Week 10 Agenda

Meeting Info

• Zoom Meeting Link
• Tuesday, 4/16/24 at 3:30pm

To-Dos From Last Meeting, T 4/9

1. Project Milestones 
   • Update milestones and weekly to-dos with due dates in Asana based on today’s feedback
   • Continue working toward your milestones
   • Come prepared to present
2. Continue working on your OpenLab ePortfolio
   • Add to/revise your ePortfolio
   • Document your experiences to share with the group and/or write up for The Buzz – DYK or Tips.
3. Usability Testing with Pratt graduate students (Figma slides)
4. “Every Week” tasks
   • Complete weekly check-in by Friday
   • Document your hours in the spreadsheet

Activities

1. (30 min) Special Guest: Tanika Bashir, Manager, Career and Professional Development
   Professional Development Center – Career Services
   • Beginner-friendly ePortfolio template
   • Collaborations with the Buzz & OpenLab interns
     • Sharing out How-Tos, Did You Knows
2. Major Project Work: Review Project Work In Progress
   • (30 min) Beginner-friendly ePortfolio template
     • Saria/Lyonel: recommend theme
     • Shabaj/Darren: develop structure
     • Janieca/Corey: publicize on Buzz & screens
   • Small group meetings (for reference, Google Doc: Internship Projects Milestones-Tasks-Deliverables, Asana)
     • Community Outreach Campaigns – Janieca/Corey
     • ePortfolio WP Theme improvements – Saria/Lyonel
     • ePortfolios Templates – Shabaj/Darren
   • Check-in – Ashley
3. Logistics/Housekeeping
   • Can we meet on Wednesday 5/1, 3pm-4pm?
   • Mid-week check-ins in Asana: on Fridays post a comment on the shared Check-in task with updates on project progress or questions.
   • Please update Asana with your progress
   • Other announcements: Usability Testing with Pratt graduate students (Figma slides). Be on the lookout for a message from Pratt Graduate students.

MEETING NOTES

• Questions/Challenges
  • Janieca: heard from Pratt team yesterday
    • did some user testing
    • they shared mockups & mobile version
    • they were very easy to work with
    • Saria will meet with them tomorrow at 10am
• Guest: Tanika Bashir
  • Introductions
  • Tanika: There is a networking mixer event happening this Thursday, could be very beneficial especially for Seniors — all are welcome! Come practice your elevator pitch.
  • PDC needs communication about their platform (Handshake).
    • NOTE: Most interns have heard of/are using Handshake!
    • PDC Goal: bring more awareness to students – especially first year students, transfer students.
    • Not just a job board, but a ton of information about targeted events.
    • Need to find a way to create some ‘buzz’ around it!
    • Want to make sure students know about it
    • Handshake has been a great partner – adaptable/responsive to requests
    • Would love to have a focus group, or continued conversation, with our interns about Handshake
    • Would love to know: how are students using the site? Is your profile complete? Honest feedback about platform
    • NACE – great resource, national organization
    • Saria: was looking for internships using Handshake. Did apply to a lot of the jobs but didn’t hear back – but thinks she hasn’t created full profile, might be the reason why?
    • Tanika: important to know the job search takes time/effort – “a job within a job”. PDC can help with step-by-step!
    • Possible first project: How do I increase my presence on Handshake/complete my presence there, in order to get internship.
    • The platform does provide prompts / progress bar for students building out their profile. Not just resume – also add relevant courses, work experience, goals. But can also share your resume (LinkedIn, etc)
    • Want students to put effort into developing their profile, their brand. Complete profile = 85% more likely to hear from an employer.
    • Takeaways:
      • 1. The more complete your profile, the more likely you are to get response
      • 2. Branding – having the same content/language on various places
    • Include a Handshake link in your portfolio
    • Jenna: Perhaps a Did Your Know? post on The Buzz could showcase some Handshake tutorials. And a What’s the Buzz post for the upcoming PDC Networking event.
      • Interns could also work to produce images for slider/screens/etc
    • What the best way to reach students? Do you read email?
      • City Tech email (most popular response)
      • On-Campus Screens
      • Saw networking event on Handshake
      • Anyone using Navigate? (text messages) –
        • Janieca: hasn’t opted in to receive text messages
    • Jody: Might be useful to do a focus group (could maybe bring in some other interns from other offices too)
    • Getting the word out to students about making appointment with PDF to discuss career planning (they recommend 2 15-minute meetings per year (semester?)
    • PDC summer bootcamp (last 2 summers). 3-4 sessions. Updating & enhancing your linkedin profile. Elevator pitch. Career exploration. Resources for students.
    • Does PDC have resources we could take advantage of in building ePortfolio template.
    • PDC recommends: resume + website +
    • Handshake intro: citytech.joinhandshake.com
• Saria/Lyonel
  • Most beginner-friendly themes?
  • Front-end editor
    • is this beginner friendly?
    • Saria: Like 2024. You can edit it right there. Beginner friendly.
• Janieca/Corey
  • Review of DYK posts, feedback & suggestions
  • Preview allows you to see featured image
• Shabaj/Darren
  • Goal: 1 template, limited # pages, starter content’
  • Following discussion with Tanika:
    • Shabaj: for template – could add widget on side to provide LinkedIn and Handshake widget
    • Shabaj: what about “Elevator pitch” vs “About me”
  • Jenna: consolidate some of the pages: maybe just 3 pages, about me, resume, and projects
    • how much sample content to include in pages?
    • No posts (so no “recent posts” or categories, etc)
  • Do Saria/Lyonel have recommendation for beginner-friendly theme?
    • Try out 2024 theme.
  • Shabaj: Education Pro theme is also beginner-friendly
  • What about a 1-page site? Discussion: might actually be complicated to use/implement, endless scrolling etc
• Can we add a meeting Wed May 1st 3-4? Saria yes. Janieca has class, free later (but can do a separate checkin). Shabaj yes. Darren yes. Corey has class later in the day but can make 3-4 work.

To-Do For Next Meeting

Tuesday, May 7th 3:30pm via Zoom

• Project Milestones 
  • Update milestones and weekly to-dos with due dates in Asana based on today’s feedback
  • Continue working toward your milestones
  • Come prepared to present
• Continue working on your OpenLab ePortfolio
  • Add to/revise your ePortfolio
• “Every Week” tasks
  • Complete weekly check-in by Friday
  • Document your hours in the spreadsheet