March Workshop: How to Create and Use a Career Portfolio

Staying competitive and advancing your career has never been more challenging.  Today’s professionals need every advantage they can muster.  One way to gain an edge is to have a career portfolio.   They can be used to get a new job, but also to receive a good evaluation with your current employer and possibly a promotion.  Career portfolios provide you with proof of performance that documents your knowledge, skills and abilities, far better than your resume...they demonstrate your value to an organization or a client.

This workshop will show participants how to take a step-by-step approach to create and use a career portfolio.  Workshop topics include:

• Clarifying career goals
  
• Identifying skills and competencies in demand
  
• Documenting career accomplishments
  
• Matching accomplishments to competencies and professional standards
  
• Identifying and documenting workplace accomplishments
  
• Using career portfolios in job searches and interviews
  
• Creating electronic or e-portfolios
  
• Using portfolios with social media to promote yourself
  
• Leveraging  volunteer opportunities to create artifacts
  
• Identifying common mistakes in career portfolios and how to avoid them
  
• Using career portfolios even if you're not actively looking for a job
  
• Applying career portfolios in the employee performance appraisal
  

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe what a portfolio is
  
• List the reasons to have a portfolio
  
• List the contents of a portfolio
  
• Write their top career related or job accomplishments
  
• Identify professional & employer standards
  
• Link their career artifacts to professional standards
  
• Document their career accomplishments
  
• Format their career portfolio
  
• Identify options for creating an electronic portfolio
  
• Create a personal career action plan    
  

CPLP Recertification Points: This program is eligible for 6 CPLP recertification points. Please review the CPLP Recertification Guidelines on the CPLP website, www.cplp.astd.org for more information.

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