Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Career Portfolio
Career Portfolio
Career Portfolio
Career Portfolio
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Definition
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Employers are asking…
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Employers are seeking…
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Two Broad Categories of Skills
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Employers Want the “Total Package”
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Portfolio Advantages
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Steps for Assessing Your
Major Accomplishments
1. What I Did?
2. What I Learned?
3. What’s Next?
(We will be using a group activity to
reinforce these steps in a minute.)
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#1: What I Did?
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# 1 Artifact
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Activity: What did YOU do?
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#2: What I Learned?
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Activity: What did YOU learn?
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#3: What’s Next?
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Activity: What is next for YOU?
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Sample Artifacts for a Portfolio
Professional
Career & professional
development goals memberships & service
Resumes/Cover letters
Records of community
service/volunteer work
Your work philosophy (brochures, letters of
Self-assessment records recognition, etc.)
Transcripts Newspaper clippings
Work history featuring you
Skill areas Letters of appreciation
Works in progress Photographs/Media
(activities and projects) Networking contacts
Work & learning samples Letters of
Work term reports recommendation/
Certificates, diplomas, references
degrees, & awards
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Career Portfolio Sections
Management philosophy
Professional goals
Resume
Work samples by skill areas
Works in progress
Community service (transferable skills)
Professional memberships
Degrees, certifications & awards
References
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Sections: Philosophy and Goals
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Section: Resume
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Section: Skill Areas
Skill areas-tabbed sections containing
information on your skills and experiences
relating to specific areas
Marketing
People Management
Technology
Target skills desired by companies you are
interviewing
Job advertisements
Job descriptions
Focus on measurable skills
Technical skills
Soft skills
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Skill areas that employers want from
recent graduates.
Analytical Listening
Communication (Oral & Written) Multicultural
Computer Skills Understanding
Creativity Organizational
Decision Making
Problem Solving
Flexibility
Research
Interpersonal
Teamwork
Leadership
Time Management
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Work Samples
Work sample-physical examples of your work
One for every skill
Projects, reports
Real work samples preferable to school projects
How do I get them?
What are you good at doing?
Rummage through your stuff at home and at work
for samples
Plan to secure work samples
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Propriety on Work Samples
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Section: Transferable Skills
Sources
Community service
Volunteer organizations
Avocations (intense hobbies)
Intramural activities
Artifacts
Letters of recognition
Photos of projects completed
Programs and brochures
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Transferable Skills Support…
Soft skills
Teamwork
Presentation skills
Communication skills
Attitude
Leadership
Others
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Section: Professional Growth
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Section: Reference Materials
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Skill areas most wanted by employers from
recent graduates.
Analytical Listening
Communication (Oral & Written) Multicultural
Computer Skills Understanding
Creativity Organizational
Decision Making
Problem Solving
Flexibility
Research
Interpersonal
Teamwork
Leadership
Time Management
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Showcase Tips: Paper Portfolio
Include an introduction
and table of contents Use a high-quality printer
Organize work samples Don't use too many fonts
into skill areas Be creative
Keep to a consistent Tailor your portfolio to
format
include only relevant
Don't include original information to the
documents opportunity you are
Don't punch holes in seeking
your documents Observe a maximum
Number sheet length of 10-15 artifacts
protectors, not contents Consider having a copy of
Use quality paper & your portfolio or important
captions to enhance parts of it to leave behind
Create all text on with an employer
computer
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When Is It Appropriate to
Present Your Portfolio
In an Interview
To illustrate skills you are asked to describe
As concrete proof of your accomplishments
as they relate to the opportunity at hand
(Generally do not send with your application package
unless requested.)
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And Also…
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Hard Copy vs Electronic
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Online Portfolios
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Online Resumes
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Linked resume
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Close-up view of linked info
Period: XX/YY – XX/YY
National Agency for Telecommunications
(Anatel) Brasília, Brazil
Telecommunications Engineer
XXX (detailed job assignments)
XXX
Reason for leaving: resigned for personal reasons.
Supervisor Contact: Mr. John Boss,
jboss@anatel.gov.br
(+55 61) 323 7865
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Linked Online Resume
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Resume Link to Created Websites
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Resume Link to Brochures
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Classic Online Portfolio
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Online Portfolio Index
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Portfolio link - 1
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Portfolio link - 2
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Portfolio link - 3
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Portfolio link - 4
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Portfolio link - 5
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Online Portfolio Postings
http://www.portfolios.com
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Portfolios.com Portfolio Sample
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Portfolio link -1
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Portfolio link - 2
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Online Portfolio Postings
http://members.tripod.lycos.com/
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Tripod.com Portfolio Sample
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Online Examples of Career Portfolios
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Purposes of the Portfolio
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In Summary
Everyone can use a portfolio to manage
both their professional or career assets and
showcase their potential.
The very act of organizing your portfolio
brings clarity to your career direction.
This process requires reflection & analysis.
When you sequence your samples in your
portfolio, you begin thinking more broadly
about your collection of talents. You think
more deeply about who you are.
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Collect NOW – Sort later
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Evaluation Questions
Use:
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Don’t know