The Career Portfolio Workbook

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3. Targeted Task Skills (cont.)

• Evidence of competence in more than one
  language


• Project or work samples that illustrate a
  task skill, such as the ability to create a
  marketing plan (black out or delete propri-
  etary information)


• Evidence of computer and other technical
  skills

4. People Skills

• Leadership activities (at work, in school, or
  in community)


• Evidence of being appointed to a leader-
  ship position and commendations received
  for your leadership skills


• Evidence you were elected to a position by
  your peers (captain of a team; student or
  employee representative)


• Evidence that you are an effective team
  player: favorable peer and leader evalua-
  tions


• Management experience


• Organizational affiliations and positions
  held


• Letters or articles announcing a promotion
  or new assignment received


• Evidence of interest in and exposure to
  more than one culture; proof of foreign
  travel/study

5. Self-Management Skills

• Personal mission statement


• Your personal and career goals


• Your personal S.W.O.T. Analysis* giving a
  self-assessment of how best to capitalize
  on your strengths


• Time management skills


• Personal financial plan: e.g., plan that en-
  abled you to attend school


• Career self-management course docu-
  ments
  5. Self-Management Skills (cont.)
  
  
  • Professional presence: lectures, presenta-
    tions, publications
  
  
  • Networking skills: evidence of professional
    contacts
  
  
  • Listed in professional or honorific directo-
    ries (professional lists, who’s who lists)
  
  
  
  

   6. Task Accomplishments
  
   - S.T.A.R.s+
  
   - Creative products
  
   - Pictures of something you created or docu-
  
      menting your participation
  
   - Awards for task accomplishment
  
   - Letters you have received relating to your
  
      accomplishments
  
   - Letters of appreciation, employer testimo-
  
      nials
  
   - Letters from satisfied clients
  
   - Pins/medallions awarded
  
   - News articles about you or something you
  
      were significantly involved in
  
   - Photographs of you in newspapers, maga-
  
      zines, or in-house publications, because of
  
      an accomplishment
  
   - Sales reports documenting your success
  
   - New accounts you opened
  
   - New business activities you created that
  
      contributed to an organization’s success
  
   - Section from a business plan you created
  
      (with proprietary information deleted)
  
   - Evidence of new products or services you
  
      created
  
   - Evidence of inventions you patented
  
   - Evidence of revenues or profits you were
  
      responsible for achieving
  
   - Customer satisfaction reports
  
   - Employee surveys you created
  
   - Promotional materials you developed
  
   - Designs or logos you created

  
  

*S.W.O.T. is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Organizations frequently do
S.W.O.T. analyses in order to identify appropriate strategies. If you are familiar with this technique you can per-
form a personal S.W.O.T. analysis to help you identify useful career strategies.
+S.T.A.R. stands for situation (challenge, problem, or opportunity) faced task to be undertaken, action taken
(what decisions you made and actions you took in response to the problem), and results (the outcome of your ac-
tion).