What is the difference between an application and a profile?

When you enter information such as your name, address and contact information you start creating a unique picture of yourself which is called a profile. That is how it is stored in the system, as your profile.

Once you create your profile, you can make edits or changes to it as needed. You should edit the information if you get a new email or street address or new telephone number.

An application is what you use to let Miami-Dade County know that you are interested in being considered for a specific job. In the application template you will be asked to enter information regarding your work history, education, training, and other such subjects. After you submit one application, the data you entered in the very first application for employment will be automatically loaded and if there aren't any changes, you will not have to re-enter the information. Although automatically loaded, you can make changes to an application that has not been submitted. You can add to or change anything you have entered before such as updating your employment history, education or training, for example. Once you submit an application, you create a link among your profile, the application for employment and an open recruitment for a specific job.

Once submitted, applications cannot be updated or changed in any way. The information in the profile can always be changed. To change information on an application, a new one has to be created and submitted, even if it is for the same job.

The information on changes to profiles applies to external applicants only. Current Miami-Dade County employees can only update their email addresses online. Other changes to their profiles must be processed through their departmental personnel representatives (DPRs).