Career Portfolio Project

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Career Portfolio Project

• A Tool For Your Future

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Career Portfolio Goals/Benefits

• Students recognize their strengths, abilities and
  interests and plan for the future
• Students graduate with relevant and valuable
  tools to utilize in their college and career
  pursuits
• A solid portfolio will build confidence and give
  students a definite edge in college application
  processes and job interviews.

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Basic Components

• Table of Contents
• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Career Plan
• Career Preparation
• Research Assignment
• Job Shadowing-inteview
• Thank You Letter
• Community Service
• Achievements/Awards
• Talent Profile Section
• Portfolio Evaluation and Interview

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Cover Letter and Resume

• Students compose a sample cover letter to later
  be customized for use with career applications,
  interviews and other correspondence.
• Students generate an updated one page resume
  for use with career applications and interviews.

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Career Plan

• Discover your strengths, talents and interests
• Research and explore potential career paths
• Set goals and objectives
• Realize the skills, education and training
  necessary to achieve their goals
• Schedule the appropriate high school and
  post-secondary courses required to stay on track.

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Career Preparation

• This section should contain evidence of
  preparation for your field of study
• High School Transcripts
• SATs, ACTs, PSSAs, NOCTI and other
  standardized test scores
• Organization memberships, certifications, Co-op
  employer evaluations
• Documentation of specific events that have
  enhanced your career choice

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Research Assignment

• Includes written and oral components
• Students follow approved format
• Teacher approved research topic is related to
  either
• 1. Students career/technical program
• 2. Students career exploration

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Job Shadowing Experience

• Exploring career possibilities through job
  shadowing yields many benefits.
• Select a business or organization related to your
  prospective field of study.
• Call and make an appointment. People are
  generally happy to help.
• Ask questions, take notes and obtain any
  brochures or printed literature they may have on
  their company.
• Write a reflection essay to include in your
  portfolio.

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Community Service

• Document volunteer community service activities
  (3).
• Community Service Opportunities may include
• High school sponsored programs/activities
• Scouts, religious affiliations, community groups,
  or personal endeavors.

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Achievements and Recommendations

• Honor roll
• Perfect attendance
• Student leadership
• Athletics, music, art
• Extra-curricular activities/clubs
• Letters of recommendation
• Others

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Talent Profile

• Personal Contact Information
• High School Career Statistics and Info.
• Elite Events Districts, Nationals
• Travel Club Teams
• Coach/Director Contact Information

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Portfolio EvaluationAnd Practice Interview

• Students culminate the project with a practice
  job interview with an evaluation team
• 1. Selected team
• 2. Advisory Committee
• 3. Others

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Grade Reporting

• Students should complete the Research by the end
  of first week - February
• Evaluations and interviews are conducted during
  the second and third week week -February
• Portfolio grades are reported during first week
  of March.

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Final Tips

• The portfolio components covered in this
  presentation are the basics.
• If you possess other specialty areas, create a
  new section to highlight those skills and
  experience.

• Students pursuing the arts (Art, theater, music,
  architecture, graphic design, film) should
  compose a separate art portfolio to display
  that work.
• This is your portfolio. Customize it to best
  suit your goals and objectives.

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Suggested Timeline

• First day Second day
• Research Assignment
• Draft Cover Letter, Resume and Career Plan
• Begin collection and documentation of other
  components
• Third-Fifth day
• Job Shadow and Thank You Letter
• Update Resume and Career Plan
• Continue collection and documentation of other
  components
• Sixth day
• Finalize Resume and Career Plan
• Finalize all components
• Email, flash-drive or burn CD of all files to
  take home
• Seventh- eighth day Turn in portfolio and
  interview

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Tool Box

• Helpful websites
• www.bls.gov
• www.educationplanner.org