Work experience
Term
Work experience
Definition
Knowledge, skills and competences acquired by an individual during their working life.
This term is also used to describe short periods of work-based learning (commonly carried out while the individual is participating in a related education or training programme) or working as a trainee or intern in order to gain experience of a particular occupation or type of work.
Comment
It is important to distinguish the two common meanings of this term.
See ‘Work-based learning’
Source
Career Guidance and Counselling Glossary. Result of Leonardo da Vinci programme project “Overcoming Intercultural and Linguistic Barriers in Continuously Accessible Vocational Guidance and Counselling” (project No LT/03/B/F/LA-171023). Available from Internet: http://glossary.ambernet.lt/main.php?lang=eng#
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ELGPN Glossary, competences, skills, knowledge, working life, vocational education, work, work-based learning
Transversal skills
Term
Transversal skills
Definition
The skills individuals have which are relevant to jobs and occupations other than the ones they currently have or have recently had. These skills may also have been acquired through non-work or leisure activities or through participation in education or training.
More generally, these are skills which have been learned in one context or to master a special situation/problem and can be transferred to another context.
Comment
The term ‘transversal skills’ has largely replaced the term ‘transferable skills’.
Source
Cedefop (2008a). European Training Thesaurus. Luxembourg: Publications Office. Available from Internet: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/3049_en.pdf
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Portfolio
Term
Portfolio
Definition
A portfolio is designed to be a record of the competences (skills, knowledge and abilities) and experiences of an individual. It may list formal qualifications or include examples of work as well as recording training courses, work experience and non-work activities undertaken by the individual.
Comment
The development of portfolios is an increasingly common career education activity in schools and universities.
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ELGPN Glossary, competences, skills, knowledge, qualifications, work, record