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Preparing For The Job Market: Using New Tools & Building Your E-Portfolio

Preparing For The Job Market: Using New Tools & Building Your E-Portfolio. Dr. Farid Farahmand School of Engineering and Technology Central Connecticut State University . Outline. What skills employers are looking for What you should learn before you graduate

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Preparing For The Job Market: Using New Tools & Building Your E-Portfolio

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  1. Preparing For The Job Market:Using New Tools & Building Your E-Portfolio Dr. Farid Farahmand School of Engineering and Technology Central Connecticut State University

  2. Outline • What skills employers are looking for • What you should learn before you graduate • How to use your time wisely while in School • How to build your own e-portfolio

  3. New Times, New Capabilities! Skills employers are looking for … • Communications • Having proficiency in reading, writing, and listening • Leadership • Being able to take risks • Teamwork • Collaborating and working together as a team in the interests of a common cause • Integrity & professionalism • Being reliable & acting professionally while allying to accomplish the task • Diverse skills • Being accomplished in different areas • Strong education • Knowing the fundamentals & where to find things

  4. Learn How to Learn & Think! What to learn before you graduate • Learning how to think • Problem formulation • Problem solving • Analytical skills • Thinking beyond common sense • Understanding the fundamentals The great end of education is to discipline rather than furnish  the mind; to train it to use its own power, rather than fill it with the accumulations of others" - Tyrone Edwards

  5. Enjoy What You DO! Use Your Time Wisely While in School • Find a passion • Combine your passion and your skills • Make time for people, save time for yourself • Practice teamwork and collaborate • Learn to work together • Learn to teach • Build individual skills • Take parts in extra curriculum activities • Get involved in a club; start a project • Keep yourself up-to-date • Continue learning new skills, tools, software, hardware • Subscribe to a few good literature • Stay on top of the technology – it is changing before you know it! • Create a network • Make connections

  6. Show Your Skills! Building an E-Portfolio • Use available tools to express yourself and your skills • Highlight your accomplishments • Emphasize your projects • Feature your insolvents • Have a complete resume

  7. Building Your E-Portfolio

  8. Using MS Word or FrontPage Creating your web page or blog View example web page ** You can obtain your web space by contacting Caputo, Jennifer at 860-832-1803 Click here *** for instructions Here are the instructions to access student web page*** A free weblog hosting http://altablogs.com/ Web page contents Course Curriculum * Club Affiliations Resume Major  Research Capstone Projects Awards Scholarships Received Work Experience Links Prepare Your Web Page * http://www.technology.ccsu.edu/programs/progsheets/cegt/BS_CET_Courses.pdf *** http://www.ccsu.edu/technology/farahmand/ccsu/advising/student_advising/instructions_for_accessing_stude.htm ** http://www.ccsu.edu/technology/farahmand/ccsu/advising/student_advising/index.htm

  9. Internal links Study Areas - http://www.ccsu.edu/advising/facres/newgened4.html Scholarships - http://www.ccsu.edu/Instiadv/scholarships/ Advising - http://www.ccsu.edu/technology/farahmand/ccsu/advising/student_advising/advising.htm External links http://delicious.com/ - Share your links * http://www.youtube.com/ - Broadcast yourself http://www.scribd.com/ - Share your documents *** http://scholar.google.com/ - Google search http://groups.google.com/ - Start a group # http://citrix.ccsu.edu/ – Download MS products ** Prepare Your Web Page - Links # http://www.ccsu.edu/technology/farahmand/ccsu/courses/cet323/cet_323.htm *** http://www.scribd.com/doc/6658655?secret_password=psadl6nh737ga8518xo * http://delicious.com/faridfarahmand (** Download the Citrix ICA®Client for Windows first: http://libweb.mnsfld.edu/Citrix/ICAWEB/en/ica32/setup.htm)

  10. Assignment – (1) Index page Create your web page exactly as shown: 1- Use the link below 2- Include your name 3- Make sure the date is updated automatically 4- All your files must be in MyWeb Directory http://www.ccsu.edu/technology/farahmand/ccsu/advising/student_advising/index.htm

  11. Assignment – (2) Include links • Add all the links (external and internal as mentioned before) on a separate sheet and link it to the index page. • On a separate sheet write a brief bio about yourself and access it via a link on the index page. • On a separate sheet list all MAJOR courses (name and course number) you have completed. Access it via a link on the index page. • Create a http://delicious.com/ account. Add two links on it. Create a link to your Delicious account on the index page • Create a http://www.youtube.com/ account. Upload a video. Create a link to your YouTube account on the index page – You can download from your cell phone! • On a separate sheet write a brief description about one of the projects you have done. Include pictures and figures if you like. Access it via a link on the index page.

  12. Assignment – (3) File Structure You must show me your Web page with all its links. Submit the link to your web page through VISTA. 10 point for each part!

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