Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
Author(s): Uchitha Jayawickrama Staffordshire University
Career development is an essential aspect for universitystudents which includes career planning (Stoeber et al.,2016).
eCoach is a popular web portal for career developmentwhich has latest career-related advice, tutorials, toolsand views from recruiters.
There are several technological tools available through eCoach (eCoach, 2014);
Career planning tool.
CV builder tool.
Interactive Elevator Pitch Builder tool.
Interview Simulator tool.
Limited research on career development and planningfor computing students; majority of literature representsthe career development in general or non-computingsectors (Jung, Y. & Takeuchi, N. 2016).
Therefore, this study aims at the effectiveness ofadopting eCoach for teaching career development forcomputing students.
Documents:
The_usefulness_of_adopting.pdf