Cal State East Bay Gives Students and Alumni an Online Tool to Network and Collaborate
- April 5, 2016
Portfolium, a new cloud-based tool designed to help users go beyond the limits of a traditional resume and create digital portfolios of work, is being made available to Cal State East Bay students and alumni. Free access will be available starting April 5.
The network will allow users to create a digital portfolio of their academic and professional accomplishments, including projects, presentations and papers. The interface highlights talents and achievements, and showcases individual work in a collaborative environment that connects students and alumni directly to companies, recruiters, internships and jobs.
According to Portfolium, employers will have direct access to these ePortfolios through a powerful search engine and matching algorithm that streamlines campus-recruiting efforts.
“Portfolium will give our students and alumni the ability to build a beautifully organized, visual record of their academic and professional story,” said Penny Peak, CSUEB alumni relations director.
Cal State East Bay’s rollout of Portfolium is part of a larger system-wide three-year agreement between Portfolium and the California State University System — an agreement that extends career readiness ePortfolios to all 23 CSU campuses, 475,000 students, and 3.2 million alumni.
“The CSU is excited about its partnership with Portfolium, which represents another tool to help our students be successful while attending the university, as well as help them find jobs after they graduate,” said Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Loren Blanchard. “We also see this as another way to increase the opportunities for networking among our alumni.”