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Career Portfolio is an in-depth career
        Take Action!                                                                                                                    A summary you create to showcase your
                                                                                                                                        unique skills and rare talents. It’s a tool   Study Skills
                                                                                                                                        you use to market yourself to employers and   Series
                                                                                                                                        show them that you are the right person for
         Exercise:  Identifying Work Samples and Keywords                                                                               the job, internship, or career position. You   No. 10
         Take a look at all your jobs, education, activities, interests, community service, and military experience and                 résumé lists your qualifications. Your career
         list work samples you could use to prove your skills. Then assign a keyword that describes that sample.
                                                                                                                                        portfolio contains samples of your work that
                                                                             Keyword That                                             prove you have the skills to do the job. Your
                     Work Samples I Can Use to Prove My Skills            Describes this Sample                                   career portfolio is a tool for life - as your skills
          Tasks I Perform/ Equpiment I Operate/ Special Skills                                                            grow, your career portfolio grows with you.

                                                                                                        Get Organized



                                                                                                                                                           The Career
                                                                                                        The Career Portfolio Process                       Portfolio is a tool

                                                                                                           ƒ  Identify your Skills and Abilities – Take a look at   you use to show
                                                                                                           your education, job history, and other experiences  someone you are
                                                                                                           and make a list of what you can do.             the right person             Starter  The Career Portfolio
          Communication, Coordination, Time Management, Leadership, Teamwork                               ƒ  Create your Career Goals – Look at the career you  for:
          Skills                                                                                           want to have, and figure out what additional       ƒ the job
                                                                                                           skills you need to get there, whether it is more
                                                                                                           training, more job experience, or time on the      ƒ the internship
                                                                                                           job. Create career goals and make a plan for       ƒ the scholarship
                                                                                                           reaching those goals.

                                                                                                           ƒ  Find Work Samples – Work samples are the key to     ƒ admittance
                                                                                                                                                              to a specific
                                                                                                           your career portfolio, the proof that you can do
                                                                                                           what you say you can. You may need to request a    program
                                                                                                           letter of recommendation, develop a checklist of     ƒ the promotion
                                                                                                           skills, find documents that show the work you do

                                                          All material is adapted from Creating Your       on the job, or take pictures of yourself in action.     ƒ the raise.
                                            ®
                              ©2017 Learnovation , LLC    Career Portfolio: At-A-Glance Guide for Students,     ƒ  Assemble a Career Portfolio for each use –
                                All Rights Reserved.      4th ed. ©2015 Learnovation, LLC                  Organize and assemble your career portfolio to
                               www.learnovation.com
                                                          Used with Permission.                            highlight your key skills. You can create a hard
                                                                                                           copy portfolio to show in an interview and an
                                                                                                           electronic version which people can view online.
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