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Questions 6-14. How might the misperception about the impor- tance of having an e-portfolio have begun? 6-15. What are the reasons you would decide to use an e-portfolio? 6-16. What do you think would be the best way to deliver an e-portfolio to a prospective employer?

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CASE INCIDENT 1 Too Much of a Good Thing Have you created an e-portfolio for job applications? If you attend the University of Massachusetts, the University of South Florida, Stanford, Marquette, or Westminster Col- lege, where e-portfolios are expected, you probably have developed one. E-portfolios-digitized dossiers of presen- tations, projects, writing samples, and other work-are used by over 50 percent of students looking for jobs or internships. Putting together an e-portfolio is “a learning experience, linked to a career opportunity," said Associate Professor Tim Shea, who oversees a business school's man- datory e-portfolio program. Proponents contend that e-portfolios don't replace résu- més, they enhance them. "You can write on a résumé that you did an internship somewhere, but if I can see the proj- ects that you worked on, it gives me a more rounded view of the candidate," said Greg Haller, president of the western U.S. region for Verizon Wireless. Student Inga Zakradze agrees, saying the e-portfolio gives "a better feel for me as e-portfolios would be stored. Portfolio hubs Pathbrite and thePortfolium have tried to get around this problem, but they have yet to obtain a single corporate contract. Another reason is information overload-managers don't have time to read through, say, your travel log from a semester at sea. Third, many companies don't believe e-portfolios are val- ue-added. "They are typically not a factor in our screening process," said Enterprise talent acquisition VP Marie Artim. Stuart Silverman, a university dean, acknowledged the pos- sibility. "Whether or not the prospective employer looked at it, or weighed it, who knows." Proponents of e-portfolios, primarily from the education sector, believe there is value in them beyond job seeking. Kerri Shaffer Carter, a university director of e-portfolios, says, "We don't draw a sharp distinction between the portfolio as a learning process and the portfolio as an employment tool, since the self-awareness that comes out of that process ulti- mately prepares the student for the workplace." Just don't expect all that hard work to land you a job. a well-rounded student." And in a recent Association of American Colleges and Universities survey, 83 percent of respondents believed an e-portfolio would be useful. With all this affirmation, you might think an e-portfolio is critical to obtaining a job, but that would be a misper- ception. Other than Haller, opinions seem divided: schools like students to make e-portfolios, but employers don't want them. One of the reasons is technological-HR screening software doesn't allow for links to websites where Questions 6-14. How might the misperception about the impor- tance of having an e-portfolio have begun? O 6-15. What are the reasons you would decide to use an e-portfolio? 6-16. What do you think would be the best way to deliver an e-portfolio to a prospective employer?
Transcribed Image Text:CASE INCIDENT 1 Too Much of a Good Thing Have you created an e-portfolio for job applications? If you attend the University of Massachusetts, the University of South Florida, Stanford, Marquette, or Westminster Col- lege, where e-portfolios are expected, you probably have developed one. E-portfolios-digitized dossiers of presen- tations, projects, writing samples, and other work-are used by over 50 percent of students looking for jobs or internships. Putting together an e-portfolio is “a learning experience, linked to a career opportunity," said Associate Professor Tim Shea, who oversees a business school's man- datory e-portfolio program. Proponents contend that e-portfolios don't replace résu- més, they enhance them. "You can write on a résumé that you did an internship somewhere, but if I can see the proj- ects that you worked on, it gives me a more rounded view of the candidate," said Greg Haller, president of the western U.S. region for Verizon Wireless. Student Inga Zakradze agrees, saying the e-portfolio gives "a better feel for me as e-portfolios would be stored. Portfolio hubs Pathbrite and thePortfolium have tried to get around this problem, but they have yet to obtain a single corporate contract. Another reason is information overload-managers don't have time to read through, say, your travel log from a semester at sea. Third, many companies don't believe e-portfolios are val- ue-added. "They are typically not a factor in our screening process," said Enterprise talent acquisition VP Marie Artim. Stuart Silverman, a university dean, acknowledged the pos- sibility. "Whether or not the prospective employer looked at it, or weighed it, who knows." Proponents of e-portfolios, primarily from the education sector, believe there is value in them beyond job seeking. Kerri Shaffer Carter, a university director of e-portfolios, says, "We don't draw a sharp distinction between the portfolio as a learning process and the portfolio as an employment tool, since the self-awareness that comes out of that process ulti- mately prepares the student for the workplace." Just don't expect all that hard work to land you a job. a well-rounded student." And in a recent Association of American Colleges and Universities survey, 83 percent of respondents believed an e-portfolio would be useful. With all this affirmation, you might think an e-portfolio is critical to obtaining a job, but that would be a misper- ception. Other than Haller, opinions seem divided: schools like students to make e-portfolios, but employers don't want them. One of the reasons is technological-HR screening software doesn't allow for links to websites where Questions 6-14. How might the misperception about the impor- tance of having an e-portfolio have begun? O 6-15. What are the reasons you would decide to use an e-portfolio? 6-16. What do you think would be the best way to deliver an e-portfolio to a prospective employer?
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