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Introduction

Today I am going to be talking about Professional Portfolios. You are probably wondering what is a Professional Portfolio, well in this section of the blog I will give you a definition of what a Professional Portfolio is. Professional Portfolio- "Is a tool judiciously and carefully crafted to appropriately showcase the work of a professional while providing evidence of career growth." You might see or hear the term "E-Portfolio" this is an electronic version of a portfolio.

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The reason professionals or individuals seeking a career should create a professional portfolio because it allows the employer to see the work you have created in the past for other companies or for personal reasoning. A professional portfolio allows you the job seeking individual to save the work that you think is suitable to demonstrate, and it allows the employer to see the growth of where you started from. Creating a professional portfolio can make you stick out from the other candidates who are seeking the same position you are applying for. Professional Portfolios help employers define your experience, accomplishments, skills, education, interest, objectives and professional goals. Professional portfolios gives you the future employee the chance to sell yourself without speaking.
Most experts claim that resumes will vanish in the next decade or two, and some say that E-Portfolios will replace the resume. Not knowing how true this is I am still going to discuss the advantages an E-Portfolio has. According to experts e-portfolios helps career seeking individuals gain self-awareness and it helps them take control of their experiences. E-Portfolios help people with independent learning, and "e-portfolio platform offers advantages to the digital generation of students by giving them creative opportunities...through interactive displays of performance and engagement." Overall e-portfolios are geared to enhance "self-esteem by providing a mechanism through which they can monitor their personal, academic, and career goals (Okoro, Washington, Cardon).