ePortfolio
What is ePortfolio?
Building your ePortfolio
Assessment Portfolio
Career Portfolio
Learning/Course Portfolio
Leadership/Principal Portfolio

Career Portfolio
One of the purposes of a career portfolio is to organize your own thinking about your career development. As well, it can assist in the presentation of your qualifications, skills, experience and achievements, especially to employers and admission committees. Carefully selected and constructed, your portfolio is a concrete reflection of who you are, who you hope to become, and what you hope to achieve in your career and personal development.

Career portfolios are frequently used for interviews. However, a career portfolio is more than just a thick folder for your job search. It is a carefully organized synthesis of your accomplishments, your learning and your goals. In the process of creating your portfolio, you will discover a greater understanding of what you have to offer an employer, so you will be more effective in your job search. When you are more effective in your job search, you will be more confident with risk taking and career decision making. With more confidence, you will find more opportunities, and this increases your ability to market yourself and to network more effectively. Ultimately, you will increase your chances of a successful and meaningful career, one that reflects your interests and the things that are important to you.

Given the fact that most people now have several positions in their working lives, not just one, a career portfolio is a useful framework for career development throughout your life. Employers and selection committees from all professions value the opportunity to review a career portfolio. As you tailor your portfolio to their needs and interests, they can quickly see how you view your career in relation to the work they do. A valuable supplement to your interview, a portfolio reveals the quality of your work, your understanding of the priorities and needs of the position and your commitment to your field. Most people continue to update and reflect upon their portfolios throughout their lives - it's one way to keep track of a busy career. It's also an opportunity to pause and reflect upon your progress and accomplishments; this recognition, whether private or public, can be very motivating. When you view your life as an ongoing evolution of talents and experiences rather than as an occupational title, you will have entered the portfolio mind set. You will be better able to see the value of all your experiences, skills and potential, and to relate these to career opportunities and challenges as they present themselves.

What to include in Career Portfolio using zPortfolio?

An Example of Career Portfolio
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Transferable Skills

What are transferable skills? Generic (or general) transferable skills are those skills, abilities and personal attributes which you can use in a wide range of activities, both in and out of employment, and that are not specific to the subject you studied. There exist many transferable skills, but most can be summarised under four main headings: communication and presentation skills (oral, written and graphic); teamwork or interpersonal skills (e.g. negotiating, listening, sharing, empathising); management or organising and planning skills (including self management skills such as integrity, honesty and ethical behaviour); and intellectual and creative skills (such as problem solving and 'thinking beyond the square').

Skill I. COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION

• Courses: Add all types of courses you have taken or are planning to take can contribute to your skill development. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each course contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Experiences: All types of jobs contribute to this skill. This includes part-time jobs you may have had while in high school or during college, full-time jobs, as well as internships, volunteer work, services and co-ops. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each experience contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Artifacts: All type of work examples, assginments, projects contribute to this skill. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each artifact is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Videos: Videos of your teaching, volunteer work, or other related videos contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how each video is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Others: Any other items contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how eachadditional item is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.

You will be able choose the elements (only add artifacts or courses&artifacts, or all etc) for each skill.

Skill II. TEAMWORK OR INTERPERSONAL

• Courses: Add all types of courses you have taken or are planning to take can contribute to your skill development. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each course contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Experiences: All types of jobs contribute to this skill. This includes part-time jobs you may have had while in high school or during college, full-time jobs, as well as internships, volunteer work, services and co-ops. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each experience contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Artifacts: All type of work examples, assginments, projects contribute to this skill. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each artifact is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Videos: Videos of your teaching, volunteer work, or other related videos contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how each video is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Others: Any other items contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how eachadditional item is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.

You will be able choose the elements (only add artifacts or courses&artifacts, or all etc) for each skill.

Skill III. MANAGING/ORGANISING AND PLANNING [INCLUDING SELF-MANAGEMENT]

• Courses: Add all types of courses you have taken or are planning to take can contribute to your skill development. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each course contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Experiences: All types of jobs contribute to this skill. This includes part-time jobs you may have had while in high school or during college, full-time jobs, as well as internships, volunteer work, services and co-ops. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each experience contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Artifacts: All type of work examples, assginments, projects contribute to this skill. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each artifact is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Videos: Videos of your teaching, volunteer work, or other related videos contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how each video is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Others: Any other items contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how eachadditional item is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.

You will be able choose the elements (only add artifacts or courses&artifacts, or all etc) for each skill.

Skill IV. INTELLECTUAL AND CREATIVE

• Courses: Add all types of courses you have taken or are planning to take can contribute to your skill development. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each course contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Experiences: All types of jobs contribute to this skill. This includes part-time jobs you may have had while in high school or during college, full-time jobs, as well as internships, volunteer work, services and co-ops. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each experience contributed to the development of this particular skill.
• Artifacts: All type of work examples, assginments, projects contribute to this skill. You might also be required to add your reflection on how each artifact is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Videos: Videos of your teaching, volunteer work, or other related videos contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how each video is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.
• Others: Any other items contribute to this skill.You might also be required to add your reflection on how eachadditional item is an evidence of the development of this particular skill.

You will be able choose the elements (only add artifacts or courses&artifacts, or all etc) for each skill.