What Employers Look For in Portfolios
Having a professional presence online is now considered mainstream in many computer sciences and engineering disciplines. To build an effective representation of your professional self, it is important to understand what employers are looking for and expecting to see in ePortfolios and when recruiting. Below are some articles that provide more information about employer expectations.
- Use of ePortfolios for making hiring decisions: a comparison of the results from representatives of large and small businesses (2021)See feedback of industry representatives from 109 small and 71 large businesses in New Jersey about using ePortfolios.
- Showcasing interdisciplinary capabilities: employer's perceptions on reflective ePortfolios (2019)What do employers from industry, national labs, and academia look for in ePortfolios? In Results, see feedback from employers in data science, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, and more.
- Aligning software engineering education with industrial needs: A meta-analysis (2019)See which skills are considered important for software engineering graduates from a thorough, unbiased analysis of 35 carefully selected studies.
- Leadership: industry needs for entry-level engineering positions (2015)What competencies are engineering firms looking for in recent graduates for job positions that require 'leadership'?
Who are Your Employers?
Getting a sense of potential employers, what they do, and their values can help you create an online portfolio that meets expectations. The databases below allow you to screen for employers by company type, industry, location, and many other criteria. Once you have created a list, look at descriptions and further explore documentation to get to know your audience.
- Mergent IntellectMergent Intellect is a highly flexible web-based application that features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence. Coupling Mergent's expertise in developing products for the reference marketplace with D&B's private company database, Mergent Intellect offers new and existing clients a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.
- PitchBookPitchBook is a private equity and venture capital database with in-depth information and statistics on companies, deals and investors. Use PitchBook to establish benchmarks, find real time data on deals, identify and analyze comparables, and search investor details. Users must create an account using your Cornell email address. Log in > Log in with SSO > [Cornell email address].