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Introduction: What Is
a Career Portfolio?
OVERVIEW
This warm-up chapter is intended to stretch your mind and get you
acquainted with the key concepts you will need to put together and
then use a career portfoliothat gets you a high-paying position or your
dream job. We will be introducing a lot of ideas that we will explore fur-
ther throughout the book.
This chapter focuses on what career portfolios are and aren’t, who
should use them, what they should look like, how they are put together,
and how they should be used. By the end of this chapter you will be
ready to delve into each of these topics in greater depth. Studying these
chapters and taking a careful look at the examples of targeted portfo-
lios in Part 2 of this book will enable you to put together an irresistible
portfolio that will lead to employment success.
However, if you are in a big rush and need that portfolio as of yes-
terday, we suggest that you skip right to Chapter 10.WHAT IS A CAREER PORTFOLIO?
You first need a clear understanding of exactly what a career portfolio
is and isn’t. A career portfolio is a collection of documents and otherCopyright 2003 by Frank Satterthwaite and Gary D,Orsi. Click Here for Terms of Use.^3