Do Employers Look at ePortfolios?

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Do Employers Look at ePortfolios? …excerpted from ePortfolios in 2013 with additions December 17, 2013

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ePortfolio, behind whatever label, is now a fact of life. A look at some of the research in response to the question. Includes data about Google, LinkedIn, Facebook. Digital Identity = ePortfolio.

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Do Employers Look at ePortfolios?

…excerpted fromePortfolios in 2013

with additions

December 17, 2013

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Learning AgentsePortfolio, eLearning, eMedia

http://donpresant.ca

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Multi-institution ePortfolio community

University

College

Adult Learning Centre

Professional Body Workplace Trainer

Employability Agency

Employer Industry Sector Body

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http://blog.qmee.com/qmee-online-in-60-seconds/

TheRead-Write Webhas changed the Internet from:

• a shopping mall

• an encyclopedia

• a television

To a place where we personalize our experience and leave our footprints behind

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Digital Dirt…

Developing Digital Citizens Alex Couros 2012

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…closer to home…The power of video as evidence

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Becomes Digital Identity

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Your “Accidental ePortfolio”Tracking your digital footprints – recent study

Use Google or other search engines to research candidates

Research the candidate on Facebook

Monitor the candidate’s activity on Twitter

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Employers who would…

n = 2,775 US/Canada July 2013 cb.com/18xbgez

Some of the search activity happens before candidates are even called for a job interview

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eSourcing is SocialEmployers want to find you

techvibes.com

Nov 2013

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Is LinkedIn enough?

• PRO– Awareness, workplace focus (esp. North America)– Evidence: Slideshare, Infographics, Videos, Recommendations

(?)– Social network: “Friend of a Friend”– Personal Learning Network: LinkedIn Groups, Timelines

• CON– Flexibility

• Customization, segmentation, alignment to requirements/outcomes• Interoperability: feeding to/from other sites

– Archiving: file storage– Private modes: reflection, formative assessment, mentoring– Learning frameworks: self-assessment, plans, rubrics, etc.– Audience: beyond white collar, older worker? (79% are 35+)– Ownership : Terms of Use, business model

With ideas from: Does LinkedIn work as an ePortfolio?

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AAEEBL 2013 in Boston“It Takes More than a Major”

• 2013 survey of 318 employers for AAC&U(The Association of American Colleges &

Universities)– Findings:

• 93%: candidate’s demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than their undergraduate major

• >75%: 5 key learning outcomes: critical thinking, complex problem-solving, written and oral communication, and applied knowledge in real-world settings

• >80%: an electronic portfolio would be useful to them in ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their company or organization.

bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU

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Confirmation from Notre DameEmployer Focus Group

Click on ePortfolio link in sig file or cover letter

View relevant part of ePortfolio on tablet in interview

Click on ePortfolio link in résumé

View relevant part of ePortfolio on tablet at career fair

Click on ePortfolio link in email

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Employers would…

Data from G. Alex Ambrose, April 2013http://t.co/FeoVokOQv2

n=11

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How might ePortfolios enhance

students’ employability skills?

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“Embarking on the Journey of ePortfolio Experience: A New Approach to Enhance Graduate Employability” City University Hong Kong 2010

http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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Student Post-Experience & Employer SurveysEmployability Enhancement (Some preliminary data)

Goal Setting & Action Planning

Skills

developed

Important in the

workplace

http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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Post-Experience & Employer SurveysEmployability Enhancement (Some preliminary data)

Identify Strengths & Weaknesses

Goal Setting & Action Planning

http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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Post-Experience & Employer SurveysEmployability Enhancement (Some preliminary data)

Record Accomplishments

Identify Strengths & Weaknesses

Goal Setting & Action Planning

http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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Post-Experience & Employer SurveysEmployability Enhancement (Some preliminary data)

Record Accomplishments

Provide Evidence for

Performance Claims

Identify Strengths & Weaknesses

Goal Setting & Action Planning

http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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Post-Experience & Employer SurveysEmployability Enhancement (Some preliminary data)

Establish a Positive

Image

Record Accomplishments

Provide Evidence

for

Performance Claims

Identify Strengths & Weaknesses

Goal Setting & Action Planning

http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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Do employers consult

ePortfolios and would they do

so if a link to an ePortfolio were

provided in a job application?

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http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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Employability

Job

application

http://bit.ly/CUHK_eP

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RESEARCH PROJECT ePortfolio for Skilled

Immigrants and Employers

Pan Canadian Employer Focus Groups

Jan-Feb 2006

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Pan-Canadian ResearchEmployer Focus Groups

• HRSDC funding• Led by Learning Innovations Forum (LIfIA)

– Vancouver - FuturEd– Edmonton – Edmonton Mennonite Centre for

Newcomers– Winnipeg - Learning Agents– Toronto - CME– Halifax - NSCC

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Awareness BuildingPotential Benefits of ePortfolio

• Pre-employment

• Recruitment

• Human Capital Development– Employee Development– Performance Management– Talent Management– Succession Planning

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Employer feedbackePortfolio as a tool to describe skills and knowledge

• Majority in favour– “digital matching service, living document, screening

tool, digital evidence of credentials and experience”• Benefits:

– Accessible documents of work accomplishments vs. credentials

– Pre-employment bridging tool, linked to LMI– Help standardize the language of competencies

• Acceptance Factors– Accuracy, consistency, ease of use

• Potential Issues– Time for creation and processing, privacy, content

maintenance, system integrity, overall responsibility...

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