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Career Seminar Series:

Portfolios DevelopmentGoals:

What is a Career Portfolio?

Why Create a Career Portfolio? What should the Portfolio Contain? What are Optional Items that a Portfolio

Contain? What are some examples of Portfolio

Items?

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What is a Career Portfolio?

A Career Portfolio is a tool that each of youcan use in jo huntin! or even in "sellin!

yourself# to a colle!e or a scholarshipcommittee$A Career Portfolio can !ive an employer a

complete picture of %ho you are& yourexperience' your education' youraccomplishments' and your s(ills$

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Why Create a Career Portfolio in%hen I am only in )i!h School?

*ach day you are !ainin! in s(ills'experience' education' and

accomplishments %hich need to edocumented$

In the process of developin! your

portfolios' you can etter see %hereyou are and %here you %ant to !o$

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What Should a Career PortfolioContain?

Completedapplication of

employmentCover +etter,esume,eferences+etters of,ecommendation

-oc( intervie%evaluations

Wor( samplesA%ardsCertificatesCommunity service,ecords' pictures'or displays ofaccomplishments

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Completed Application for*mployment

.ou %ill complete asic applicationform that can e used as a reference

for all those hard to remem er facts:/ames and num ers of employersDates of employmentDates of schoolin!Addresses and phone num ers

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Cover +etter

.ou %ill create a "standard# coverletter that can e used:

0o introduce yourself As a template for future letters youmay need to %riteAs %onderful practice$ 1ecause I(no% ho% much you li(e to %rite$

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,esume

.our portfolio should multiple copiesof your "0raditional ,esume#

Which %ill e a summary of your:*ducation and Achievements.our Career 2oals.our *mployment )istory

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,eferences 34ull name' address 5 phone6

0eachersCoaches.outh +eaders*mployers-inisters

Do not use: 4riends' ,elatives' or anyone under the a!e of 78 years$

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+etters of ,ecommendation

At least one letter of recommendationfrom an Instructor' 2uidance

Counselor' *mployer' CommunityService' .outh +eader' or -inister

If you lac( %or( experience these can

e a very valua le tool9 Please ethou!htful in as(in! for these$

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-oc( Intervie% *valuation 4orm

In the sprin! each of you %ill preparefor and e intervie%ed y a

professional from your C0* field90he revie% of that intervie%' %ith

preparation and hard %or(' %ill e a

positive reflection on you$

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Wor( Samples

0ell %ho you are' y %hat you do$Capture your est %or( on these

pa!es:Class Projects and 4inished ProductsPhotos of you at %or( sitesPhotos of your completed %or(1e creative$ CD s' ;ideos' 1rochures

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Career Seminar Certificates ofAttendance

Sexual )arassmentInterest Inventory

Career A%areness

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Community Service

;olunteer 4irefi!hter,escue S=uad -em er,ed Cross+iteracy ;olunteerChurch Pro!ramsAfter school Pro!ramsCommunity Service A!ency Wor(

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Student +eadership

Student Council41+A' 44A' and other ClassOr!ani>ationsSADD.ear oo(Committee %or( such as Prom'-usical' and Open )ouse

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Student A%ards andCertificates

/ote: Student A%ard and Certificatesare often lost as =uic(ly as they are

handed out$ Save these$ *speciallyany a%ards that reflect you a ilitiesas an employee& such as:

Attendance& .ou sho% up$0eam A%ards& .ou !et alon! %ithothers$

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Optional Portfolio Items:

+ist of Achievements' A ilities andS(ills

,eport Cards and Attendance,ecordsCertifications in CP,' +ife!uard' etc9

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*xamples0hese students

raised el( andvisited areaelementary classesto tell a out theirexperiences and

ans%er =uestions9

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*xamples0hese Students too(part in an moc(simulation of a us

accident %ith area*-0 s' 4irefi!hters andPolice9 -oments cau!hton camera can tell of

the student scommitment andunderstand of crisismana!ement9

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0his is your moment toshine$

*ach day you maye accomplishin!

%onderfulexamples for yourportfolio@

0a(e this time to

rainstorm %ithyour nei!h or%hat they may e$

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Share your examples,ecord our list of

examples in yourportfolio inder$

2reat Wor($