Construct a personal career portfolio.

Indicators for this outcome
(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:

  • Who am I?
  • What are my strengths and weaknesses?
  • How have I demonstrated my talents, skills and abilities?
  • What are some of my accomplishments both in and out of school?
  • What are my interests?
(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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