Portfolio Development Vocabulary

collection of projects, reports, exams, awards and other evidence of past experience and accomplishments which may serve as a summary of an individual’s interests and abilities and give a viewer an in-depth understanding of the individual’s personality and creativity

• Career Portfolio

• Content Portfolio

• Career Handbook

• Career File

item which documents or serves as evidence of an occurrence

• Annotation

• Testimonial

• Google Docs

• Artifact

statement expressing beliefs, attitude and/or values regarding work and work relationships

• Professional Philosophy

• Personal Philosophy

• Proprietary Philosophy

• Mission Statement

official, authorized document stating classes and courses taken and completed

• Transcript, Degree, License or Certification

• Transcript, Degree, Drivers License or Certiport

• Transformation Tuesday, Degree, License or Certification

• Testimonial, Artifact or Letter of Recommendation

summary of the goals which guide and provide purpose

• Legal Statement

• Mission Statement

• Testimonial

• Professional Philosophy

unsolicited compliment or statement of praise and appreciation

• Testimonial

• Letter of Recommendation

• Annotation

• Mission Statement

letter in which the writer describes the qualities, characteristics and abilities of a person being recommended

• Letter of Referral

• Letter of Renewal

• Letter of Recommendation

• Letter of Repercussions

privately owned

• Proprietary

• Property

• Principal

• Principle

arranged in the order of occurrence

• Orderly Fashion

• In Order

• Chronological

• Intermittent

note providing detail, explanation and/or context

• Anticipate

• Testimonial

• Portfolio

• Annotation