colleges and universities in your file.

4:_______ Resume: 
If you want a resume in your file, you will need to upload one into Hire-a-Hornet. We will download it when we send out your credentials if it is not more than 6 months old unless you request that we don not send it.

5:_______ Contact Us:
You may view which reference letters have been received on your behalf in your Hire-a-Hornet profile. Contact Career Services at 620/341-5169 or jlutz@emporia.edu, if you have other questions. We will send you an email when we have received two reference letters (assuming you have signed registered on Hire-a-Hornet). However, we do not send additional emails when additional letters or transcripts arrive. You will need to check your Hire-a-Hornet account to see which other letters have been added to your file.

6:_______ Send Credentials:
When you are ready to send your credentials out:

Call 620/341-5407 or email jlutz@emporia.edu. 
Or, you may use the electronic form (click here):
Provide the following information-
1. Contact Name
2. Name/Number of school district
3. Complete mailing address
4. Email address and/or fax number

Credentials are sent for free for ESU students currently taking classes and through the month of your graduation. Once graduated, the fee is $5 per request or, you can purchase a set of 10 requests for $40. To make this payment, please call our main number at 620-341-5407. PLEASE-For your own protection, do not send credit/debit card information through email. Email is not secure.

Career Services does not provide mailing addresses of school districts, including Emporia’s.
When ordering credentials, please be prepared to give the complete contact name, USD number, mailing addresses and email address and/or fax number. If this information was not given to you, it can usually be found on the district website.