Career portfolios help document education, work samples and skills. People use career portfolios to apply for jobs, apply to college or training programs. They are more in-depth than a resume, which is used to summarize the above in one or two pages.
Career portfolios serve as proof of one's skills, abilities, and potential in the future. Career portfolios are becoming common in high schools, college, and workforce development.
Career portfolios help with a job or acceptance into higher education institutes. A career portfolio should be personal and contain critical information. Items that should be included include but are not limited to personal information, evaluations, sample work, a business portrait, and awards.
Career portfolios are often kept in a simple three-ring binder or online as an electronic portfolio and updated often. A career portfolio is used as a marketing tool in selling oneself for personal advancement.
In some industries, employers or admission offices commonly request a career portfolio, so it is a wise idea to have an updated one on hand.
TA Tim Abel
In the 21st century web technology has filtered its way into portfolios especially in the digital workplace job market. While traditional C.V. style portfolios still dominate the portfolio world it is common to back it up with a website containing personal statements, contact details.
More and more job seekers are building personally branded websites to validate and distinguish their skills, accomplishments, and experiences. Social web sites such as LinkedIn and Twitter have become popular, as have services from websites which offer to host portfolios for clients.
A typical type of portfolio is used by artists. An artist's portfolio consists of artwork that the artist can take to job interviews, conferences, galleries, and other networking opportunities to showcase his or her work and give others an idea of what type of genre the artist works.
