As you work your way through this capstone class, this is a good time to start exploring and organizing your thinking about the degree you’re almost finished with! This portfolio assignment is not something you would hand to a future employer, but is designed to help you collect your thoughts and practice some professional documents.
A completed assignment will be a PDF of the following documents (specific instructions below), assembled into one file:
1. Your most recently updated resume (or CV)
Resume or CV should include education, employment, and skills, and may also include sections for honors/awards, extracurricular or co-curricular activities, skills, and three individuals who can be contacted as references (including current contact info and how you know them). If it goes longer than 1 page, that’s okay for our purposes. Please be sure to reach out to the Career Development CenterLinks to an external site. if you need a template or more detailed support.
2. A cover letter (for a job) or statement of purpose (for a grad-school application)
Cover letter or Statement of Purpose should be a 1-2 page statement of why you are applying for the position (real positions that you may or may not actually consider applying for). Contents of this document must be truthful and reflect your actual interests and abilities. Depending on which type of document you do, different conventions are required. Feel free to search for examples or instructions online, and I have collected somelinks on my professional website
I AM APPLYING FOR A CHILD LIFE SPECIALIST
Links to an external site. that may be helpful.
3. Links and descriptions of three real job ads for positions you would actually consider applying for, that require post-graduate training of some kind.
What do each of these positions list as desired/preferred qualifications for successful candidates? What are the skill sets you already possess? What are the skill sets needed? What resources do you need in order to bridge the gap between your current skill set and the ones presented in each of these job ads?
1 job ad i saw for a child life specialist I believe they had was at vanderbilt university medical center in Nashville TN.
just need to find 2 more job ads!
4. Link and description of one real graduate or professional school program (psychology or not, doesn’t matter) that you would actually consider applying for.
What is the name of the school and degree you have identified? What do they list as requirements of admission to the program? How long does the program last? What amount of coursework (including internship, thesis, dissertation etc) is required to complete the program? What kind of jobs/placements do graduates with this degree typically get, according to the school’s website?
5. APA guidelines summary
The “APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major (Links to an external site.)” lists 5 learning goals that students should achieve through their Bachelor’s degree. Write a brief (1-2 page) narrative describing the learning experiences you have had (whether or not at Lipscomb) that have helped you personally satisfy these learning goals.
