Unit :1

Personal or Career Portfolio and the Job Process

Portfolio (folder, collection)
• A portfolio is a collection of documents
that display your skills and attainments
in a certain area.
• A career portfolio is work focused and
the documents collected in it highlight a
person’s abilities, skills, capabilities,
knowledge, and qualities.
• It includes a person’s goals, skills,
interests, qualifications and
experiences.
• A portfolio is portable and it is
organized usually in an attractive file
format.
• It helps you to identify capability,
evaluate your competencies.
• It will make you easy to efficiently
communicate your interests, skills,
goals, and motivations.
• It helps to demonstrate your
professionalism, planning and
organizational skills.
• You need a portfolio to showcase
your work and to help to
demonstrate your skills to
prospective employers .
• Nothing impresses more than a
beautifully presented portfolio at
an interview.
• Go for quality, not quantity: employers
will probably spend only a few minutes
looking at your portfolio, especially at
interview.
• Put your portfolio on a web site if
possible as it is so easy to access. You
then simply need to provide the web
link on your CV.
• Make sure that the portfolio is carefully
placed  and in the correct order.
• All items need to be clear and easy to
understand
• A physical portfolio can include
anything that is portable.
•  Anything flat can be folded into a
portfolio, but you are not limited to
things that can fit inside the portfolio
• If an item is too large to take to the
interview take high quality photos of it
to show with close ups to elicit details.
• A good portfolio would probably have
most of the following:
• A cover and first page inside
• An index of the contents
• Statement of originality and
confidentiality
• Personal profile: a paragraph that
introduces you.
• Your CV including your interests and
any evidence of project management
skills. 
Your CV should give the impression that
you are suitable person for the post.
• Reference page: name, title, company,
city.
• Job posting
• Your goals
• Letters of recommendations or
references
• Awards
• Memberships
• Special training
• Work samples
• Computer disc: any multimedia
you might have created
• Academic plan
• Volunteer involvement
• Testimonials
• Thank you notes
• Personal qualities
• Work ethics/philosophy
Planning and Conducting a Job
Search
• If you fail to plan, you plan for fail, thus
a person should plan for career before
he/she actually applies for a position,
other wise it leads a person to
confusion.
• The following steps are involved in
panning and conducting a job search:
a. Identify your interest and goals:
what you like and dislike?
Your attitude towards a job?
Whether you are looking a good salary or
something else
What is your true passion?
b.Evaluate your skills and
qualification:
Identify your solid competencies (capabilities)
How efficiently do you work in team?
Are you a fast learner?
If necessary revise your career plan.
c. Identify Employment Trends:
Life long career in an office or institution
Would like to involve in short term
projects
You should be techno- friendly to meet
the need of this competitive market
d. Choose a Career Path:
Narrow down you to this area that
interest you the most
Match your qualification with
requirements
Know the relevant facts about certain jobs
and positions
e. Conduct Job Search:
Visit websites of companies, business
organization
Look for blogs or social media sites
Verify the credibility of websites before
posting your cv
Limit personal information
f. Record and Organize:
If you record your job searches, it will help
you to improve if there is any problem.
Develop your network to save them