Portfolio: Placement Goals and Professional Development

Section 1 - Placement Goals and Justification

Introduction – Briefly outline the Portfolio’s contents and structure and ‘set the scene’ for the reader.
Section 1 - Identify up to two placement goals and then fully justify your choice(s), analysing and synthesising the range of sources of information that have guided your decision-making.
Then, reflect on your choice of placement goals, incorporating the following areas as a  minimum:
a) the type of role(s) you are seeking and why;
b) your preferred sector/industry and why, and
c) what part of the UK you wish to work in, and why.
In the Appendix, include evidence of the activities you have completed which support or  underpin your choice(s) of placement goal. Evidence might include (but is not restricted to): completion of the CV-builder and Prospects Career Planner; completion of the Skills Selfassessment; a Personal SWOT; attendance at the FBL Placement Fair and/or Employability Fair or other employer liaison activities.
Section 2 - with your identified skills / knowledge in mind, critically evaluate your own engagement in the range of personal and professional development activities available to you to help you reach your goal(s). Then, reflect on how the feedback / outcomes of these activities influenced your subsequentperformance in trying to achieve your placement goal(s).