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Career
Development Portfolio

In Chapter 14 You Will Learn
How to create your Career
Development Portfolio
How to assemble your portfolio
How to use your portfolio for writing
an effective résumé
How to use your portfolio to prepare
for interviewing
How to explore careers

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See yourself focused with a vision and a
purpose. You are eager to awaken each day
and turn the most ordinary task into a learning
See
yourself
focused
with
a
experience. You love to dream, explore, and
vision and abetween
purpose.
see the interrelationships
your
classes, jobs, and personal relationships. You
can choose any number of careers and be
successful and happy.
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Success Principle 14
Focus on ESSENTIALS,
not nonessentials.

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Creating a Career
Development Portfolio
A Career Development Portfolio
is a tool designed to highlight
your strengths, skills, and
competencies to other people.
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Creating a Career
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You can gain a competitive edge
by showing the best of your work
and accomplishments in your
Career Development Portfolio.

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The Importance of a Career
Development Portfolio
A Career Development Portfolio
helps you to:
Plan and design your
educational program and
postgraduate learning.
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Record significant life
experiences.
Reflect on these experiences
and assess what you have
learned.
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Describe how your experiences
have helped you grow
professionally.
Document skills and
accomplishments.
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See the connections among
educational, extracurricular,
community service, internship,
job, and leadership learning
experiences.
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Apply patterns of interests,
skills, and competencies to
career planning.
Identify areas you want to
improve.
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The Importance of a Career
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Record and organize
experiences for your résumé
and job interviews.

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When Should You Start Your
Portfolio?
As a college student, you can
begin your Career Development
Portfolio during your first term.

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When Should You Start Your
Portfolio?
By the time you graduate, you will
have a tool that is distinctly
personal and persuasive.

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How to Organize and
Assemble Your Portfolio
You will need these items:
Three-ring notebook
Sheet protectors
Label and tabs
A box to store documents
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How to Organize and
Assemble Your Portfolio
Step 1: Determine your purpose.
Step 2: Determine criteria.
Step 3: Do your homework.
Step 4: Assemble your portfolio.

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Elements of Your Portfolio
The exercises, Personal
Performance Notebooks, and
worksheets that you have
completed throughout this course
form the basis of your portfolio.
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Elements of Your Portfolio
1

6
Introduction

2

3

4

5

List of Significant
Life Experiences

Analysis of
Accomplishments
Inventory of
Interests, Aptitude,
and Values
Inventory of Skills
and Competencies

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Inventory of
Personal Qualities

10
11

Documentation
12

Inventory
of
Your
Career
Inventory
of Skills
Credentials,
Inventory
of
List
Analysis
Interests,
ofPhilosophy
Significant
of
Work
Summary
of
Bibliography
and
Introduction
Development
Interview
Samples
Documentation
Certificates,
Appendix
Résumé
Planning
of
Work
Personal
Qualities
Accomplishments
Life
Aptitude,
Experiences
and
Transcripts
and
Goals
Competencies
Workshops
Portfolio
Values
8

9

Work Philosophy
and Goals
Résumé

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15

Interview Planning
Samples of Work
Summary of
Transcripts
Credentials,
Certificates,
Workshops
Bibliography
Appendix

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Cover Letter
Indicate the purpose.
Indicate documents enclosed.
Give a brief review.
Ask for an interview.

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Cover Page
Include a title, your name,
college, and the date.
Use heavy card stock.
Put your own logo on the cover
to make it unique.

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Title Page
Include the title of your
document.
Include where you are
submitting the portfolio, name,
and date.

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Contents Page(s)
The contents page lists the
contents of your portfolio.
Make a draft when you start, but
it will be the last page you
complete.
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Introduction
Discuss:

Why you are submitting the
document.
Your plan of development.
The contents.
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List of Significant Life
Experiences
This section includes a year-byyear account of all your
significant life experiences.

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List of Significant Life
Experiences
This section can be a
chronological record, a timeline,
or written as an autobiography.

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Analysis of Accomplishments
Identify what you have learned in
terms of:
Knowledge
Skills
Competencies
Values
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Analysis of Accomplishments
Identify how you can demonstrate
your learning.
Include a measurement of the
learning.

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Inventory of Skills and
Competencies
Consider using the Department of
Labor Secretary’s Commission
on Achieving Necessary Skills as
a guide.

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SCANS Skills

Basic Skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking, math
Thinking Skills: critical thinking, creative problem solving, knowing
how to learn, reasoning, mental visualization
Personal Qualities: responsibility, positive attitude, dependability,
self-esteem, sociability, integrity, and self management
Interpersonal Skills: teaches others, team member, leadership,
works will with diverse groups, serves clients and customers
Information: acquires, evaluates, organizes, maintains, and uses
computers
Systems: understands, monitors, corrects, designs, and improves
systems
Resources: allocates time, money, material, people, and space
Technology: selects, applies, maintains, and troubleshoots
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Documentation
Document each of the SCANS
skills and competencies and
indicate when you learned each.
Write the names of people who
can vouch that you have these
skills and competencies.
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Documentation
Include letters of support and
recommendation.

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Work Philosophy and Goals
Your work philosophy is a
statement about how you
approach work.

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Work Philosophy and Goals
Your work philosophy can also
include changes you believe are
important in your career field.

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Work Philosophy and Goals
Define your career goals.
Expand on your short-term,
medium-range, and long-term
goals.
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Work Philosophy and Goals
Include a mission statement.
Include career objectives.

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Résumé
The purpose of a résumé is to
show the connections between
your strengths, accomplishments,
and skills and the needs of a
company or employer.
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Résumé
The résumé is a first impression.
It is your first contact with the
employer.

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Résumé
An effective résumé should be
clear, concise, and eye-catching.

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Résumé
You may want to include this
information:
Personal information
Job objective
Work experience
Educational background
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Résumé
Awards and honors
Campus and community
activities
Professional memberships and
activities
References
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Your résumé should:
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•
•
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Be honest.
Be error free.
Be clear and concise.
Use action words.
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Your résumé should:
• Be printed on high-quality
paper.
• Focus on skills,
achievements, and
accomplishments.
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Putting Your Résumé Online
You can also put your résumé
online and create your own home
page on a Web site or job-listing
Web site.

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Putting Your Résumé Online
Check with your campus career
center or a job search agency for
help on putting your résumé
online.

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Follow up with a phone call in a week
or two to make certain your résumé
was received. This is also the time to
ask if additional information is needed
and when a decision will be made.
Call or write in a month if you have not
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More on Cover Letters
A cover letter is a written
introduction and should state the
job you are applying for and what
you can contribute to the
company.
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More on Cover Letters
Include sample cover letters and
other letters that you may find
useful in your Career
Development Portfolio.

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Interview Planning
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Be punctual.
Be professional.
Dress appropriately.
Learn about the company.
Learn about the position.
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6. Relate your experience to the
job.
7. Be honest.
8. Focus on how you can benefit
the company.
9. Be poised and relaxed.
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Interview Planning
10. Maintain comfortable eye
contact.
11. Practice interviewing.
12. Anticipate question types.
13. Ending the interview.
14. Follow up with a letter.
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“Skill and confidence are an
unconquered army. ”
—George Herbert, poet

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Samples of Work
Include samples of your work
when it is appropriate.
Think of how you can visually
demonstrate your expertise.

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Summary of Transcripts
Include a copy of all transcripts of
college work.

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Credentials, Certificates,
Workshops
Include evidence of these items:
Credentials
Certificates
Workshops
Seminars
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Credentials, Certificates,
Workshops
Seminars
Training sessions
Conferences
Continuing education courses
Other examples of learning
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Bibliography
Include a bibliography of books
you have read that pertain to your
major, career goals, or occupation.

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Appendix
Include:

Internships.
Leadership experiences.
Travel experiences that relate to
your goals.
Awards, honors, and certificates.
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Overcoming the Barriers to
Portfolio Development
The biggest barrier to career
success is procrastination.

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Portfolio Development
If you are resisting or
procrastinating, work with a
partner.

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Portfolio Development
Your Career Development
Portfolio is a lifelong process.

It should be started in your
freshman year.
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Portfolio Development
As middle management jobs are
eliminated, you will have to rely
on your portfolio of skills and
competencies.
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Salary increases and
advancement will tend to be
based on performance and
production.
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Portfolio Development
You will be responsible for
managing your own career and
marketing yourself.

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Choosing Your Career
You will need time to determine
your:
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Values
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Workplace Trends
Keep a section in the appendix
section of your Career
Development Portfolio for
workplace trends that relate to
your occupation.
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Workplace Trends
One of the important trends will
be education on the job.
Some education will be formal;
some of it will be informal.

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Business Ethics
Each employee must make
decisions based on moral values
and conscience, and follow the
code of ethics provided by his or
her industry.
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Business Ethics
Sometimes a seemingly small
indiscretion or decision can cost
a job or result in a tarnished
reputation.

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Business Ethics
Top managers have a
responsibility for setting an
ethical code and acting as role
models for all employees.

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As corporations become more
socially responsible, employees
are encouraged to become
involved in the community.

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Invest time in planning and
preparing a Career
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Realize that your portfolio is
a lifelong process.

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Connect SCANS skills and
competencies to school
and work.

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Choose to manage your
career.

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