Identify the parts of Career Portfolio
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Parts of a Career Portfolio
By this point you many be asking yourself, "What information or documents do I want or need to include?" A career portfolio often consists of electronic files such as presentations or documents compiled to showcase your best work. What is key to your organization method and selection of materials? Don't include anything you think or feel is unprofessional, less than your best effort, or unimportant information which is added to "pad" your portfolio. The material will grow over time, so don't worry if you only have a few things when you start compiling your items. Keeping the career portfolio can help to clarify your career path, skill development progression, learning or educational path, and life-career balance goals.
A career portfolio should become a place to begin to store all the things from your academic, non-academic, and employment as well as other life accomplishments or records. Unlike a paper resume or a binder portfolio, a career portfolio have advantages which allows you showcase your skills and keep it up to date without a constant cost of reprinting. You can also link the portfolio to other websites and materials such as articles or blogs you may publish on a regular basis. Building the portfolio with expanding it as your life and career grows is also important. Keep in mind that a portfolio expands over time to act as an ongoing gallery of your best work, experiences, assessments, and skills over time. Key to this material is ORGANIZATION & Relevance.
By this point you many be asking yourself, "What information or documents do I want or need to include?" A career portfolio often consists of electronic files such as presentations or documents compiled to showcase your best work. What is key to your organization method and selection of materials? Don't include anything you think or feel is unprofessional, less than your best effort, or unimportant information which is added to "pad" your portfolio. The material will grow over time, so don't worry if you only have a few things when you start compiling your items. Keeping the career portfolio can help to clarify your career path, skill development progression, learning or educational path, and life-career balance goals.
A career portfolio should become a place to begin to store all the things from your academic, non-academic, and employment as well as other life accomplishments or records. Unlike a paper resume or a binder portfolio, a career portfolio have advantages which allows you showcase your skills and keep it up to date without a constant cost of reprinting. You can also link the portfolio to other websites and materials such as articles or blogs you may publish on a regular basis. Building the portfolio with expanding it as your life and career grows is also important. Keep in mind that a portfolio expands over time to act as an ongoing gallery of your best work, experiences, assessments, and skills over time. Key to this material is ORGANIZATION & Relevance.
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What Parts to include:
What should I leave out?
Don’t include anything that may be slightly unprofessional for your intended audience. You want anyone who views your career portfolio to first be struck by your overall professionalism. The items added need to allow others to make a fair and objective assessment of your skills and experiences and not be distracted by unrelated or unimportant information. Always remember: there’s a difference between how you present yourself as a person in a career portfolio and how you present yourself as a candidate using a career portfolio resume. The difference is what is your end goal?
Additional things to consider skipping: Political or religious materials.
- Security clearance, military background
- Biography or professional statement
- Skills such as languages or communications
- Volunteer events and undertakings
- Diplomas or education / military degrees
- Extra-curricular organizations
- Professional memberships, societies, or associations
- Amateur expertise demonstration activities
- Employment history – Resume
- Projects or presentations from work, school, or other
- Educational achievements or awards
- Vocational licenses or certifications
- Service awards or acknowledgments
What should I leave out?
Don’t include anything that may be slightly unprofessional for your intended audience. You want anyone who views your career portfolio to first be struck by your overall professionalism. The items added need to allow others to make a fair and objective assessment of your skills and experiences and not be distracted by unrelated or unimportant information. Always remember: there’s a difference between how you present yourself as a person in a career portfolio and how you present yourself as a candidate using a career portfolio resume. The difference is what is your end goal?
Additional things to consider skipping: Political or religious materials.