Another day, another good use of podcasting. This also proves that podcast technologies have gone as far as being able to provide useful applications for many industries.

I am not saying that they are perfect. There are still ample of rooms for development. But, I must admit, the combination of technologies and a bit of business creativity are really powerful.

Well, I am talking about using podcasts to help students find jobs. The Engineering Assistance Center and the Faculty Innovation Center have created a way for the iPod generation to receive tips on job hunting through their headphones.

Counselors, who assist engineering students find jobs, can’t see everyone because there are too many students. With podcast technologies, students have access to counselors 24 hours, seven days a week. Not quite, but I can’t imagine anything closer than that.

In the podcasts, counselors explain what the assistance center does and inform students of upcoming career opportunities. The podcasts also provide tips on career fair etiquette.

The assistance center podcasts have already received several subscriptions from students and are bound to become a popular source of information, according to Garcia, audio and visual producer of the Faculty Innovation Center and creator of the podcasts.

My comment about ECAC Podcast

This podcast illustrates a good use of podcast technologies, although it could be confusing somewhat for new users.

Podcast could be used to syndicate any type of digital content through the feed — by using enclosures. Currently, checking the show reveals that the podcast already includes M4A, MP3 and PDF files.

Personally, I think having M4A and MP3 in separate feeds are useful because in some podcatcher, we can’t select which files to download.

The M4A (AAC encoded) files, include playable presentations. It works flawlessly on my iPod video.

Not only does this helps students go through the podcast faster but also access important information without having to listen to the podcast again.

[UCSD Guardian]
See also: Podcast Business Case.

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