The Career Portfolio Workbook

ORGANIZATIONAL AND CAREER COUNSELING USES As noted earlier, in addition to individuals using Can-Do Portfolios to boost their ow ...

ual’s point of view. Here we’d like to make the point that organizations can benefit from having their employees use the Can-Do ...

periodically submit updated resumes that feature the full range of their P.E.A.K.S. can help management identify the right peopl ...

Help students get feedback on their portfolios before they use them in job interviews.Alumni and others who are already in the f ...

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8 Developing Your Portfolio to Protect and Advance Your Career OVERVIEW This chapter focuses on how you can continue to develop ...

uct or service suddenly being offered by a global competitor, or maybe being taken over by another company. And poof, through no ...

Later in this chapter we will go over the three key portfolio habits that will enable you to develop a Master Portfolio that bec ...

Let’s have a look at each of these useful habits. Habit 1: Continuing to Learn about the P.E.A.K.S. You Need To update and devel ...

Read industry publications, paying particular attention to industry trends that may signal a shift in the P.E.A.K.S. needed for ...

Make sure to get a thorough explanation of the interviewee’s thoughts on the personal characteristics that incumbents of the jo ...

The way to rectify this situation, of course, is to pursue activities that will both develop your missing P.E.A.K.S. and at the ...

something that grabs your interest. And if you are not going to enjoy this activity, will you really enjoy the job or career tha ...

We are not trying to organize your lives with all these helpful hints. We’ve made a lot of suggestions so that you can pick and ...

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9 Digital Options for Your Portfolio and Resume OVERVIEW In this chapter we will discuss ways in which you can use the comput- e ...

CREATING AND USING DIGITAL RESUMES We strongly encourage you to create your resume in a digital format, which will allow you to ...

ferent audiences, you probably can post different resumes at each of these sites without undermining your credibility. GETTING D ...

ties and might give you an opening to discuss your computer creden- tials. Even in an intensely technical environment, it’s stil ...

Scenarios in Which Having a Web-Based Portfolio Might Work for You Use of Web-based portfolios presents certain problems, which ...