HOW TO CREATE A WORK EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIO

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HOW TOCREATE A WORKEXPERIENCEPORTFOLIO
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OBJECTIVE

• To show an increase in technical competencies
  learned throughout the students work experience
  while either in the same job or in job changes.

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PORTFOLIODEVELOPMENT

• Your portfolio should include the following
• Resume
• Goals
• Work Experience
• Educational Experience
• Miscellaneous

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FORMAT

• Three-ring binder preferred
• Title page if not on cover
• Index
• Dividers for each section

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I. RESUMÉ

• Include an overview of your professional and
  technical experiences.
• No special format is required.
• A format can be obtained from UW-Stouts Career
  Planning Placement Office. Contact them at
  placementcoop_at_uwstout.edu

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II. GOALS

• This section should contain your professional
  goals
• Clearly state your current position
• Identify where you intend to be in the future as
  a result of earning a degree

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And now,to the most important partof
yourportfolio
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III.YOURWORKEXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!
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This section of your Work Experience Portfolio is
by far the most important. It should match your
resume and provide detailed information about
your work experiences.
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THIS SECTION SHOULD

• Contain a chronological list of work experience
  from earliest to most recent
• Match with your resume
• And
• Provide detailed information about work
  experience from each position held.

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Each list of work experience should contain the
following information
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REQUIRED INFORMATION

• Place of Employment
• Position Description
• List of Skills or Competencies Required to
  Perform the Job

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REQUIRED INFORMATION

• Evidence of Training Associated with this
  Particular Job, such as
• Certificates
• CEU Sheets
• Workshop or Seminar Completion Certificates
• Training activities should be described including
  competencies achieved.

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REQUIRED INFORMATION

• Authentic Artifacts that Reflect Competence, such
  as
• Letters of Validation
• Items Developed
• Letter of Verification of these Materials from
  your Supervisor on Company Letterhead

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The next list of work experience should include
the same information as in the previous list.
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IMPORTANT!!!!!

• Each additional list of work experience should
  identify a progressive growth of competencies OR
  demonstration of different skills and competence

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REMEMBER

• The same competencies cannot be evaluated for
  credit in more than one work experience!

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SO

• Be sure to include detailed descriptions for each
  work experience to be evaluated.

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IV.EDUCATIONALEXPERIENCES
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This section should include evidence of
educational experiences that were completed
outside of traditional schooling environments.
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DO NOT include items listed on official school
transcripts!
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Authentic Evidence Might Include

• Certificate, Diplomas, CEU Forms
• (include a description of each activity)
• Apprenticeship Documents
• Military Transcripts/Certificates

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Authentic Evidence Might Include, Cont.

• Institutional, State/Federal, Organizational
  Licenses (copy of lenience and narrative
  describing process to qualify for lenience)

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V. MISCELLANEOUS

• This section should contain anything not
  previously included that reflects technical
  competence.

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REMINDER

• Dont forget what your objective of this
  portfolio is
• To show an increase in technical competencies
  learned throughout the students work experience
  while either in the same job or in job changes.

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QUESTIONS?

• Contact your
• Advisor

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SUBMISSION OF PORTFOLIO

• Submit your Portfolio to your Advisor for review
  and awarding of credit.
• GOOD LUCK!