As workplaces focus on employee engagement, employers want to truly experience an individual instead of reviewing a flat resume. Maryville’s new digital career portfolio ensures these employers will be able to quickly and easily get to know Maryville graduates.
Through the new digital career portfolio, students can showcase academic work, personal achievements and demonstrate acumen in their chosen field. Students can upload artifacts like presentations, videos, papers, labs and experiences to illustrate skills learned, which are then searchable by thousands of employers.
Maryville will soon certify all digital badging using blockchain technology, which will provide verifiable, tamper-proof versions that can be shared instantly with employers, other schools and anybody else the student designates.
Additionally, Maryville will offer eight digital badges to certify achievements within the digital career portfolio. The badges align with competencies associated with career readiness as identified by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Plans are underway for additional digital badging to capture skills learned such as badges for Maryville’s Core Values Distinction Program as well as badges for alumni.