Career portfolio

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Career portfolios are used to plan, organize and document education, work samples and skills. People use career portfolios to apply to college or training programs, get a job, get a higher salary, show transferable skills, and to track personal development. They are more in-depth than a resume, which is used to summarize the above in one or two pages. Crucial for portfolios in educational environments is a degree of reflection to take place on what is in the portfolio file.

Career Portfolios are becoming common in high schools, college, and workforce development.^{[citation needed]}

Another typical example of a portfolio is one used by artists. Artist portfolios consist of artwork that the artist can take to job interviews, conferences, and other networking opportunities to showcase his or her work, and give others an idea of what type of genre the artist works in. Art Portfolios, sometimes called "artfolios," can be a variety of sizes, and usually consist of approximately ten to fifteen photographs of the artist's best works. Some artist create multiple portfolios to showcase different styles and to apply for different types of jobs. For instance, one portfolio may be mainly for doing technical illustrations and another may be for surreal painting or sculpture.

Animators typically use demo reels, also known as "demo tapes," in place of or in addition to, portfolios to demonstrate their skills to potential employers. Demo tapes have traditionally been short VHS tapes of approximately five minutes in length that showcase some of the animator's best works in as little time as possible. However, some employers have begun accepting DVDs in place of VHS tapes for demos reels.

Career portfolio include development, assessment and showcase portfolios.