OrientatiOn - your Student Portal! - Rasmussen College

Frequently Asked Questions1. How can I find out the projected job growth and average salaries in my field?O*Net (onetonline.org) provides information and the projected job growth by career areas and provides statistics on salary bynational average as well as individual state’s average.2. How do I demonstrate my passion in the field when I have little or no experience?Connect with your instructors or career service advisor to discuss internship and volunteer opportunities.3. How do I start preparing for my new career?Attend our quarterly online career service webinars that speak to a variety of job search strategy techniques.4. How can I meet hiring managers in my career field?Attend the Rasmussen College Career and Networking Expos, and connect with employers in your area.5. How do I start my job search?Start by building a strong resume on Optimal Resume, and register on JobConnect to research part-time, full-time, internshipor volunteer opportunities.6. How do I answer those tricky interview questions?Practice interviewing through the interviewing tool in Optimal Resume, and connect with your career service advisor toconduct a mock interview.7. How do I build my own professional network?Join the Rasmussen College Alumni Association and LinkedIn Alumni Group to connect with more than 1,400 members.8. Where can I locate my courses?Your course location, modality (on campus or online), and time can be found on your course schedule. Your programmanager will include a copy of your schedule in your orientation packet. You can also access your schedule on the studentportal (portal.rasmussen.edu).9. How do I locate my instructor information?Your instructor information is located on the course syllabus provided to you the first day of the term. If you are taking an oncampus course, you will be given a hard copy of the course syllabus. If you are taking an online course, the course syllabus islocated on the “Syllabus” tab in your online course.10. Why do my online classes show that they meet only on Thursday?Online courses are delivered in an asynchronous format, which means that they do not meet on a specific day or at a specifictime. Online courses have due dates for assignments which can be located in the “Calendar” tab in your online course. Log inon Monday of week 1 to identify these due dates.23