Abstract
<p class="0abstract">In this paper, the authors explore the potential of the electronic portfolio (ePortfolio) as a recruitment tool, in particular whether Human Resources directors would be willing to use it during the recruitment and selection process. The ePortfolio presents, documents, reflects on, and fosters students’ skills, credentials, certificates and diverse formal and informal experiences in a structured and well-organized manner. Because the ePortfolio is, by nature, flexible and adaptable, an ePortfolio developed with the help of professors over the course of a students' studies can easily be incorporated into professional networking platforms as a job search tool and showcase the skills required for a successful applicant. It is often said that the difference between what is taught in the academic world and the practical skills that are required by the business sector make it difficult for students to access the labor market. The ePortfolio may help to reconcile both worlds. In order to examine whether Human Resources directors are willing to use an ePortfolio as a recruitment tool, a survey was carried out among fifty-two Human Resources directors. The research findings reveal that an educational ePortfolio can count on significant approval in the business sector. This research study is relevant as it provides valuable information on this topic and it is the only one to date, conducted among HR directors in the context of Spanish-speaking countries.</p>
Highlights
Nowadays ICTs are transforming our lives, from the classroom to the boardroom and beyond
72% of the participants indicated that the ePortfolio would be “a valuable tool for their company’s recruiting” [41]. These results suggest a promising future for the ePortfolio as a recruitment tool
Do human resources (HR) directors consider the ePortfolio a useful tool to obtain wider and more detailed information on candidates who apply for a job?
Summary
Nowadays ICTs are transforming our lives, from the classroom to the boardroom and beyond. Lifelong learning has been hailed as an important tool for thriving in this knowledge-driven society. The Bologna Process mandates provisions for lifelong learning [1][2]. Delors [3] declares that lifelong learning is “an imperative of democracy”. It seems clear that apart from being a European Union requirement, lifelong learning is a reality in, as well as a demand of, the labor market into which students must assimilate and adapt, in an era of globalization and constant technological change. The ePortfolio is an effective instrument to address these concerns, as it promotes formal and informal lifelong learning while being a useful tool for insertion into the labor market [6][7]
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