Personal Career
Portfolios
Ms. Lapointe
Career Counsellor
Definition
• Port – to move
• Folio – papers or artifacts
• A portable collection of
papers/artifacts presented in
a variety of formats
• Hardcopy, electronic and web
based.
What is a Career
Portfolio?
• Like a Wallet:
– it is a place where you keep your prized
possession and what is important to you.
– Documentation that describes you and
your capabilities.
– Prove that you possess the skills and
abilities.
Why should you bother
making a portfolio?
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Personal development – Self Assessment
Skill Development
Career exploration
Further education and training
For marks/Class requirement
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Workplace
Career Development
Life long process
Demonstrate concrete
proof of skills and
learning
• Self-evaluation tool
Essential tool for the
new worker
• Marketing and selfpromotional tool
• Assist in transition
• Credit (class and grad)
• Tool used to track and
record learning
experiences (skills,
jobs, school, life)
• Interviews
A Portfolio Can Help
Answer These Questions:
Self
Employer/other:
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What do I want to do next?
What are my strengths?
What am I proud of?
What am I interested in?
Hopes, Dreams, Goals!
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Tell me about yourself?
Why should we hire you?
Why do you think you are
qualified for this job?
Why should we grant you a
scholarship/award?
Steps involved in
developing a PCP
• Collect
• Select
• Reflect
• TIME and EFFORT – take pride in
this opportunity!
What should you do first?
• Listen to this presentation and follow
the instructions
• Binder, sheet protectors, dividers
that work
• Then COLLECT
What should you collect?
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Transcript
Attendance record
Resume
Certificate from school
Letters of recommendation
An essay, report or article
TOKW
Picture of a team you were on
A poem, quote, book that represents a
value or belief that is important to you
A picture of a project or plaque
List of skills and how they were
achieved
Brief description of courses taken
Short and long term goals
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Report cards
Personal Career Development Plan
Personal Interest Inventories
Documentation of membership in a club
Extracurricular awards (swimming,
scouts, etc)
Picture or video of a completed report
First Aid/Babysitting/etc.
Picture of family
Trophies, badges, crests, certificates
Training
Participation in an ethnic or cultural
organization
Faith development
Strengths
Abilities
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Grade 9
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Title page (Personal Career
Portfolio)
Table of Contents
– need an
INTRODUCATION
section among others
– Volunteer section for
practicum
Professional & Neat
– look good no spelling
errors
Letter of Reference
• Career Development Plan
Sheet
• Graduation Checklist
• 2 school projects
• TOKW
• Goals
• Values
• Skills
Reflect
• Reflection is a lifelong process. It helps you look at what
you have done, analyze your results, measure your successes
and adjust your conduct in the future. You did this
naturally when you were a small child discovering how the
world worked.
• Reflect part allows you to ask yourself questions about the
learning connected to the portfolio item. For example:
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What have I learned?
What have I noticed
What would I do differently?
What strengths and weaknesses are shown in this item?
How does what I am doing affect my future choices?
Reflection continued
• For most items included
in your portfolio you will
need to provide a
reflection/justification.
• Why did you include it?
Why is it important?
• What did you learn?
SKILLS
• Handout conference board of Canada
and skills sheet
• Destination 2020
• Strength sheet
• SKILLS: Job Specific, Transferable,
Self Management
How to create your own
sheets?
• Microsoft publisher
• Clip art/borders/colours
• Word
Portfolio Plan
• Grade 9
– Career Guidance 90
• Grade 10
– Christian Ethics 10
• Grade 11
– English 20 or Christian Ethics 20
• Grade 12
– Christian Ethics 30
GRADUATION!!!!!!!!!!!
Things to remember:
• Order
• Minimum of twenty items
• Continuous project (don’t lose it and
continue to develop your portfolio)
Vanier Portfolio Plan
• Grade 10
– Resume/Cover Letter, My
Story
• Grade 11
– Career Report
– Electronic Portfolio
• Grade 12
– Actual Interview with Portfolio
• The Beginning/Your Future
– Work force, post-secondary
education, personal and
professional development
Samples and Websites
• Pursueonline
• Math Curriculum
Information
THANK YOU
ROOM 221
Christa.lapointe@htcsd.ca