Creating Your Skills Portfolio

Description:
The course was designed to cover critical business and professional development topics in the shortest time possible. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, the course keeps you engaged and help you retain critical skills.

Different from a resume, this little-known tool allows you to present a unique image of your experience drawn from some of the best examples of your previous work. It describes the seven steps to preparing an attention-grabbing portfolio and the best technique for presenting it during an interview. Also included is how to develop an electronic portfolio.

Duration: One day

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Section 1: What Is a Skill Portfolio?
Defining Portfolio
Give Yourself Credit
Types of Portfolios
10 Ways to Use Your Portfolio

Section 2: Creating Your Portfolio
Five Steps to an Excellent Portfolio

Step 1: Gather Artifacts
Conduct a Market Analysis of You as a Product
Exploring Possibilities
Strategy Alert

Step 2: Visualize Your Portfolio
The Visualization Process

Step 3: Organize Your Information
Consider the Audience
Three Layout Basics
10 Tips for Better Visual Organization

Step 4: Assemble the Contents
10 Tips for a Better Portfolio
References for the Graphically Impaired

Step 5: Practice Your Presentation
Create Your Commercial Announcement
An Outline for Your Interview Presentation
When to Use Your Portfolio
Final Portfolio Checklist
Bibliography