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Portfolio
A portfolio contains:
Professional goals and objectives
Working experiences
Accomplishments
Skills
Education
Interest(only if it related to the job you are applying for).
How can a portfolio can be useful for you
Shows how much you want the job
Increase your preparedness.
Makes it easier to remember specific project details and better describe your skills and experiences
Being more effective as an interviewee
Provides proof of your organisational, communication, and tangible working skills
Something you can build overtime
How to prepare your portfolio?
Step 1: WHAT do you want to include?
Look at what your written in your resume & cover letter
Highlight the key information that required you to show evidence of what you can do.
Depends on what the job requirements are, you will need to prepare your portfolio accordingly to provide evidence to show that you meet the requirement of the job. Take reference from what you have written in your resume and cover letter, that you should help
Step 2: Organise the Contents
Organised in logical sequence. E.g, your education, skills. work experience should come first, rather than your CCA & Community involvement
Content page
A list of different sections in the portfolio
may include a well-recent and well-taken photograph of yourself
Email Cover Letter
Finalised email letter
A copy of email cover letter you have sent for the internship position application
Resume
Finalised Resume
An updated Resume
Academic Qualifications
Documents supporting official accreditation in a field of study
Fundamental Skills
a list of summary of work-related competencies
Copy of Major Project/Poster
Certification in specialised area of study(software/hardware)
Personal Management Skills
A list or summary of generic employability skills, including transferrable skills
Evidence of leadership/Evidence of working in a team
Achievements
Evidence to demonstrate excellence in certain areas
Copies of awards/recognition, Reference letters, Samples of work done, SEAL/CCA points
Make sure you have the content page and put appropriate physical tabs on your various sections for easy reference for the interviewer
Step 3: Gather the evidence
Gather the evidence results, visuals, testimonials, certificates, records, etc,
Consider using these practical organisational tips
File your contents according to your goals(tip: use the categories in your resume.)
Paste coloured plastic tabs at the side of each segment for easy retrieval
1.Choose a suitable binder or file
Check that you have included evidences of your competencies according to what is required in the advertised job position
How to prepare your E-Portfolio
What is a portfolio?
complication of materials that demonstrates your skills, qualification, education, training and experience.
it provides an insight into your work ethics and personality
Provides employers a better picture as a better suitable candidate for the job.
How the portfolio could enhance your job interview
Makes it easier to remember specific project details and better describe your skills and experiences. When interview ask a question, you can refer to the portfolio
Types of Portfolio
Portfolio can be represented in 3 ways
E-Portfolio(a PDF version)
Requested by some universities applications (eg.SUTD)
it highlights your main portfolio
should be small enough to be attached to your email application
Basically, you are converting all your physical documents into softcopies and then compiling them into a PDF document
E-Portfolio(a digital/online version)- e.g: a personal website, Linkedin Profile, etc.
This is perhaps the common type of portfolio these days and it also a very convenient and powerful personal branding tool as you can easily share your digital portfolio freely to others. it can be through your personal website URL, a QR code, your Linkedin URL, etc.
Physical Portfolio
Contents of a general Career Portfolio
Certificates, degrees, diplomas, or copies of the documents of all training programmes attended
Course Descriptions and Grades obtained in the training programmes
Workshops, seminars, conference attended
Skills learned formally and informally
Awards, honors, society membership and affiliation to organisation
Testimonials and letters of commendation testifying to the personal attributes and skills of a person
Newsletters, photographs, newspapers cutting, etc. displaying evidence of accomplishments, achievements, and experience from work, projects, voluntary and community service
Reflections on experiences gained, and lessons from significant events.
You should present your portfolio when:
Send your resume in your job application (and if they ask for separate e-portfolio)
During face-to-face interviews (either bring a professional-looking physical folder, or if its e-portfolio, bring along an appropriate sized tablet/laptop for sharing.)
During online job interviews (prepare to sharescreen, or share your digital portfolio URL or webpage or PDF version via a meeting platform, etc.)
The tip is to be prepared and take cue from your interviewers!