CREATING YOUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO
Career development is a process, not a one-off decision. You will make career moves and decisions throughout your lifetime. Even if you know what you would like to do, you don’t always know how you will get there.
The Career Link team has career development resources to support you in becoming ready for your targeted career, including the Career Development Portfolio, a feature found in HireIvy consisting of a series of milestones and activities that make up a well-rounded career development foundation (see table below).
WHAT'S IN IT?
You will complete your Career Development Portfolio with your Career Coach by your side. We think you'll find it's the best way to showcase why an employer should hire you and illustrate how you can deliver on the job.
Your Career Development Portfolio will include:
- Your resume
- Professional networking
- Highlights of your work-and-learn experiences
CAREER DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO MILESTONES & ACTIVITIES
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
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Connecting Employers and Students
What is HireIvy?
HireIvy is a website created by Ivy Tech, powered by Symplicity®, to assist current students and Ivy Tech alumni with career development. It is a college-wide, online job and internship board for local, regional, and statewide opportunities. Plus, it is where you'll develop your Career Development Portfolio, manage your work-and-learn opportunities—like job fairs, job shadowing, employer panels, internships, and more—and access resume review feedback, mock interviewing, and career-related events.
Connecting Employers and Students.
Sample HireIvy Student Homepage
How to Access HireIvy
Current students can access HireIvy through MyIvy in the "Tools & Resources" section. You will be prompted to use single sign-in authentication to access the system.
Alumni, faculty, and employers can create a free account:
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Ivy Career Strong Career Assessment Platform
Ivy Career Strong is a career assessment platform for current Ivy Tech students, powered by third-party partner, VitaNavis®. VitaNavis uses the SuperStrong® interest assessment to find educational and career pathways for you. For each pathway, we link your interests to careers, salaries, job outlooks, skills, and which Ivy Tech programs can help you meet your goals.
The assessment takes 5-10 minutes and can help you begin planning the next steps in your life.
Are you ready to start your journey?
Contact an Ivy Tech Career Coach for more information and to learn how to access the Ivy Career Strong career assessment platform.
Note: Ivy Career Strong is only for current Ivy Tech students who will be prompted to use single sign-in authentication to access the system.
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Students, faculty, and staff also have free access to CareerSpots, an online library of career readiness videos that offer tips on finding jobs, and landing internships and co-ops. CareerSpots may be used in the classroom or viewed directly by students.
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Indiana Career Explorer is an easy, online tool available to all Indiana residents to:
- Explore their career interests
- Complete career assessments based on interests and skills
- Identify occupations that would be a good fit
- Explore salary and job projections based on U.S. labor statistics
- Establish educational strategies
- Prepare for their job search and connect to employers.
The Indiana Career Explorer website is powered by the State of Indiana's Department of Workforce Development.
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The STAR method is a structured manner of responding to a behavioral-based interview question by discussing the specific situation, (or task), action, and the result of the situation you are describing to showcase skills.
Our coaches teach this method to students preparing to interview during one-to-one or group coaching sessions. Talk to your Career Coach to learn more.
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The WIN Career Readiness e-Learning program provides self-paced content and resources to teach core employability skills in a career context. Current students can gain access to this system through their career coach.
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Whether you’re exploring majors for two- or four-year college degrees or searching for information about your chosen field, "What Can I Do With This Major" can help! Learn typical career areas and types of employers that hire in these fields, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate. This website is not managed by Ivy Tech but contains information you may find useful.
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Work and Learn Indiana is a FREE work-based learning matching marketplace connecting Indiana employers, anyone seeking a work-based learning experience, high schools, colleges, and universities. They help Indiana employers and community partners develop and retain Hoosier talent through relevant work-and-learn experiences that drive a highly skilled and equitable workforce.You can tap into this free service to connect with organizations across the state who are offering internships and other work-based learning experiences. Search the database to find internships that match your interests or create a candidate profile so employers can find you.
Questions about Your Career Development Portfolio?
Contact Your Career Coach
Your Career Coach and the Career Link team are available to assist with exploring career paths, developing your resume, preparing for interviews, connecting you with employers, and more.