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