This document provides guidance on building a portfolio to reflect one's experiences, skills, and qualities to help seek employment or admissions. It recommends including documentation of academic, soft, personal, and work skills in different sections of the portfolio, such as transcripts, certificates, awards, references, and summaries of work experience. Well-organized portfolios that are continually updated can help students communicate their abilities and serve as a visual resume to showcase their employability.

1. Building up a Portfolio
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3.  To reflect on yourexperiences.
 To identify the skills you possess.
 To identify the qualities you possess .
 To draw attention to you so that the potential employer
remembers you.
 Reflecting on yourexperiences allows you to identify your
skills, qualities &interests so that you can use them to seek
admissions and employment.
 You must be able to put them in writing (Letterof
Application, Resume, Portfolio) &talk about them
(Interview).
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4. Business Representatives want students who have:
 Academic skills (written, verbal, math, problem-
solving, etc.)
 Soft skills (function in a group, be a leader&
follower, listen to other’s views, etc.).
 Personal skills (punctuality, meet time lines, have
careergoals, etc.)
 Portfolios document skills acquired!
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5.  A collection of student-selected documentation of in-school
&out-of-school accomplishments; shows the student’s
employability skills.
 A visual resume of the important things:
 Themes, pictures, drawings, transcripts, technology-
related programs/documents, etc.
 A motivational tool – if you don’t have entries, join a club,
get involved, volunteer, etc.
 Students develop &manage the portfolio.
 Start with a careerplan.
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6. Based on:
 Employability skills(academic, soft & personal).
 Career choicerequirements.
 University requirements.
 Scholarship requirements.
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7.  Cover:
 Generates the first impression.
 Name of student.
 Picture of the student.
 Resume – the portfolio will support skills listed on the
resume.
 Documentation – evidence of achievements in each skills
area (academic, soft, personal).
 Use a dividerpage foreach skills area.
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8.  Transcript.
 Report card.
 Academic certificates, medals.
 Awards ceremony programs.
 Newspaperclippings.
 Drawings &artwork.
 Projects.
 Certificates - evidence of membership, awards,
recognitions
 The portfolio represents the skills you
 Continuously update yourportfolio
 Etc.
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9.  Any achievement in Sports.
 Newspaperarticles.
 Certificates.
 Team orindividual pictures.
 Ribbons, medals (colorcopies).
 Student council.
 Team class projects.
 Debate team.
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10.  Entriesthat show that you arereliable, self-disciplined,
dependable, flexible, organized & haveacareer plan
 Timeline developed forcompleting a project including pictures of various stages
of progress.
 Pages from a personal calendarwith practice times documented to show
organizational skills
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11.  Demonstrates work readiness skills.
 Paid &unpaid work experience.
 Activities such as volunteering at the library, etc.
 Summaries: list job duties &skills gained from the
experience.
 Collage of business cards of places worked.
 Pictures on the job.
 Co-op orinternship training agreement &evaluation forms.
 Letters of experience from employers.
 List of duties &skills gained.
 List of references – people who can verify employment or
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12.  Out-of-school activities.
 Community fund raisers.
 Volunteeractivities.
 Participation in health campaigns.
 Hobbies.
 Collections (stamps, coins, sports cards, etc.).
 Anything that tells about you.
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13.  Special poems.
 Letters of recommendation from teachers,
counsellors, pastors, etc.
 Pictures of helping in community.
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14.  Serves a tool forcommunicating yourabilities.
 1/3 of resumes are inaccurate – information omitted
orembellished
 Allows the to see documentation of the skills listed
on yourresume orapplication.
 When asked a question, you can “show” evidence
of skills.
 Universities &scholarships often request portfolios.
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16.  Name
 Class and section
 Academic achievements
 Hobbies/Interests
 Career
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17. THANK YOU
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