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  • "To succeed, we must first believe that we can." ~ Michael Korda

    "Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence." ?~ Unknown

    "Learning how to learn is life's most important skill." ~ Tony Buzan

  • "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." ~ Robert Frost

    "It isn't where you come from, it's where you're going that counts." ~ Ella Fitzgerald

    "If opportunity doesn't knock - build a door." ~ Milton Berle

    "The difference betwen stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them." ~ Unknown

  • "You miss one hundred percent of the shots you never take."?~ Wayne Gretzky

    "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."?~ Lao Tsu

    "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." ~ Winston Churchill

    "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." ~ William Faulkneer

  • "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." ?~ Jim Rohn

    "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change." ~ Carl Rogers

    "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." ~ e.e. cummings

  • "To accomplish great things, you must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” ~ Anatole France

    "Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

    "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." ~ Henry David Thoreau

    "Doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." ~ Oprah Winfrey

  • "Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals." ~ David Ogilvy

  • "Be ready when opportunity comes. . . Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet." ~ Roy Chapin

May 20, 2012

Career Portfolios

A career portfolio is a collection of evidence or artifacts that reflects a student’s interests, abilities, personality, accomplishments and learning.

The students of St. Mary High School begin creating a career portfolio in Grade 9. The career portfolio is also incorporated in Christian Ethics classes during Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12.

As a collection of information, a career portfolio is an excellent organizational tool to be used during the following:

  • the career planning process
  • completion of scholarships applications
  • interviews (jobs, entrance interviews to colleges or universities) using a showcase career portfolio

Portfolio Artifacts

Types of artifacts, tangible items that provide evidence, to collect for the career portfolio are as follows:

  • photographs (events, hobbies, special projects, trophies . . .)
  • newspaper clippings
  • certificates, medals, badges
  • report cards/progress reports
  • samples of school work  (writing, reports, . . .)
  • speeches
  • travel brochures
  • video or audio tapes of performances
  • Thank You cards, letters

A career portfolio should eventually become your brag book:

“If you done it, it ain’t bragging.” ~ Walt Whitman

 Building a Career Portfolio

To build a career portfolio, you need to create the following and assemble them into a binder:

1) a cover page and binder spine that contain your first and last name

2) a table of contents

3) divider pages

4) a reflection sheet about each artifact including the background story, and how the artifact is evidence of an Employability Skill and Blueprint for Life/Work Designs competency

* Please visit the SMHS library if you need a binder, plastic page protectors, or assistance with color printing, color photocopying, scanning, and digital photography.

Planning and Evaluation Documents:

Planning Your Portfolio

Career Portfolio Artifact Sample

Career Portfolio Evaluation

Career Development 9 Parents Letter

 

Portfolio Content Documents:

Table of Contents

Abilities, Interests and Temperaments

Training and Education

Leisure, Hobbies and Extra-Curricular

Job and Volunteer Work

Employability: Fundamental Skills

Employability: Personal Management Skills

Employability: Teamwork Skills

Goals and Dreams

Career Portfolio Reflection Sheet

Employability Skills 2000

Blueprint for Life/Work Designs Matrix

Connecting to the 21st Century

Workability Attitudes: Dependability

Workability Attitudes: Integrity & Honesty

Workability Attitudes: Positive Attitude 

 

Useful Artifacts to Continually Update:

Goal Plan: St Mary High School

Major and Minor Sports Awards

Behavioral Anecdotes 

 

Additional Information:

Career & Life Portfolio Development

A Self-Managed Career Portfolio Guide  

Electronic Personal Career Portfolios  

Best Practice Portfolios 

Workability