...................................HELP..................................

          Press <Ctrl Break> at any time to return to the menu

Version #:  DOS 3.4, Release Date: 10/95, Single User License
TechSupport:  703-242-9390 (call us as a last resort only)
For Help, first, read this help file, second, leave us a message
(see the UJA_Info.txt file).  Third if your problem still is unresolved,
call tech support at 703-242-9390 leave a DETAILED problem description
including free space on disk, & DOS version.  If your problem relates to
Windows, how many other DOS apps you had running in WIN at the time of
the problem.  If your problem relates to a sharing violation,whether 
share.exe is active.

      We will (attempt within 24 hrs to) return Local calls to the
      Washington DC Metro Area and Call-Collect Long Distance calls.

If you get sharing violation error messages, check your autoexec.bat file
start running c:\dos\share.exe.  If you still get sharing violation
errors, try moving the share stmt near the end of your autoexec.bat.
If that doesn't work, move it to another type of memory, i.e. from
UMB to Hi or to conventional 640 K or vice versa.  Windows for Workgroups
does not require SHARE.  So if you create a UJA icon & launch the DOS app
from Wkgroups, you can omit SHARE from your autoexec.bat file.

This program requires that you have your FILES= statement in your
config.sys set to at least FILES=20


.............................DATA ENTRY TIPS:
To edit a field, the easiest way is to use BACKSPACE or CTRL BACKSPACE.
To preserve your data & change char's at the start of the field,
use <CTRL F>, which = field edit.  It allows you to edit the field the
cursor is currently in without backspacing & erasing.  I.E. suppose you
typed "Rocket Scientist" as your Job Title, but you really wanted to say
"Pop Bottle Rocket Scientist".  Instead of <Ctrl Backspace> to wipe out 
the entire field & start from scratch, you could use <CTRL F> then <HOME>
(to go to the beginning of the field & insert your characters.

To Toggle between TYPEOVER & INSERT Mode, use the <INSERT> key.

You must press <ENTER> to get out of FIELD EDIT MODE, that will move
your cursor to the right end of the field & process your changes on
this field.

Cursor Movement Keys:
<CTRL RIGHT> = Word Right, <CTRL LEFT> = Word Left, DOWN, UP, PAGE UP,
PAGE DOWN, etc. all function as expected.  When editing Jobs & KSAs
you may find it helpful to copy the previous records values for this
field, into the current field.  To do this, use <Ctrl D> for Ditto.

Use <Ctrl D> for Ditto, to copy the Group Name above to the current
Group Name.  Ctrl D works on any field, not just the Group field, but
since it looks at the record above to copy to the present record,
that implies there must be a record above (before) this one.  Only
Jobs, & KSAs are multi-record files.  Ditto will not work for Avail-
ability, Education, Citizenship, & other single record modules.


Data Delineators:
Hit the spacebar to auto insert /'s in Date fields & -'s in phone #s.

171 GREEN FORM; PRINT DIRECTIONS FOR WP51:  Get into WordPerfect 5.1;
set your default directory to UJA (using the F5) key
or where ever you have stored the UJA program, if not a directory named 
UJA.  Then execute macros P1 - P4 & feed in a green 171 Form.



...............................MENU OPTIONS.............................

VIEW/PRT SAMPLE Menu option, offers you the option of viewing
sample data on the screen, or of printing it.  This print operation
does not subtract from your 5 grace print opportunities.

AVAILABILITY Menu option.  Allows for data entry/editing of the 171 page 1.
<ESC> cancels all data entry/changes since last save of this file.
<F2> saves this file & exits you to Main Menu. <Ctrl F> = Field Edit Mode.
Employers will most frequently machine search fields: JOB TITLE, BIRTH DATE
NAME, PHONE, PRIOR EMPLOYEE, AVAILABILITY, LOWEST PAY ACCEPTABLE, TEMP JOBS,
TRAVEL JOBS, MAY WE CONTACT PRESENT EMPLOYER, & HOW DID YOU HEAR OF US.

JOB HISTORY Menu Option, allows you to key in, edit, insert, or delete
jobs (excluding the text paragraph description of duties, that will only
be included in your Resume.txt file).  Employers may want to search the
ENDING SALARY field of all your job records to find out the most you've
ever made.

EDUCATION Menu Option, allows you to key in, or edit the 171 page 3 fields.
Employers probably will most frequently machine search fields:  COLLEGE
DEGREE TYPE, LICENSES CURRENTLY HELD & perhaps FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

CITIZENSHIP Menu Option, allows you to key in, or edit the SF-171 page 4
fields.  Employers probably will most frequently machine search fields:
US CITIZEN?, FELON? RELATIVES THAT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY.

KSA_PERSONAL Menu Option allows you to create or select KSA's (Knowledge
Skills & Abilities) in the form of standardized searchable strings, like
ATTORNEY, or WRITER-EDITOR, or IBM-PC, or MACINTOSH, etc.  Other fields
prompt you for:  # OF MONTHS IN THIS KSA, SELF RANKED SKILL LEVEL, FED
GOVT CLASSIF (GS-12-0331) IN THIS KSA, DATE OF MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE
IN THIS KSA, HIGHEST SALARY MADE WHILE USING THIS KSA, etc.  Use the
<F1> key for context sensitive help.  You can use <PageDown> <F3> to
serial search (by page down-ing, or cursor downing) & viewing in
alphabetical order, then <F2> to select), or you can direct access
search, (machine search) using the <F6> key.  When you find the KSA
you want, the <F7> key will auto copy it from the file on disk to
your personal KSA file to be included with your job app.

Sample KSA's are already keyed in.  After reading them, delete them using
the <Del> key.

For "Number of months actual experience in this KSA, use:
"Actual Time", estimates only.  E.G. if you've been typing for 40 years
but you were only actually on a typewriter 1/40th of the time, during your
average work day, put 1 year here, not 40 years.  Then full-time typists
who actually type 8 hours per day & have 2 years of experience will
properly show more experience than you.  But if you put down 40 years, the
data is inaccurate, and no-one benefits from it, you will find yourself in
a job that expects you to have lots of typing experience & you may fail 
the job.  You do not benefit from putting down 40 years, the agency/
company does not benefit, & neither does the full time typist with 2 solid
years of typing experience.

Self ranked skill level, compare yourself to your perception of all
others who have this KSA.  10 = highest or expert level

Export/Import KSAs & KSALs allow batch input into the KSA system.  The
format is "," delimited, all fields.  If you get into your favorite
word processor & key in a KSA that is too long, it will be omitted when
you take the Import KSAs option (70 wide).  It will be included but
truncated if you import it into the KSA_L's (255) wide's.

Blank ID-nums are auto filled AFTER SAVE by the hashing process.
Group names are sorted in ASCII sort order, thus numbers in the Group
field are treated like strings of letters, i.e. the ASCII string
88888 would sort before 9 (appear above it) since it looks at the
first char, of each string & sorts, before moving on to the next
char. i.e. 88888 is not treated as 88 thousand 8 hundred & 88, it is
merely treated as a string of 5 char's, the first of which is less
than 9 & thus will go before (above) 9..

To batch add to KSA_L's, use the export & import menu options.
take the export first to get the file layout example.
Then edit the KSA_expL file, to include all the KSAs you wish
bearing in mind the rules for KSA Longs, i.e. They all must start
with the 2 words " I have ", except the continued KSAs which there
fore cannot start with "I have".  Continued KSAs also must be ID-Num'd
in sequence.
In the future we may add a proc that auto checks your KSA_Long file
for out of sequence KSAs that dont start with I have, such proc would
warn the user that record # 504 appeared out of sequence if a continued
KSA, or didn't start with "I have" if a new KSA.


KSAs_STANDARD APPLY KSALs Any user additions to Id_Numbers > 1 million
will  cause our updates to wipe out the users additions.  We have
chosen to  permanently assign Id_Numbers > 1 million so the user can
refer to long  KSAs by a number, otherwise he would have to use
record no. (which  changes all the time, or quote the string.
If you are a large corporation or govt agency and you want to be
able to use ID_Numbers > 1 million, then dont apply any of our KSA
updates, or number your KSAs high enough (you can go up to 12 
digits) to avoid ours, & apply our KSAs, which will start out 
at 1 million & go up from there as we get in new KSAs from the user base.
Thus corporate KSAs in the range of 1 Billion on up should virtually
be safe from our overwrites until Judgment Day, when you will no
longer need KSA's or Job Apps.  Somewhere after 1 billion & before 1 
trillion, Paradox 3.5 expresses the number in exponential form on 
reports, & forms, so if you dont like exponential notation, that is
a factor.

APPLY KSA's Menu Option allows you to update the KSA file with the
latest reported KSA's.  Download this zip file (called UJA_KSA.zip)
from any one of the Current version BBS's, e.g. America Online,
CompuServe, our BBS, or the InterNet, etc.  Once you have it
downloaded, copy it to your UJA directory, unzip it, & delete the
zipped version.  You will be left with a file called UJA_KSA.DB. UPSC
will update it's list of KSA's periodically (monthly, or so) to
incorporate the latest ones reported by users.  We appreciate your
input to keep us abreast of technology's ever changing KSA's.
E-mail a note to us & the text file that is generated by the Main Menu
option Extract KSAs.

The other menu options here are merely various ways of displaying
KSAs on the screen to make it easier to copy/move from one file to
another.

RESUME Menu Option, simply displays a screen that tells you how to
ASCII- export your resume from your favorite word processor to a text
file that must be named RESUME.TXT in order for this program to
incorporate it in it's reports & export functions.  It also describes
the file compression & encryption process used to send your job app
files to your employers BBS.

VIEW/PRINT UJA Menu Option, first tests to see if you've registered,
& if the name & phone # fields on the (AVAILABILITY Page) are filled
in, etc. It sends a report to your printer containing all your pages
of data entry. This report should be mailed in along with your Resume
(which you will  have to print yourself using your favorite word
processor) & along with  your diskette, to your prospective employer.
 You may wish to retrieve  the PRT_DUMP.txt file into your favorite
wordprocessor, and enhance it.   Use BOLD & UNDERLINE, or move resume
txt blocks under Job fields, etc.   Then print that report, & submit
it, instead of the standard UJA which  this package prints.

EXTRACT KSA's Menu Option, Displays all of the custom KSA's you have
entered in to the KSA file.  Now you can call them in to our 24-hour
Voice Mail line, or better yet, E-mail them to us via CompuServe,
AOL, MSN or to our Internet address.  Attach the text files that this
menu option generates, to your message.  I.E. KSA_EXP.txt & KSA_EXPL.txt.

REGISTER MY PACKAGE Menu Option should not be taken until you have
filled out page 1, (AVAILABILITY Page.)  You have 9 free print/export
opportunities before you are prevented from printing or file
exporting the data you have entered, until you register.

After taking the REGISTER MY PACKAGE MAIN MENU OPTION, The 1st screen 
will present you with a 4 digit registration # that you should key into
your phone, (after you call us at (703) 242-9390 & take the REGISTER
MY PACKAGE Menu option, on the phone.)  The next screen shows you
your own area code, key this into the phone, when prompted.  The next
screen shows you your 7 digit phone #, to be keyed in to the phone,
when prompted.  The next screen asks you for the Access Code, given
to you over the phone, by the  Universal Products PC running the
Voice Mail System.  Key this into your PC, & your next screen will
say either "Congratulations, you have successfully registered your
package", or it will say, The registration #, & area code & phone #
you keyed into the phone, do not match what you have keyed in to your
package AVAILABILITY PAGE.  Please re-check your answers & call
again.  After registration, UJA S/W  automatically locks in your SSN
& NAME on the AVAILABILITY PAGE, so they can't be changed (copy
protect mechanism).  

PRINT GREEN 171 Menu Option, generates the ASCII text files "," field
delineated, CR record delineated, necessary to act as merge files for
printing an SF-171 form.  These ASCII text files can be used by you
for any report of your choosing, i.e. your own companies job app, a
state of Virginia job app, etc.  We have written 4 macros in WP51 to
auto merge to some primary merge files we have constructed, to auto
generate a Govt. pre-printed green form 171.

COPY CURRENT TYPE Menu Option, copies your current job app type, to
what- ever type # you select (1 - 9).  It stores it in the directory
UJA/TYPE_N (N is a # from 1-9).  You will be given the opportunity to
label this  type to whatever you wish, e.g. NO REFERENCES, or NO
SALARY HISTORY, etc.

RESTORE TYPE N Menu Option, restores the job app type from directory
N, (N= some # between 1-9) to your current directory.  Thus
enable-ing you to print & export to diskette the info that used to be
in Directory N. Taking this menu option WILL OVERWRITE the current
job app type in the  UJA directory, so you should have saved it
previously, to some Job App  Type (1-9) & labeled it accordingly.

EXPORT FILES Menu Option, creates the export files to send off to
your employer.  These files are in Paradox 3.5, dBase 3+, and ASCII
format. The dBase files are named KUHL1FRA.DBF for example if your
name is Fran Kuhlman.  The Paradox files are named as above, except
the suffix is .DB instead of .DBF.  The ASCII files are always named
P1_UJA.txt thru P5_UJA.txt.  These correspond to pages 1-5 of the
SF-171 form.

DISPLAY REPORT Menu Option, displays on your screen, what the Hard
Copy of all your Data Entry will look, in report format.  It also
presents you with the option to export this to an ascii file. You are
also prompted here to CREATE DISKETTE or not.  This option will auto
copy the proper files to the disk drive of your choosing.

HELP Menu Option, displays this file.

CALL US UP Menu Option, displays our Company Name, Address, Phone #,
InterNet Address, the current price of the package, etc. It also
contains the contents of the UJA_Info.txt file which contains the
sales letter to corps & job applicants, install instructions, 
technotes and the Liberal License Agreement.

QUIT Menu Option, terminates the UJA program, & returns you to your
operating system (DOS or Windows, etc.).


SPELL CHECKING:

This package doesn't come with an internal spell checker.  Your
favorite WordProcessor has one that you are already probably familiar
with, though. We suggest before taking the CREATE DISKETTE Menu
Option, take the MERGE/EXPORT Menu Option.  Then retrieve the
PRT_DMP.TXT file & Spell  Check it.  That will prevent you from
submitting embarrassing misspelled words.  When you find a misspelled
word, don't bother to correct it on  the PRT_DMP.TXT file.  Simply
write it down & later on, change it in the UJA program.  Then retake
the MERGE/EXPORT menu option to regenerate the export files.


EXPORT TECH NOTES: The Create Diskette Menu Option auto copies the
files (that start with the first 4 letters of your Last Name, to
diskette.  It also copes all TXT files to your Dskt.  Thus your
RESUME.TXT file will be included. Do a DIR listing of the UJA
directory to see these files.  For example, if your last name is
Kuhlman, after taking the MERGE\EXPORT menu option, you could go to
the DOS UJA directory & do a DIR kuhl*.* command.

There you would see files: KUHL1FRA.DBF, KUHL2FRA.DBF etc.  (1st 4
letters of my last name, file #, 1st 3 letters of my first name), &
KUHL1FRA.DB files (Paradox 3.5 format). Text files include: 
KUHL1FRA.txt, 1 thru 6, UJA_INFO.txt = install instructions, tech
notes about package, sales pitch, etc. i.e. things necessary for your
employer to know about the files you are sending to him.  RESUME.txt
is your ASCII export of your resume, which your employer will want
for "loose search string text file searches" across his hundreds of
applicants, also for printing out of your resume, should he select
you.  PRT_DMP.txt is also for employers "loose search string text
file searches" & printing purposes, of every thing in the Hard Copy
Report.  This will contain some things you left out in Resume.txt.
like minimum salary willing to work for, willing to travel 3 nites
/mo. etc.  If you are going to transmit these files to your employer
instead  of mailing in a diskette, consider PK Zipping them into 1
file and Upload that file to your Employer's BBS, or Transmit to
someone in "receive mode" at a modem in his Personnel Dept, or upload
them on the InterNet.

PROGRAMMERS NOTES: In DataBase Design, there is always a trade off
between ease of manipulating data v. saving space on disk.  We
decided to waste space on disk regarding duplicating SSN & App_Date
fields for each record of P2 (jobs) & P5 (KSA's).  In order to make
flat file data manipulation easier for  small company, personnel
depts of say 50 employees or less.  They will be able to pull up all
employees records, P1-P5, in flat file format,  & easily access Jobs
& KSA's without having to tweak DB3+ or DB4 or  Paradox, or Access,
or FoxPro to handle multiple record types per file, which would have
been the space saving way to handle the SSN & App_Date fields in
files P2 & P5.  Larger companies, with dedicated database 
programmers will undoubtedly massage their UJA data & opt for a 
relational/space saving format.

...Why you might want Multiple Types of Job Apps....(an H.R. Dept
Lecture)

You may want to omit information like Salary History, Previous Job
References (if you have had lots of short contract jobs & your
references are "burned out" from getting calls every 3 months when
you apply for another short term contract computer job. Or you may
want to omit some of the information on the Citizenship page. Within
the last 10 years were you ever: fired, convicted of a felony,
convicted of any firearms or explosives violation, etc.

Job counselors will tell you that sometimes giving your prior salary
history will hurt you.  If you have recently gained certification or
an Educational degree, your salary history may not accurately reflect
your true worth, but you know that if you give it out, the company
will only offer you slightly more than your last job paid you.

In situations like these, it's best to create a "Type 2" Job App,
that omits salary history information.  Then on the availability page
you can put the higher minimum salary you are willing to work for,  &
get it.

If you stop to think about it, you are offering something of equal
worth to the company...your labor, in exchange for their wage.  If
they are going to request your salary history from you, you should be
able to request the salary history of the position from them.

If they request the reason you left your last job, you should be able
to request the reason why the last person who held this position was
let go. (unless it's a new position).

If they can request your last 3 employers & their phone #'s & names,
you should be allowed to request the last 3 employees who held the
position you are applying for, & their phone #'s & names.

These questions can all be handled kindly, at the interview.  Just
leave the info off of your app, & when they ask you for it at the
interview you can say "Well I don't give out specific salary levels
from specific companies, but my range in the past has been $30,000 to
$45,000 per year depending on if the job took my career in a
direction I wanted to go. Or just say "sure if you wish to exchange
information about the history of this position, like it's last 3
salary histories & references, I'll be glad to furnish you with my
history.  Of course if the economy is in a recession & jobs are
scarce, or if you are on your last $, you might want to comply with
everything they ask for.

Why else might you want another Job App type?  Suppose you are
pursuing several different types of positions, D.P. Manager,
Programmer, Network Administrator, LAN Installer, Sales, etc.  You
might want to tailor your App. to highlight the appropriate
experiences in your career, &  leave out others.

.............How to create Multiple App Types with this
Package.........

To create an App Type 2, 3, 4,...9 etc, simply take menu option COPY
CURRENT TYPE.  It will present 9 suggested App Types for you to save
your files to.  Save your original (all inclusive) app to App Type 1,
and label it accordingly.  Just follow the prompts and it auto saves
your current type to the # directory you selected. Next you should
start creating Job App Type 2.  You do this by modifying your
original Job App, & saving the changes under a different Type #, 
e.g. Job App Type 2, which you might want to label as App. w/o Ref-
erences, or App w/o Salary History, or Mgr Resume, vs. Tech Resume,
or  whatever you want.  You can re-label all 9 App Types to any name
you wish.

All the menu options are only operative on the CURRENT Job App. i.e.
whatever you want to print out, or get edited, or export to dskt,
etc. will have to be restored to the CURRENT App Type.  You do this
by selecting Menu option RESTORE TYPE N.  It will prompt you for
which type you wish to restore from.  Remember that restoring a Job
App Type N (N = 1-9) will overwrite your current Job App Type, so if
it is valuable to you, you should first COPY CURRENT TYPE to 1-9 &
name it accordingly, when prompted.


Other Scripts provided with this program:

Rr Empties Registration info, resets to blank, does not
increment free print count back to 5.  Use this script only
if bad registration info is keeping you from (i.e. mismatch
errors) using the package.  In most cases you would be better
off downloading the latest release of the package & starting
over with 5 free print opptys.  It's shareware.  Though you
can't export until you register.  An old user's registration
cannot be re-assigned to you.

EMPTYALL  Empties out all user data entry files, restores KSA files
to sample data state.  Use if someone else has started on
data entry then decides to give the unregistered package to
you.  You will want to quickly & automatically delete all his
input, rather than having to field by field delete his stuff.
 Remember though, you may be ahead to download the latest
version & get the 5 free print opportunities.

SKIP #  Hard coded into the main script.  You will never execute
these independently, let the program auto call it.

CONVRT##  Convert scripts to convert users data from old version to
newer version.  E.G. Convrt12 converts from version 1 to
version 2.  Convrt23 converts from ver 2 to ver 3.X

CREATELB  Creates main library of executable procs.  You will never  
execute this script independently, let the program auto call
it.

MENU    Brings up Main Menu.  You need not use this script if you use
the bat file UJA.bat.

UNDOIMPR Undoes a KSA_Long import.  If you want your old PERSONAL
255w KSA's back after taking the KSAs_PERSONAL, Menu Option
IMPORT KSA_L option.  This script empties the P5_long.db
file & adds back the junk1.db file.

                    To upgrade from all prior versions
                             run UPGRADE.bat

                         Most frequently asked questions:

1.   Can it print a 171 w/o WordPerfect?      
ANS:  Yes, it prints out more detailed info than found on the original
171.  But if you want to literally generate a green form 171, then
you will have to have WordPerfect.  But 171's are no longer required
by the Federal Govt.  So summaries are good enough, in fact they
will even accept resumes.  But if your resume doesn't have all the
info the govt is looking for (many SF-171's were 10 page affairs)
others will most likely beat you out for the job.  Especially
those who have gone into great detail on their KSA's.

2.   Do we have a windows version?      
ANS:  Not yet, we are working on it in Paradox 5.0

3.   Do we have a user friendly Personnel Dept. package to handle these      
dBASE3+ files our package generates.  Something that would make it      
easy to search & sort on all fields, hold all apps in one directory,      
group by category if need be (e.g. all engineers together) etc.      

ANS:  Not yet.  We are working on a Paradox 5.0 Win version of this too.

4.   I just recently purchased your program UJA.  I don't know how it
works . . . how do you send your applications to different job referrals?
What would the program costing $30.00 give me?  Fred, 8/95

ANS:  Fred use it just like you would a resume.  You could print
out your 10 page report & mail it to your future employer, or
you could      take the EXPORT FILES option & mail him a diskette.

...............................End of Help File..........................
