Student Portfolios: A Tool to Enhance the Traditional Job Search

Powell, Karen Sterkel; Jankovich, Jackie L.

doi:10.1177/108056999806100409

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“…Powell and Jankovich (1998) believe that portfolios should enhance students" ownership, pride, and self-esteem. Portfolios should not only enhance these qualities, but a portfolio should enhance students" job searches, and serve as verification of actual education, training, and work skills.…”

Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Students are required to create and build portfolios as a representation of what they can do in the work world for potential employers. According to Powell and Jankovich (1998), employers CAREER COLLEGE STUDENTS" PERCEPTIONS OF PORTFOLIOS 4 believe that portfolios give a more accurate picture of a candidate over standardized tests and grades. Powell and Jankovich (1998) state that portfolios should be targeted to employers" needs and designed with employers in mind.…”

Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Powell and Jankovich (1998), employers CAREER COLLEGE STUDENTS" PERCEPTIONS OF PORTFOLIOS 4 believe that portfolios give a more accurate picture of a candidate over standardized tests and grades. Powell and Jankovich (1998) state that portfolios should be targeted to employers" needs and designed with employers in mind. A recent survey shows that 75 percent of employers are not familiar with e-portfolios, and fourteen percent felt that portfolios were not valuable in employment decisions (Ward & Moser, 2008).…”

Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Portfolios would allow students to showcase not only their academic abilities, but their real-world work experiences as well. According to Powell and Jankovich (1998), employers are looking for communication skills as well as technical, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Due to a competitive job market, Powell and Jankovich (1998) believe that candidates must enhance their ability to pass an initial screening process by demonstrating that they have skills in these areas.…”

Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Career College Students' Perceptions of Portfolios and Their Influence in the Hiring Process

Webb¹

2011

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Two-year college enrollment continues to increase to meet the challenges of our changing economy. Due to this increased enrollment, it has become quite evident that more research in the area of two-year colleges is needed. Many two-year colleges have their students complete a portfolio upon graduation, to assist them in the competitive job market. Does the portfolio really help students get jobs? The contents of this paper follow a mixed-method study that involves surveying graduates of two-year colleges as well as interviewing employers who frequently hire two-year college graduates.Graduates from a number of two-year colleges were asked to complete a 27 item survey with a four-point Likert scale. Employers that frequently hire two-year college graduates were interviewed regarding hiring practices when portfolios are involved. Several

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Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Career College Students" Perceptions Of Portfoliosmentioning

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Career College Students' Perceptions of Portfolios and Their Influence in the Hiring Process

Webb¹

2011

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“…The significance of a portfolio in job interview and success has also been reported in the literature 8 . The development of an engineering portfolio within our distinctive education initiative in the Armour College was planned to learn from the success of portfolios as published, while expanding into new content and areas of application.…”

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An Automated Online Portfolio for Engineers: Planning and Tracking Student Activity – A Tool for Job Interviews

Depaola¹,

Mohammadi²,

Anderson³

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings

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Abstract:Engineering programs across the country are increasingly offering outside-the-classroom programs and opportunities that strengthen and increase the value of an engineering education. Such opportunities support students in practicing their knowledge, further developing their ideas, better understanding contemporary world challenges, becoming more engaged with their communities, and experiencing first-hand the potential impact of engineering solutions for which they have the opportunity to participate while pursuing their undergraduate degree. Many of these activities are extracurricular or co-curricular and while engineering students look forward to participating and taking full advantage of all what is offered, demanding engineering curricula make the individual student planning of enrichment activities, and the tracking of overall student success, a project of its own.To complement and support academic and college-level enrichment program for engineering students at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), we implemented a new approach for following and recording student participation and performance in curricular and non-curricular activities that are relevant to their engineering education. We developed and implemented an automated on-line portfolio for engineering students that is personalized to each student and contains a full record of all courses, activities, and achievements throughout their undergraduate years. The IIT engineering portfolio is prepopulated with general information on curriculum requirements and enrichment programs and opportunities. As a student completes a specific requirement or participates in an enrichment activity, the individual student portfolio information is automatically updated. Each event or activity is fully described in the portfolio with relevant background information and accompanied with visual aid (photos or videos as appropriate) displaying the event and student work. Students are encouraged to further personalize their portfolios by adding all activities and projects that are relevant to their education, including those not facilitated by our institution.The IIT engineering portfolio provides students with a platform to plan, document and quantify their undergraduate experience. Students are able to track their progress, design their own academic path to graduation, and develop their own enrichment activity plan that best fits their specific interest. The engineering portfolio also assists students to prepare their resume for job interviews and, when used as a tool for interviewing, the portfolio highlights tangible experiences outside what is normally found in transcripts and conventional resumes.Our approach focuses on capturing the entire breath of each student's educational experience, while setting the foundation for students to build an open-ended self-guided career plan that draws from their skills, experiences, and achievements that comprise their engineering portfolio.Page 26.4.3 3 A key feature of our portfolio project for engineering students ...

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