What's+a+Portfolio?

You could consider it a "brag book" that could assist you in career development.
[|Career Portfolios]

This is a collection of documents (a visual resume) that provides the opportunity to display your

experiences in support of what is in your resume. This type of portfolio is not a scrapbook of all you

have done in career & personal planning & development. Instead it is a selection of things that presents

the best of what you have done. Your Portfolio can be used as a self-marketing

tool, much like your resume, during your job search and/or post-secondary application process. It can

also be used as a resource to build a targeted portfolio when you apply for a specific position or

program.

Contents of portfolio
1. Updated Resume – updated and printed to be handed in to Mrs. B for editing) 2. Cover Letter – Targeted to a specific career, post-secondary program, scholarship, or work organization 3. Vitae- Evidence of your strengths and competencies that may include: 4. Transcripts
 * Awards
 * Certificates of participation e.g. Terry Fox Run, Grad Committee etc.
 * Documentation of 5 Volunteer Service hours
 * Thank you letters
 * Documents of extra-curricular activities
 * Scholarship applications/information
 * Post secondary acceptance letters
 * Job performance appraisals