The Career Portfolio Workbook

educational achievements in reverse chronological order, so that your most recent degree or certificate is listed first. Include ...

the “best you”in terms of the P.E.A.K.S. you have that are desired by employers. Select from your master resume the things from ...

Step 2: Identifying the P.E.A.K.S. That Interviewers Believe Are Most Important Once you have a clear idea as to what the job un ...

If you are a student seeking a first full-time job, the recipient of your resume will expect your resume to be mostly focused on ...

recent job you have had first. Educational achievements are also listed in reverse order, so that your most recent degree is aga ...

lar job you are now pursuing, you should take another look at the sub- headings you have created. You may wish to add modifiers ...

If your resume is in the form of a curriculum vitae, there is no limit to its length. Since a “C.V.”is meant to include all of y ...

Step 9: Choosing References Who Can Verify Your Key P.E.A.K.S. You do not have to list in your resume the names of people who wi ...

Now that you know how to create a resume that will get you to an interview and create opportunities to show your portfolio, it’s ...

6 Using Your Portfolio to Get That Job OVERVIEW Once your Can-Do Portfolio is assembled and ready to be shown, the time has come ...

may even start looking forward to job interviews. And most certainly you will get results. We call this “the portfolio advantage ...

Typically, a screening interview is quick and follows a set format consisting of questions designed to determine if the applican ...

sponses to questions and the content of your Can-Do Portfolio, should you be invited back for further interviews. Receiving a j ...

You can discuss your qualifications for the job with confidence, with or without showing items from your portfolio. Even when y ...

It’s helpful to leaf through your portfolio as often as you can, mum- bling to yourself the reasons why each document was includ ...

Closing The order may vary, and stages may be skipped.The helloing stage of a job interview will happen at the beginning of eve ...

grooming is a good start. Here are some more things to think about dur- ing the helloing stage. Be courteous and attentive to ev ...

doing so, you do not in any way ignore or treat disrespectfully the ju- nior members of the interview team. You can bet that at ...

Stage 3: Responding The responding stageof the interview occurs when you, as a can- didate, begin fielding questions that are sp ...

you have a particularly strong portfolio item, it is appropriate to ask, “May I show you something in my portfolio that illustra ...