🔹 How can I track the skills I gain during university? 🔹 How do I know what I’m learning outside of class? 🔹 Is there a way to record my volunteer or leadership experience? 🔹 Can CEL help me build a portfolio or resume? 🔹 What is Experience Acadia?

Acadia’s Career Services and Experiential Learning (CEL) office provides tools to help students identify, reflect on, and document the skills they gain through work, volunteering, and extracurriculars. These include reflection guides, resume-building sessions, and portfolio templates. A new platform called Experience Acadia will soon allow students to track and showcase their growth over time.

You’re learning more than just course content at university — and CEL can help you keep track of it all.

Here’s how you can document and reflect on your growth:

• 🧠 Reflection guides – Think about what you’ve learned through volunteering, jobs, and leadership roles

• 📄 Resume-building sessions – Turn your experiences into strong, skill-focused resume content

• 🗂️ Portfolio templates – Organize your accomplishments in a way that’s easy to share

• 🌐 Experience Acadia (coming soon) – A digital platform where you can track your skills, experiences, and competencies over time

These tools help you:

• 🎯 Identify your strengths

• 💬 Talk confidently about your experiences in interviews and applications

• 📈 See how you’re growing — even outside the classroom

CEL advisors can walk you through the process and help you build a personalized record of your university journey.

📘 Helpful Definitions:

• Reflection guide: A tool that helps you think about what you’ve learned and how you’ve grown

• Portfolio: A collection of documents and examples that showcase your skills and accomplishments

• Experience Acadia: A new platform designed to help students track and reflect on experiential learning

📎 Suggested Links:

• Develop Resume & Career Skills – CEL 

• Book a Career Advising Appointment – CEL 

• CEL Services Overview 

 

📝 Special Notes:

• You can start tracking skills in first year — CEL will help you build confidence from day one

• Experience Acadia will make it easier to organize and showcase your growth for employers and grad schools

• International students are welcome to use all CEL tools and services