Frustrated Felicia is 38 and employed full-time. She has recently felt dissatisfied with her current position but feels that she lacks the skills to progress further.
Felicia decides to apply to grad school to update her knowledge of the field and develop new skills to either apply for a promotion or new job.
Felicia researches online programs that would give her the flexibility to attend school while still working full-time.
Papers
Too many sites
As her program gets underway, Felicia immediately experiences time management issues balancing work and her courseload.
Limited skills
After completing a number of projects, Felicia wants to create an online portfolio of them but has no time to create it.
Projects
Portfolio
There are a number of DIY sites but they are confusing and she always hits a wall in terms of skills to build the portfolio and decisions to be made.
Lack of time
???
To: Grad students
Special services for grad students from Career Services
Outcome
Studentuploads to service
Service compiles into web portfolio
No cost to student through Career Services partnership
Luckily, Felicia remembers her school's Career Services partners with a portfolio service specifically geared towards busy grad students that they emailed out to the grad students upon starting the program.
All Felicia has to do is upload her work to the service and they do all the rest, providing a link to a web-based portfolio Felicia can include on her resume, online profiles, and in emails to prospective employers. And because it's part of a paid partnership with Career Services, there's no cost to Felicia for the first year after graduation.
With her new degree, Felicia decides to apply to new jobs utilizing her and online portfolio to show examples of her new skills.
Felicia now has a new role that makes her feel fulfilled and happy!