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Creating Meaningful Portfolios: Effective Approaches for Career Readiness

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Join NACE experts for a one-hour webinar on developing, implementing, and assessing student portfolios and eportfolios. Learn how to help students showcase their skills and demonstrate career readiness competencies. The session will cover portfolio purpose and benefits, strategies for starting and managing programs, best practices for coaching students, and approaches for evaluating portfolios based on storytelling, flow, and competency evidence. You’ll leave with practical strategies and rubrics to help assess student portfolios effectively.

Summary
Join NACE experts for a practical, one-hour webinar on developing, implementing, and assessing student portfolios and e-portfolios. This session is designed for career services professionals who want to help students effectively showcase their skills, demonstrate career readiness competencies, and prepare for interviews.

Presenters will cover the purpose and benefits of portfolios in demonstrating student competencies, strategies for starting and managing portfolio programs efficiently while considering staff bandwidth and institutional structure, and best practices for coaching students to create coherent, competency-focused portfolios. They will also discuss how to evaluate portfolios using a rubric that emphasizes storytelling, flow, and competency evidence rather than artistic creativity, as well as strategies for addressing challenges, including engaging non-creative staff and aligning portfolios with employer expectations.

By the end of this session, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to implement portfolio programs that help students present their achievements to both professors and potential employers.

Following this program, you will be able to:
- Explain the purpose and benefits of student portfolios;
- Apply best practices and rubrics to assess portfolios based on storytelling, flow, and competency evidence; and
- Address common challenges, including staff engagement, implementation/deployment, and alignment with employer expectations.
Presenters

Richard Robles Ed.D, Professor, University of Cincinnati
Dr. Richard Robles is currently a tenured Professor of Engineering and Applied Science Co-op Programs at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Cooperative Education and Professional Studies. With over 20 years of experience in higher education, Richard's research areas include experiential learning, electronic portfolios (eportfolios), assessment, leadership development, and college student development. Richard received a BA in Liberal Studies from Northern Arizona University, a MS in Counseling and Student Personnel from Minnesota State University, Mankato, an MBA from the University of Cincinnati, and an EdD in Leadership Studies from Xavier University. Richard’s doctoral research explored engineering identity development through cooperative education. Outside of NACE, Richard is the Vice President for Marketing and Communications for the Cooperative Education and Internship Association, the Technology Chair and Past President for the Ohio Cooperative Education Association, and a member of the Professional Development Committee for the Society for Experiential Education.

Michael Warrell, Sr. Assistant Dir., Marketing & Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign - The Career Center
Michael Warrell holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Kent State University and a post-baccalaureate in Strategic Marketing from Northwestern University School of Professional Studies. As the Design Team Leader at McGraw-Hill Higher Education, he spent 13 years designing and producing leading textbooks, with a focus on business and management. After leaving McGraw-Hill, Michael founded Design Solutions, an independent design and marketing consulting firm that served publishers, small businesses, and social justice nonprofits in Chicago. In 2022, Michael joined The Career Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he serves as Senior Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications, focusing on increasing awareness and engagement for the Center’s many services, programs, and events. Michael was awarded the HireBig10+ Outstanding Career Services Support Staff Award in 2024 and, in 2025, was part of The Career Center team recognized with the Student Success Champion Award from the Office of the Provost.

Ana Rodas, Fine & Applied Arts Admin, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign - The Career Center
Ana Rodas serves as the Assistant Director for Career Services in the College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) at the University of Illinois. Ans is dedicated to helping FAA students turn their passion for the arts into a sustainable career. As a double-alumna holding both a BFA in Graphic Design and an MFA in Art and Design, Ana brings a deeply personal understanding of the creative journey to her work. A self-described servant leader, she is a human-centered professional dedicated to the growth and preparation of students in the creative and performing arts. Through specialized programming, career mentoring, and personalized advising, Ana helps students navigate the bridge between their artistic practice and professional success. She is passionate about building a supportive community and is always delighted to connect with students, faculty, and staff to help the next generation of creatives reach their goals.

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