Question

Elaborate on specific areas that you anticipate to be a challenge in developing a portfolio and what steps you can take to overcome those challenges.

Requirements: 250-300 words for the initial post, 100 words for the reply

* portofio focuses directly on promoting future career opportunities

Answer 1

• A professional portfolio provides a space in which you can plan and reflect in depth on your practice, helping you identify your strengths and find ways of building on these.Developing the portfolio creates a sense of achievement;builds self-confidence;provides an opportunity to conduct an in-depth self-evaluation and develops skills of reflection.
• Challenge of developing a good portfolio include:-
• the portfolio could become simply a paper trail
• constructing and assembling the portfolio is time-consuming
• very ‘messy’ at the start when trying to find a format
• the portfolio can create an atomistic approach – looking at different tasks without making connections
• the portfolio can focus on the functional aspects of practice without looking at the ‘big picture’.
• To overcome these challenges planning is very important by reflecting upon the key dimensions that can help you professionally and highlighting those.Finding the correct format is also very important to make the portfolio more impactful,instead of making it a paper trail,the individual should highlight key skills and knowledge in the particular field;define your strengths clearly,always keep updating your portfolio to keep pace with changing career opportunities and skills developed.
• A portfolio is a living document. It evolves over time, in the same manner and pace that a young professional progresses. It is a personal reflection of who you are and you can use it in your job search, during the interview, and even when you get employed at your performance review.