Portfolios: Getting Started

Why Use a Portfolio?

To showcase and provide evidence of your abilities in an interview--make yourself stand out from other applicants
To provide a visual tool to help an interviewer remember you. If an interviewer asks "Why should I hire you?" or "What are your strengths?", you can say, "Let me show you."

Portfolio Tips:

Start collecting material for your portfolio NOW.
Gather and organize all of your materials, then select representative materials of your best work.
Look at other portfolios for ideas.
Do not wait and construct it all at one time.
Do it in steps; work on one section at a time.
Make an outline of your material.
Layout the portfolio in a sensible order - by order of importance, chronological order, or theme areas.
Keep your portfolio accessible and manageable at all times.
Store it in a safe place (away from heat, direct sunlight, etc.).
Update it regularly with the most current material.

Contact Kathy to help you tailor your portfolio for a particular field.