Creating your skills portfolio : show your accomplishments / / Carrie Straub

• Autore: Straub Carrie
• Pubblicazione: Menlo Park, Calif., : Crisp Publications; Lanham, MD, : Distribution to the U.S. trade [by] National Book Network, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (77 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.06665
• Soggetto topico: Applications for positions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION 1 What Is a Skills Portfolio? -- DEFINING "PORTFOLIO" -- WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE A PORTFOLIO -- Current Employment Trends -- GIVE YOURSELF CREDIT -- TYPES OF PORTFOLIOS -- Clarify Your Message -- Choose a Medium -- Set Your Budget -- Decide on a Dynamic or Static Portfolio -- 10 WAYS TO USE YOUR PORTFOLIO -- SECTION 2 Creating Your Portfolio -- FIVE STEPS TO AN EXCELLENT PORTFOLIO -- Step #1: Gather Artifacts -- Step #2: Visualize Your Portfolio -- Step #3: Organize Your Information -- Step #4: Assemble the Contents -- Step #5: Practice Your Presentation -- STEP #1: GATHER ARTIFACTS -- CONDUCT A MARKET ANALYSIS OF YOU AS A PRODUCT -- VALUE-ADDED ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- COLLECTING SAMPLES -- EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES -- What's Too Old to Be Included? -- Selecting References -- Personal and Professional Experience -- Electronic Media -- STRATEGY ALERT -- STEP #2: VISUALIZE YOUR PORTFOLIO -- THE VISUALIZATION PROCESS -- Stage 1: Do Your Homework -- Stage 2: Make Thumbnail Sketches -- Stage 3: Develop a Storyboard -- Storyboard Practice -- STEP #3: ORGANIZE YOUR INFORMATION -- M + A + M = I[sup(2)] -- Sequential/Chronological Order -- Thematic/Functional Format -- Layout and Design -- CONSIDER THE AUDIENCE -- THREE LAYOUT BASICS -- 10 TIPS FOR BETTER VISUAL ORGANIZATION -- STEP #4: ASSEMBLE THE CONTENTS -- Directions for Easy Assembly -- How Much Is Too Much? -- 10 TIPS FOR A BETTER PORTFOLIO -- TIP #1 Remember That Less Is More -- TIP #2 Use the Salami Method -- TIP #3 Prioritize Your Examples -- TIP #4 Beta Test -- TIP #5 Respect Confidential and Proprietary Information -- TIP #6 Treat Coworkers with Respect -- TIP #7 Consider Having More Than One Portfolio -- TIP #8 Color Code, Label and Simplify -- TIP #9 Use a Consistent Format. ; TIP #10 Use a Skill Summary -- REFERENCES FOR THE GRAPHICALLY IMPAIRED -- Presenting Photos -- Masking and Retouching -- Managing 3-D Samples -- Using Technology -- Computer diskettes -- Video tapes -- CD-ROM -- Clip Art -- STEP #5: PRACTICE YOUR PRESENTATION -- CREATE YOUR COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT -- DESIGNING YOUR COMMERCIAL -- REMEMBER -- AN OUTLINE FOR YOUR INTERVIEW PRESENTATION -- WHEN TO USE YOUR PORTFOLIO -- FINAL PORTFOLIO CHECKLIST -- Content -- Organization -- Graphic Elements -- Security -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
• Titolo autorizzato: Creating your skills portfolio
• ISBN: 1-4175-2060-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822175303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fifty-Minute series.