Social Media &

Career Development

Technology

for Millennials

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Background

• Certified Global Career Development Facilitator

(GCDF) (Certification Number: GCDF08136-US)

• Distance Credentialed Facilitator (DCF)

(Certification Number: DCF 00081)

• Career Services Advisor

– Specialized in Career Development resources

for 14 years

– Employed at university and community college

Career Services departments

• Creator of the 3 web sites and 2 blogs

• Developer of numerous articles, Powerpoint

presentations, ebooks, and 2 iPad/ iPod

applications

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Millennial Generation

Technologically

sophisticated:

• Digital natives

• Native speakers

• Nets - Internet

generation

• iGeneration

• Nintendo digital

generation

Optimistic:

• Generation Y

• Sunshine generation,

an inclusive and

hopeful generation

Confident: Motivated,

goal-oriented, confident

in themselves & the

future

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Millennial Generation 2

Generation C:

• Connected

• Communicating

• Content-centric

• Computerized

• Community-

oriented, always

clicking

Multitasking:

• Information handling

and communicating

with hand-held

gadgets while doing

daily activities

simultaneously

More information about Millennials –

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Learning Strategies for

Millennials

• Relevance

• Relaxed

• Rationale

• Rapport

• Research-based

methods

• Techno-savvy

• Experiential and

Exploratory

Learners

• Flexibility /

Convenience

Effective learning methods should be

the following factors -

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Digital Learning and

Career Development

• Digital learning is any instructional tool

or resource that effectively uses

technology to help someone complete

self-awareness, self-assessment,

career exploration, and college major

exploration activities.

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Examples of Digital

Learning

Types of digital learning are -

• Courses

• Video lectures

• Digital career tests, activity sheets,

and worksheets

• Learning Management System (or

LMS)

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Learning Management

System

Learning Management System (or LMS)

is –

• A software package, that manages

and deliveries of information, content,

and resources to students

• Web-based to facilitate “anytime,

anywhere” access to learning tools

and resources

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Career Development

Digital Learning Tools

Hollandcodes.com uses the Canvas

Learning management system to deliver

career development resources and tools

to clients of all ages.

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Social Media

Media technology promotes social

networking, using already existing

contacts to meet new people as potential

social or business links.

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Examples of Social Media

Examples of social media are -

• Resource One: Blogs

• Resource Two: Constant Contact

• Resource Three: Delicious

• Resource Four: Evernote - note taking

and archiving software

• Resource Five: Facebook

Get complete social media list.

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Digital Courses

View preview courses -

• Career Decision Making (High School

to Adults)

• Holland Codes for Kids

• Destiny Development (for Americans

from Africa)

• Purpose Development

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More Information

For additional facts about Holland

Codes, career tests, social media, and

digital courses, visit Hollandcodes.com

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