Friday, August 17, 2012

Web Site Brings Student Portfolios and Companies Together - Angela Chen, Chronicle of Higher Ed

An online service offers a new approach to connecting students with potential employers. The service is called Seelio (a portmanteau of “see” and “portfolio”), and it aims to simplify the postgraduate job hunt by creating a place where online student portfolios are seen by a network of companies. Only students with a .edu e-mail address can set up portfolios on the site, and the interactive Web pages include both traditional résumés and multimedia materials including videos, photos, and papers that are relevant to the students’ work experience. But what distinguishes Seelio from existing ePortfolio sites (such as Foliotek and RCampus) is that companies can also create accounts and browse through student profiles, post jobs, and search for potential employees based on skills or relevant projects.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/web-site-brings-student-portfolios-and-companies-together/38559