C & C CAREER & COMPETENCE

CAREER COACHING GROUP

Session 6Competence portfolio /

profile

Milja Tuomaala & Tiina Hämäläinen, University of Oulu, VALOA-project

PORTFOLIO- PROFILE OF YOUR PERSONAL COMPETENCE –

Picture from: http://portuguesemdia.pbworks.com/f/1266770545/portfolio.jpg

if CV in not enough… too formal too limitedyou wish to tell more about yourself

…it is possible to create a portfolioyour own, personal achievement folder“self-praise folder”you can make your ’path’ towards your

expertise visible for yourself – and for others

A WAY TO TELL WHAT YOU CAN- PORTFOLIO

WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO?

Portfolio derived from Latin portare, ('to carry'/movable) and folium ('document'/artifact)

WIKIPEDIA: Portfolio literally means "a case for carrying loose papers," (from Latin, the imperative of portare "to carry" and the plural of folium, meaning a 'a sheet for writing upon')

A type of “briefcase”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portfolio

WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO?

a purposeful collection of artifacts that describe your progress (in your profession)works, samples, products, experiences, reflections

chosen for a purpose it documents your efforts, progress,

achievements

the purpose is to show your personal knowhow and expertise

WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO?

A portfolio is a process as well as a product

As a process, it requires you to identify and reflect upon what motivates and satisfies you. You examine and present your interests, skills, values, needs, goals and strategies. Much of the power of your portfolio comes from this process

A (career) portfolio is also a product, a concrete collection which documents evidence of your work and learning history, your skills, interests, abilities, and feedback from others.

”The first and most significant act of portfolio preparation is the decision of the purposes for the portfolio”

Helen Barrett

WHY PORTFOLIO?

Creating a portfolio involves reflection, collection, selection, and making connections of

What you have done How you have done it What you have learnt How you want to improve Etc…

…Helps you to realize your competences and skills

PORTFOLIO TYPES FOR EXAMPLE

Project portfolio to document the steps taken along the way to a

finished product Achievement portfolio

to document quality recent work to assess the level of achievement at a certain point in time

Growth portfolio to show progress toward specific learning targetsdocuments increasing levels of achievement

DIGITAL PORTFOLIO (E-PORTFOLIO)

a portfolio that has been prepared for distribution online

differs from a traditional portfolio only in its form, not in its contents

digital portfolio, an electronic portfolio, ePortfolio, & a webfolio (if stored on the web)

work is not saved in a folder but to a computer hard-drive, a CD-ROM, somewhere on the web.

one EASY way to create an electronic portfolio:a blog

Remember to update your portfolio regularly. Creating a portfolio is a reflective and on-going

process.

Remember, your portfolio is never complete- Your development process continues…

REMEMBER ALSO: YOUR WEB PERSONALITY/IDENTITY = ”YOUR OTHER CV”

Think, how you present yourself in Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube…

How about your blogging …? ”Työnantajan parjaaminen Facebookissa on johtanut

ainakin yhden PAMin edustaman työntekijän irtisanomiseen[…]” (Taloussanomat 27.10.09)

roughly translated: Badmouthing your employer in Facebook has led to at least one sacking…

An important ”Career Channel” for professional networking nowadays is LinkedIn:

http://www.linkedin.com/

A place to network and find open positions The most important recruiting channel for many companies

Creating a personal profile is easy and networking after that goes fast…

More information: http://www.oulu.fi/careerservices/stepbystep.htm

(Presentation by Tom Laine)

EXAMPLES OF E-PORTFOLIOS

http://quintcareers.4jobs.com/SAMPLE-CAREER-PORTFOLIO-RES

http://www.sarahodavis.com/index.html

http://www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/archive/example/weigandt/

http://www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/archive/example/jenks/home.htm

AND IN FINNISH…

http://portfolioni.blogspot.com/ http://harto.wordpress.com/

http://www.helsinki.fi/~jaaleino/tievie/portfolio.html

http://www.cop.fi/kotisivut/ILeppisaari/

ENGLISH REFERENCES

http://www.uwfox.uwc.edu/admreg/downloaddoc/CAREER%20PORTFOLIO%20for%20Web.pdf

Building a personal and career portfolio http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects/repository/portfolios.pdf

http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/teachfolio.html http://www.usask.ca/tlc/teaching_portfolios/index.html

EXERCISE 6.1LETTER TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER

Practicing to describe your skills… Write a letter to your grandmother telling her;

What do you study?What have you learned in your studies?What is the topic of your graduate thesis?How would your dream job be like?

Remember to put it in an understandable way – tell things in a way that ”even your grandmother would understand it”!

EXPERTISE• Nowadays being an expert is not all about personal/individual

competences – expertise is seen more as collaboration and results gained in groups

• Important skill in work life: being able to work in expert teams A successful team can achieve more than its’ members could have achieved

individually

• Progressive problem-solving• Ongoing reflection• Interest towards new solutions, challenges and tasks• Motivation to learn more • Working at ’upper limits’, surpassing the limits, acquiring new

knowledge and know-how Continuous development of competence Creating new knowledge

DIFFERENTATION OF ROUTINE EXPERTS AND ADAPTIVE EXPERTS

’Routine Experts’Successful in familiar situations, problems and

circumstancesSuccessful in similar routine tasksNo/little development of expertise and work

’Adaptive experts’Successful in variable situations, problems and

circumstances More likely to be able to construct new knowledge as they

solve problemsNew problems handled and solved successfullyDevelopment of expertise and work

MORE ABOUT EXPERTISE…

Hatano G., & Inagaki, K. (1992). Desituating cognition through the construction of conceptual knowledge. In P. Light & G. Butterworth (Eds.), Context and Cognition: Ways of knowing and learning. (pp. 115-133). New York: Harvester.

Bereiter, C. & Scardamalia, M. (1993). Surpassing ourselves. An inquiry into the nature and implications of expertise. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company.

Gruber, H., Palonen, T. Rehrl, M. & Lehtinen, E. (2007). Understanding the nature of expertise: Individual knowledge, social resources and cultural context. In H. Gruber & T. Palonen (Eds.), Learning in the workplace – new developments (pp. 227–250). Finnish Educational Research Association. Turku: Painosalama.

INTERVIEW SIMULATIONS• Instructions for job seeker:

E-mail your revised application & CV to your interviewer by deadline Remember to send also the job announcement for the position you are applying (if

it’s not an open position, describe the imaginary position; company, title, responsibilities etc)

Bring all needed documents with you (certificates, testimonials, letters of reference)

• Instructions for interviewer: Prepare interview questions for your pair (see previous materials and use your

imagination) Bring job seekers application documents with you

• Instructions for both interviewer & job seeker: Be on time Dress properly Behave like it would be a normal interview!

ASSIGNMENT FOR OUR NEXT C&C MEETING

Getting ready for interview simulation; Revise your application & CV Send the application, CV and job announcement (or

description of the job) to your interviewer Prepare for the interview Prepare interview questions for your pair