Guidelines for your Career Portfolio
This assessment is designed to be used by you as an ongoing working document to assist you in identifying your career goals and appropriate organisations to pursue for internship or employment positions. Writing in first person is permitted, however you should remember that this is a university assessment and not a descriptive story. A minimum of five (5) well integrated academic references is required.
The following may assist you to structure your portfolio:
Executive summary
1.0 Introduction
2.0 My career
• describe how you visualise your perfect graduate position and broader career in 1–2 paragraphs. Critically evaluate how your descriptions compare and contrast with the literature covered in this unit relating to definitions of careers, career management and career success (Topic 1). Do not use dictionary or Wikipedia definitions in this discussion. Instead, you should be evaluating the descriptions contained in academic writings such as your Readings.
3.0 Goal setting
• Setting goals (both short- and long-term) is important in career planning. Challenging, but realistic, goals can have powerful positive influence on career success. Identify a goal setting theory (model) or motivation theory and discuss how it may be useful to assist you in achieving your career goals.
• In this section summarise the five most important learning/career goals that you wish to achieve within the next 10 years. Refer to Appendix A which will contain detailed information about these five goals.
4.0 Industry sector analysis
• 4.1 Give a detailed description of the industry sector that you want to be working in after you complete your current degree.
• 4.2 Include information on the career opportunities within this industry sector.
• 4.3 Include information on the career challenges within this industry sector.
• Refer to Appendix B – the database of your top five potential employers.
Use information gained from discussion with industry insiders, from academic journals and from your observations and general research.
5.0 Conclusion
6.0 References
Appendices (A & B)
• Appendix A – Learning/Career Goals
Detail your five (5) most important learning/career goals that you wish to achieve within the next 10 years using the template available on the MySCU site – Assessment link.
• Appendix B – Database of Potential Employers
Use appropriate headings numbered 1–5 ensuring each organisation is listed in order of preference (i.e. your most preferred organisation is number 1, your second choice employer is number 2 etc.)
Use the following headings, to ensure all relevant information is provided and then include a short review
(1–2 paragraphs) of the career prospects available within each selected organisation:
• Company name
• Contact person
• Position title
• Postal address
• Phone number
• Email
• Website – [Copy the link to the page you are referring to here]
• Other links – [If there is a specific employment and or internship link copy this link here]
• Overview of [Insert organisation name here].
Include 1–2 paragraphs regarding:
o what each organisation is renowned for
o the types of career opportunities available in this organisation.
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