Portfolio Content

Think of your portfolio as a marketing tool to market you.

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Home page (BANNER, SITE TITLE & TAG LINE, WIDGET TEXT)

• BANNER
  • Use a clean professional image
• SITE TITLE & TAG LINE
  • The site’s title includes your name
  • The tag line should be an inspirational quote
• WIDGET TEXT: a personal mission statement is added here
• Before you write a personal mission statement think about the following:
• Know your short and long term goals (1year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years)
• How will you accomplish your goals?
• Think of your character and values: WHO do YOU want to become?
• What do you do now and what will you continue to do to contribute to your success?
• What quotes, poems, songs inspire you?
• Think about leaders you have admired, what is it exactly you admire?

• Take your time, be thoughtful
• This mission statement will change and develop as you change and develop

About Me (PORTFOLIO PAGE)

• Biography of you as a college student and future industry leader
• PDF of resume

Academics (PORTFOLIO PAGE):

• Include a short reflection of the courses that have been of greatest significance to you academic development (include HMGT and core courses)
• Course examples (SUB CATEGORY OF Academic PORTFOLIO PAGE)
  • Include evidence of your academic abilities and strengths. Possible skills to highlight include critical thinking, communication, initiative and follow-through, technical skills.
  • Supporting documents may include academic projects, papers, activities or assignments.
  • Outstanding examples of your academic accomplishments. Supporting documents may include transcripts, course descriptions, syllabi, sample papers.

Professional Development (PORTFOLIO PAGE):

• Include a short reflection of how you are positioning yourself to be a future industry leader. What decisions are you making, what networking you are doing, what organizations you are joining…
• The following are SUB CATEGORIES of your Professional Development PORTFOLIO PAGE
• Resume, PDF and text
• List your internships, include examples of what you learned as an Intern and Supervisor Evaluations (PDF)
  • CP diplomas
• Examples of your employment experience and what you contributed as an employee, if possible include a Supervisor Evaluation (PDF) or Recommendation (PDF)

• Honors, Awards and Recommendations:
  • Awards received
  • Newspaper or other media coverage
  • Nominations

Community (PORTFOLIO PAGE)

• Club and organization involvement
• Participation in workshops, conferences and retreats
• Volunteer work
• Service-Projects
• Social/Campus activism programs