Prospects Net – Development Plans Mark Watts June 30th 2008 AGCAS Nottingham

What is Prospects Net (Pnet)? How much does it cost? What it does now? Recent advances What it will do in the future? What would you like it to do?

Prospects Net An online administration & database system History - from within the CAS sector, GP knowledge Used by ~100 operators (CAS and other) Used by CAS, Students, Employers Professional Standards – Enterprise database, Enterprise software, ICG awards, Matrix, Usability, Accessibility, Data Security Free to CAS, provided license waivers are met

Prospects Net Modules Employers, vacancies and contacts Events: 1 to many ie presentations 1 to 1 ie drop ins, duty sessions, advice clinics Many to Many ie fairs E-guidance Management Information Statistics (reports) Registered Employers Student records

Benefits to CAS Own efficient, single database No local IT support or server requirement Flexible and customisable Student, employer pages set up with own “look & feel” Controlled roll out Great support & continual annual development Annual Users Group (online forum coming soon) Everything staff, students and employer do is logged Provides valuable global and individual MIS

Benefits to Students Efficient Basic, advanced and saved vacancy search job alerts Basic and advanced employer search Events search and reminders (Careers Calendar) Own events (My Careers Diary) Cross links between data vacancies employers events One username/login for all functions

The Registered Employer Module Employers post vacancies and make relationships Efficient online route Quicker/less mistakes than other methods Can post vacancy to local CAS (region) for free Can pay small handling charge to optionally post to all or a selection of participating CAS Can optionally post vacancy to GP for commercial charge Status of all postings reported back online Viewing statistics from all postings reported back online

The Student Records Module Easier students access, targeted , better MIS Operators pre-load the student details The only personal information that is required is name and Could also load up student faculty, course, year Allows targeting of students by direct The data can be encrypted Students can be forced to use university usernames and/or university Students can opt out of direct Update or new data can be added

Developments due end of August 08 Enhanced student record upload tools “Web services” methods for on the fly student registration and login Bulk employer and admin system Automated vacancy feedback and admin system Employer logo upload and display support CAS will be able to set up their own RSS job feeds Student screens accessibility improvements Online support forum for Pnet users available from Staff welcome page

Developments due mid Nov 08 Student dashboard - improved access to all their own data Staff dashboard - improved CAS access to individual student’s data New staff access role of “advisor” REM accepts non-graduate vacancies REM captures more employer “directory” data MIS allows vacancy class, folder, date selection and standard output formats on all reports More setup & customisation doneonline by CAS staff without need for Pnet Support Further accessibility improvements

What would you like Pnet to do?