Career and Work Exploration 10, 20, A30, B30
CWEX3
Module 3: Career Portfolios (Core)
Outcome
Construct a personal career portfolio.
Indicators
| (a) | Reflect upon personal accomplishments, strengths, talents, skills, traits, abilities, interests, education and training as the basis for the development and organization of one’s career artifacts. |
| (b) | Generate a list of the types of artifacts (e.g., certificates, examples of school work/projects, photographs, videos, blogs, vlogs, personal web sites, awards, resume, cover letter and micro-credentials) that showcase one’s accomplishments, strengths, talents, skills, traits, abilities, interests, education and training. |
| (c) | Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of organizing one’s career artifacts in a print or online/digital portfolio. |
| (d) | Discuss common steps (e.g., collecting, reflecting and selecting) for determining artifacts that should be included in a career portfolio. |
| (e) | Discuss the benefits of having separate personal and career portfolios for school, career goals, personal life and work. |
| (f) | Develop one’s career portfolio that includes a resume, cover letter and other relevant artifacts. |
| (g) |
Reflect on the content within one’s career portfolio to answer questions such as:
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| (h) | Describe the process and rationale for editing or modifying career artifacts (e.g., documents such as a cover letter or resume) to suit the needs of a specific job application. |
| (i) | Explore how on-line platforms and social media tools can be used to develop and/or organize career artifacts. |
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