Career Portfolio Tips

A career portfolio is a visual representation of your abilities, skills, capabilities, knowledge, qualities - and it represents your potential. Physically, it's a collection of things - tangible materials - that represent work-related events in your life.

What Can Be Included

Include some or all of the following elements in your career portfolio.

• Table of Contents
• Career Summary and Goals
• Traditional Resume
• Samples of Work
• Awards and Honors
• Transcripts and/or Degrees
• Letters of Reference

Articles, PDFs & Resources

• Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. “Your Job Skills Portfolio: Giving You an Edge in the Marketplace.” Quintessential Careers.
• “Career Portfolio Tools and Resources for Job-Seekers.” Quintessential Careers.
• Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., and Katharine Hansen, Ph.D. “Proof of Performance: Career Portfolios an Emerging Trend for Both Active and Passive Job-Seekers.” Quintessential Careers.
• “Showcase Your Work in an Online Career Portfolio.” DePaul University Career Center.
• “How to Create a Career Portfolio.” wikiHow.
• “THE CAREER PORTFOLIO What is the Career Portfolio?.” University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley.
• “CAREER PORTFOLIO BASICS. Why are professionals using portfolios now?” University of Delaware.
• “How to Make a Career Portfolio.” Guilford Technical Community College.

Career Portfolio Platforms

• Elgg (Open Source): Elgg is an award-winning social networking engine, delivering the building blocks that enable businesses, schools, universities and associations to create their own fully-featured social networks and applications.

Elgg Plugins > Professional Profile: A professional profile that captures career related information. Similar to LinkedIn.

• Espresso Work: Work Portfolio Hosting and Organizer (Non-Free)

See Also

• Career portfolio (Wikipedia)
• Computer Productivity Hacks
• Data Analysis
• Mobile Apps
• Office Productivity Hacks
• Social Networking Tips
• Spreadsheet Tricks
• .US Locality Domains
• User:Dave/Admin Notes
• User:Dave/CV Sandbox
• User:Dave/Web Hack Notes (Non-Wiki)
• User:Dave/Wikis In The Enterprise