Thursday, September 13, 2007

What’s Ahead for 2007-2008?

One of the questions that people always ask the CareerZone team is “What’s new this year?” Updates to our career websites are based on the needs and requests of you, our customer. We believe the reason that CareerZone is used by over one million kids in New York State each year is because we continue to refine and add to the system based upon ongoing dialogue with users.

This summer has been a busy one here at the Career Resource Office. We’ve been working to implement a new management system for the portfolio modules in CareerZone and JobZone. The management system will allow counselors and/or teachers to guide use of the portfolio system by allowing access to portfolio work and provided an in-system mail service for communication. You may notice that we now have a new job bank connected to our systems. America’s Job Exchange replaced the America’s Job Bank system this summer.

We are developing some new graphics for the homepage and profile pages to update the website for the coming year. We are revising the resume section in CareerZone and JobZone so that users can select from a chronological, functional or combined resume output. Another important work item is the updating of the Work Importance Profiler interface. For those of you listed on the Find a Trainer page, be on the alert for a call from our office. We’re updating the trainer database so if you know someone who wants to share their CareerZone knowledge please give us a call. You can reach us in the office at 1-877-226-5724.

Now you’re up to date!

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