SU Portfolio
Showcase Your Skills with the SU
Portfolio!
Getting in front of employers and expressing how valuable you are on
just a piece of paper is a challenge, no matter what career you're
planning to pursue after college. There's so much more to showcasing
your skills, talents and experiences.
Through our partner Experience/eRecruiting, Salisbury University is pleased to
introduce the SU Portfolio. The Portfolio provides a way for you
to go beyond your resume to recount personal experiences, define
accomplishments and upload files and work samples that demonstrate the
qualities and skills that a standard resume just can't. Here's your
opportunity to let your true personality shine.
There are a multitude of benefits for any type of student, of any major.
For juniors and seniors, this is a
great and easy way to compile all of your information and keep track of
it as you really begin the job search process.
As a freshman or a sophomore you can
start gathering all of your unique experiences early so that when the
time comes to begin preparing for life after college, you're two steps
ahead of everybody else.
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You can share your
SU Portfolio with your career center,
mentors,
professors and potential employers. In your portfolio, you'll find
4 main components - Profile, Resume, Experiences and
References.
- Profile: keep your contact
information and career interests here
- Resume: searchable by employers,
it incorporates your work history, education, organizations, skills, and
certifications
- Experiences: talk about
internships, expand on items in your resume and other notable things
you've done that really show off your talents and your personality
- References:
have your references
ready should an employer ask for them
Preparing for your career is hard but exciting work, so the more tools
you have at your disposal the better. We encourage you to get started in
creating a Portfolio so you can manage your job search process with ease
and connect with the right employer for you!
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How
Do I Create This SU Portfolio?
- Login here
and walk (
)
through these steps:
http://salisbury.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp
Log
in at above site-your login instructions are on the left side of the
page (if you have never logged in you will come to two profile pages to
complete)
Once
you are at the home page (you will see the Sammy Seagull image and a
large SU image), go to the top of the page and place your mouse over the
"Portfolio" link-do not click on it
A
drop-down will then appear and you will click on the first item n the
drop-down titled "Profile"
This
is your starting point-everything else is very easy to navigate.
You will see the four tabs at the top of the page. Follow the tabs
top build your Portfolio
Resources:
-If you have any questions about how to use
Portfolio, you can watch the demo here:
http://demo.experience.com/university_resources/8_22/portfolio/index.htm
- Portfolio instruction Sheet click
here.
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I
have My Portfolio Built Now What?
The four sections are about building your portfolio but how do you get
someone like an employer to view it? The steps are:
- Login
and click on Portfolio at the top of the page
- Under
My Portfolio you will see a link that says "Create Shared View"- click
on it.
- You
will then be able to fill in anyone, any employer, any professor, etc.
who you will want to look at your portfolio. You can also choose
templates that are different and quite nice.
- Once
you have completed the Shared View of the people you want to see it, you
will see their name/s under "Create Shared View."
- Each
person will have many links under their names but to send access to your
portfolio to them click on "Share"
- You
will arrive at a page that asks for that person's email address, how
many days you want to "share" your Portfolio and a place to select an
email or write your own. Then click "Send."
- The
person will then receive an email from you that says something similar
to this. The email provides a link to your SU Portfolio:
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Specific Steps on How to Share Your Portfolio: (if it
is not viewable-I cannot get into your account due to confidentiality issues, but
here is what I would do:)
- click on Portfolio when you enter
- click on "Create Shared View" link in the middle, left of the page
- type in the "Viewers Name" and the
"Template" you want to use
- click on "Save"
- you will then arrive at a page that
lists these tabs-Profile, Resume,
Experiences, References-above these tabs you
will see a "Share" link-click on the "Share"
link
- on the next page you will then type in
the person's email that you want to send it
to and the number of days you want to share
it with him/her and there is a message box
you can type in a message or use one of the
templates
- click "Send"
- you will then come back to a page with
the four tabs on it and under the tabs you
will see a link that says "add Profile
Information"
- When you click on that you will then be
able to select what "Profile" information
you want to share-click the check boxes you
want to send and click "Add"
- Next click on the Resume tab and select
the resume you want to send. Do the same
with the Experiences and References tabs.
This is how you actually "Share" your
portfolio. This procedure lets you send what
you want to send.
You can this go to "Track Portfolio" and see who it was sent to at the
bottom of the page. Good luck.
"Hello,
Since I value your opinion, I'd love it if you'd take a look at my
Career Portfolio that I've linked to below. It's a comprehensive tool
that I will eventually send out to employers to help illustrate both my
intangible qualities in the Experiences section and my skills and
interests in the Resume section. I'd love your feedback after you review
it. Thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
Russell Endicott
Please click the link below to view my Career Portfolio.
http://salisbury.experience.com/alumnus/viewPortfolioShare?id=01443c4c5d076d700b45aa9c4115cf65
Number of days to view is: 30"
√ Once
they click on this link they will be brought to a very professionally
created electronic portfolio with all the information you completed about
the four sections.
√ You
can also "Track" what has activity there has been with your Portfolio
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