INTRODUCTION
This portfolio task invites you to think holistically about the strengths you are developing and how these strengths might be applied, represented, and offered in service to your aspirations in the career field. You will demonstrate the competencies you have studied to comprehend and explain your personal strengths and present evidence of these strengths in a positive light for potential employers.

REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A. Write an essay (suggested length of 12 pages) in which you do the following:

1. Evaluate your top five strengths in relation to your chosen career.

2. Provide examples from your personal life, work, or school activities that support your evaluation.

B.  Write a career outlook report (suggested length of 12 pages) in which you summarize a specific career field that interests you.

1.  Provide information such as salary range, employment outlook, types of positions available, and education required.

C.  Write an essay (suggested length of 35 pages) in which you reflect on how your education and past work and life experiences have prepared you for your future in the workplace.

D.  Provide your resume (no more than 3 pages).

Note: Make sure the resume contains no grammatical or spelling errors and that it is formatted to be correctly viewed electronically and when printed.

E.  Provide five exhibits to include in your professional portfolio. Examples may include the following:

  Executive summary from your capstone (no more than 12 pages)

  Any artifact from your work experience if it applies directly to information that a potential employer would be interested in seeing (e.g., awards, certificates, letters of commendation, performance evaluations, other evidence of outstanding work performance)

  Any artifact from your university experience if it applies directly to information that a potential employer would be interested in seeing (e.g., transcripts, score reports, certificates, awards)

  Description of a work product

  Projects or assignments completed to meet requirements in the major

F.  When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.