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Jisc RSC East Midlands
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Passportfolio is a free online careers planning tool for young people in the UK. It allows users to take quizzes on skills and interests, build CVs and action plans, research education and career options, and create a multimedia portfolio. Over 16,000 young people across 30 schools in Nottinghamshire are registered users. The site receives over 800,000 hits and 2,000 unique users per month. Teachers and advisors can also access students' profiles to track progress and provide feedback.

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www.passportfolio.com Online careers planner for young people From September 2011 Passportfolio will become a FREE national resource
One place for young people to plan their future with options information CV Builder Action Planner Quizzes for recognising and recording skills, personal strengths and learning styles Online multimedia record of skills and achievements Ability to track progress, share and review work and internal messaging system Post 18 future planner built in partnership with universities and Aimhigher Module to support foundation learning including more accessible CV and action plan The site offers:
Online application and prospectus that could be adapted for different local areas. Potential to create bespoke local content pages The site offers:
How can using the site help you: You can view and comment on young people’s CV’s, ILP’s, webfolios and personal statements. Can be used as evidence to show many of the Career Mark standards or other IAG and Careers quality standards are being met. Developed to make career planning engaging and easy to use for young people. Can be used at school or home, young people can continue to access their account after they leave school.
Who’s using the site? Over 16,000 young people in Nottinghamshire are registered on the site across 30+ schools. Over 2,000 individual young people visit the site every month Over 800,000 hits per month
What users think…
Use the central panel to work through Passportfolio in a guided way Use the Quick Link Menu to go straight to the section you want
1. Understand themselves and the influences on them (self development)
Recognising and recording employability skills, achievements and interests
Learning styles quiz
Quizzes about personal values and priorities
Record Work Experience
2. Investigate opportunities in learning and work (career exploration)
Explore options, build an action plan, save useful information and links in ‘My Stickies’
Explore options @ 13+, 16+ and 18+
Search for courses
Apply for courses
Decision Making
Information about different ways to make decisions
3. Make and adjust plans to manage change and transition (career management)
Build an action plan
A multimedia webfolio to showcase achievements that can be emailed to providers and employers
Using the site will help build up a CV, click and drag to change the layout of the CV
CV can be saved as a Word Document, printed out, emailed or shared
Write a personal statement using the helpful guidelines, example statements and spell checker
Using the site as a teacher, tutor or adviser Access to this are of the site is included as part of the staff training package
Check young people’s progress ,view their CV, action plan, personal statement, and webfolio. Reset forgotten emails and passwords
More questions? [email_address] www.passportfolio.com Guest log in: [email_address] qwe123

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National passportfolio

  • 1. www.passportfolio.com Online careers planner for young people From September 2011 Passportfolio will become a FREE national resource
  • 2. One place for young people to plan their future with options information CV Builder Action Planner Quizzes for recognising and recording skills, personal strengths and learning styles Online multimedia record of skills and achievements Ability to track progress, share and review work and internal messaging system Post 18 future planner built in partnership with universities and Aimhigher Module to support foundation learning including more accessible CV and action plan The site offers:
  • 3. Online application and prospectus that could be adapted for different local areas. Potential to create bespoke local content pages The site offers:
  • 4. How can using the site help you: You can view and comment on young people’s CV’s, ILP’s, webfolios and personal statements. Can be used as evidence to show many of the Career Mark standards or other IAG and Careers quality standards are being met. Developed to make career planning engaging and easy to use for young people. Can be used at school or home, young people can continue to access their account after they leave school.
  • 5. Who’s using the site? Over 16,000 young people in Nottinghamshire are registered on the site across 30+ schools. Over 2,000 individual young people visit the site every month Over 800,000 hits per month
  • 7. Use the central panel to work through Passportfolio in a guided way Use the Quick Link Menu to go straight to the section you want
  • 8. 1. Understand themselves and the influences on them (self development)
  • 9. Recognising and recording employability skills, achievements and interests
  • 11. Quizzes about personal values and priorities
  • 13. 2. Investigate opportunities in learning and work (career exploration)
  • 14. Explore options, build an action plan, save useful information and links in ‘My Stickies’
  • 15. Explore options @ 13+, 16+ and 18+
  • 19. Information about different ways to make decisions
  • 20. 3. Make and adjust plans to manage change and transition (career management)
  • 22. A multimedia webfolio to showcase achievements that can be emailed to providers and employers
  • 23. Using the site will help build up a CV, click and drag to change the layout of the CV
  • 24. CV can be saved as a Word Document, printed out, emailed or shared
  • 25. Write a personal statement using the helpful guidelines, example statements and spell checker
  • 26. Using the site as a teacher, tutor or adviser Access to this are of the site is included as part of the staff training package
  • 27. Check young people’s progress ,view their CV, action plan, personal statement, and webfolio. Reset forgotten emails and passwords
  • 28. More questions? [email_address] www.passportfolio.com Guest log in: [email_address] qwe123