Career Portfolios: At a Glance Guide for Promotion and Career Development

by Anna Graf Willams and Karen J. Hall

ISBN: 978-0-9796434-3-9
Publisher: Learnovation, LLC
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 157 pp. Published: 06/15/09

$29.95

Take control of your own career development -
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Description

Here's a new update to the book that started it all...New examples, with a new focus on using the career portfolio on the job for evaluation and advancement.

Career Portfolio Development
Career portfolios have long been tools used by job seekers to find a job. Now they are becoming the tool of choice for individuals and organizations who want to document skills and performance on the job. Career portfolios are a great way to package your abilities and accomplishments on the job for your own career advancement.

Developing a Career Portfolio allows you to:

• Perform an individual self assessment
• Identify internal career paths, both lateral and vertical
• Identify and develop key skills needed to excel within the organization and industry
• Track goals and goal completion
• Prove ability and value to the company while improving confidence.

Return on Investment
Companies are also seeing the value of career portfolios. Use your career portfolio to promote yourself and advance your career. Developing a career portfolio supports both the individual employee and the organization. Career portfolios allow individuals to heighten awareness of their own skills and abilities, improve self-confidence, and more accurately create a career path within an organization.

When used properly, career portfolios assist organizations by:
• Reducing unwanted turnover
• Retaining rare talent
• Improving job matching
• Supporting employees in transitioning across organizational units
• Identifying and utilizing transferable skills within employee talent pools
• Tracking skill sets
• Identifying where skill sets are nested organizationally