The e2Portfolio Development Process

An electronic employability (e2)portfolio serves as a career anchor for tracking employability as part of finding employment, staying employed, and keeping tabs on career satisfaction.

More specifically, it is a way to monitor skill development over time, assess your proficiency levels in those skills, and identify how they can transfer across industries during times of career and job transitions.

I have identified two approaches to the e2Portfolio development process: a conceptual one and an applied approach.

Conceptual Approach:

This approach is somewhat like following a traditional career development process (e.g., self-assessment; identify and explore options; set goals; plan action; take action).

1. Identify your stage in work
    

2. Develop an employability skills profile
    

3. Create a master eResume
    

4. Develop a personal profile
    

5. Gather artifacts that support skills profile
    

6. Convert artifacts into electronic files
    

7. Create a narrative storyboard outline
    

8. Establish navigational linkages between skill acquisition and demonstrated proficiency
    

9. Write supporting content for online reading
    

10. Publish your e2Portfolio to the Web

Practical Approach:

This approach is an example of how to put the concept into practice. The example I use here is my own. The steps I list are the steps I have actually used and find successful.

Background Career Situation:

....to be continued.

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