portfolio - april 2016
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Portfolios
Stand Out in the Crowd… with a Portfolio
Sarah Rach-Sovich
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How do you stand out against your competition?
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• Cover Letter Resume
• Resume Interview
• Interview Opportunity
• Opportunity Portfolio
• YOU STAND OUT
• Standing Out Hired
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What…• Living showcase of
your education, career and personal achievements
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Why a Portfolio?
• A resume proves…
•
NOTHING!
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Did you know?
People remember….
10 percent of what they read
20 percent of what they hear
30 percent of what they see
50 percent of what they see and hear
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“We are becoming a visually mediated society. For many, understanding of the world is being
accomplished, not through words, but by reading images.”
- Paul Martin Lester, Syntactic Theory of Visual Communication
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They work!
• Job seekers who… – receiving more job offers – starting salaries typically 30 percent higher
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Employer’s Perspective
• Impressed• Consistent• More than… • Proved• Matched
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What do you put in it?
• You are limited only by one thing…
EFFORT!
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Options:
• Traditional
• Electronic
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• Content• Personality• Consistency
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Traditional
• Binder• Sheet protectors• No page numbers
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Invite them in with a great cover
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People CAN (and do) judge a book by it’s cover
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• Resume• Recommendation
Letters• Education
• Work Experience• Work Samples• Awards & Honors• Others…
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In case you or the interviewer
forgets…
Refer to…
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Education
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Education
• Transcripts• Degree• Honors/awards• Continuing Ed
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Work Samples
• Pictures• Summaries• Charts/graphs• Writing samples
• Presentations• Flyers• Websites• Others???
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Hairstylist
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Construction Worker
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Construction Worker
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Accountant
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SKILLS!Showcase what you have!
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Test title: Text and Numbers - 5 minutesAccuracy: 96%Net speed: 64 wpm
Test title: Northern Lights - 5 minutesAccuracy: 96%Net speed: 66 wpm
Test title: Leading the Revolution - 3 minutesAccuracy: 96%Net speed: 60 wpm
Test title: Fishing in Finland - 5 minutesAccuracy: 96%Net speed: 66 wpm
Typing Speed
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Awards & Honors
• Relevant• Performance appraisals/reviews• Congratulatory emails• Notes from peers or superiors
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Other Ideas• Outstanding papers• Thank-you notes• Photos of yourself on the job• Agendas/certificates of attendance• Professional licenses/certificates
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A Place to start:
– Award certificates, Flyers, Brochures– Hiring and Recruiting Section, Resume Collection
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Too much of a good thing… is NOT a good thing
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• During an interview• Usually at the end• You, them, combination• Use as an opportunity
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Why an online portfolio?? Get information out:
Prior to an interview… During… After…
Easily “searchable” First impressions Easy to update It’s free!
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Share the link love:
• Resume• Cover Letter• Networking Card• Email Signature
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Cover Letter
Resume
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What will you put inYOUR portfolio?!
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Parting words for your future…