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 Portfolio
Power: The
New Way to Showcase All Your Job Skills and Experiences
by Martin Kimeldorf 185 pages.
Recommended:
Valuable Career Resource
Martin Kimeldorf’s
book contains a wealth of information about the value of having
a portfolio, how to construct one and how to use it. The last chapter
even has some suggestions for creating an electronic portfolio.
Beginning
with Chapter 3, the focus on career portfolios becomes intense,
with more than 25 pages devoted to the construction phase,
including 10 exercises that will help you clarify your self-marketing
plan and career direction. I would use this chapter more
as a resource to return to periodically for skills clarification.
If you are currently working, are busy on the job and don’t
have time to go through all of the exercises, you will probably
not have time to construct a portfolio yourself. The activities
are time consuming! Chapters 4 and 5 are important to anyone
who wants to job search or improve a career profile. They
cover the uses of a portfolio in job search, including the
interview phase, and how to use a portfolio for performance
reviews and raises and promotions.
Considering
all of the information packed into this book, this is a good
purchase to make if you are seriously interested in taking
responsibility for your own career. It will help you with
the “in-the-box” drill and prepare you for the
resume phase of a job search. It will be obvious, however,
that you will not be able to build your own career portfolio
quickly to launch the campaign. Do-it-yourselfers will need
to understand and do a realistic time estimate for this activity.
Overall, this is a good investment.
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