Creating a Portfolio
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Creating a Portfolio
What is a Portfolio?
A portfolio attests to your work, accomplishments, and skills, and documents the breadth and depth of your ability and experience. It rounds out your resume, making you more attractive to employers and increasing your chances of being hired or of receiving a promotion. Basic Portfolio Contents
A generic portfolio might include these
elements:
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Personal statements (Mission,
Values, and Goals)
Why is a
Portfolio
Important?
• Resume
• 5-8 writing samples
• Brief description of the assignment or work project
• Brief description of your contribution to the sample
• Education & Training (official transcripts, relevant coursework)
• Experience & Skills
(internships, workshops, leadership roles, languages)
• Letters of recommendation
• Achievements & Awards
(include hardcopies or digital images if possible)
• References
Arranging Your Portfolio
As you compile your portfolio, you can rearrange these components and combine them to fit your set of work. For instance, you might include education and training on your resume, thus eliminating those sections elsewhere.
What's Inside?
Portfolio Options
Portfolio Tips
Reference Material
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"In today's tough job market, you need to create a competitive difference or
"brand" to generate interviews. To achieve that end, I encourage you to build an executive portfolio. A well-written resume portfolio represents a powerful, out-of-the-box alternative to a traditional resume strategy."
~Don Straits, CEO o f Corporate Warriors
Hope College - Office of Career Services
Arranging Your Portfolio,
con't
Or you might organize the whole portfolio by skill set (for instance, Writing, Communication, Leadership,
Languages, and other abilities and marketable qualities) and list your coursework, experience, and writing samples under each heading.
The bulk of the portfolio
Creating a Portfolio
What is a Portfolio?
A portfolio attests to your work, accomplishments, and skills, and documents the breadth and depth of your ability and experience. It rounds out your resume, making you more attractive to employers and increasing your chances of being hired or of receiving a promotion. Basic Portfolio Contents
A generic portfolio might include these
elements:
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Personal statements (Mission,
Values, and Goals)
Why is a
Portfolio
Important?
• Resume
• 5-8 writing samples
• Brief description of the assignment or work project
• Brief description of your contribution to the sample
• Education & Training (official transcripts, relevant coursework)
• Experience & Skills
(internships, workshops, leadership roles, languages)
• Letters of recommendation
• Achievements & Awards
(include hardcopies or digital images if possible)
• References
Arranging Your Portfolio
As you compile your portfolio, you can rearrange these components and combine them to fit your set of work. For instance, you might include education and training on your resume, thus eliminating those sections elsewhere.
What's Inside?
Portfolio Options
Portfolio Tips
Reference Material
2
3
3
"In today's tough job market, you need to create a competitive difference or
"brand" to generate interviews. To achieve that end, I encourage you to build an executive portfolio. A well-written resume portfolio represents a powerful, out-of-the-box alternative to a traditional resume strategy."
~Don Straits, CEO o f Corporate Warriors
Hope College - Office of Career Services
Arranging Your Portfolio,
con't
Or you might organize the whole portfolio by skill set (for instance, Writing, Communication, Leadership,
Languages, and other abilities and marketable qualities) and list your coursework, experience, and writing samples under each heading.
The bulk of the portfolio