3. What is an online portfolio?
• Includes most impressive and
representative work
• Serves as a pre-interview to get you into
the interview
• Provides an advantage when you are
compared to other candidates with
equal qualifications
• Especially good for students and those
with small CVs
Record of Your
Accomplishments
4. What is an online portfolio?
• Now used in almost any discipline
• Most work we do has some kind of
digital output like documents or slides
• Can include writing, programming,
research, or stories and summaries of
any project
Not just for creative or
visual work
6. Why is an online portfolio important?
“Don’t just tell me you have
this knowledge; show me
how you used it.”
Angela Hills
Executive VP
Cielo
7. Why is an online portfolio important?
“56% of all hiring managers are more impressed by a
candidate’s personal website than any other personal
branding tool.”
- Forbes
“71% of employers Agree or Strongly Agree that a
portfolio’s quality will influence their decision on
whether to hire a candidate.”
-Hover
Employers think it is
8. Why is an online portfolio important?
• Demonstrates that you're serious
about your work and invested in
your achievements
• Easy to share
• Helps you keep track of what you’ve
done and stay organized
Professionalism
and Efficiency
11. What should I include?
• Images and videos
• Word docs and PDFs
• Slides
• Apps, websites and programming
scripts
• work from class, jobs and internships
• Articles, interviews and blog posts that
feature you or your work
• Anything that can be shown or linked
Work you CAN include
• The best of what you’ve done
• What you’re proud of
• Things you can talk about
Work you SHOULD include
12. What should I include?
• Downloadable resume or CV
• Personal bio
• A blog that concerns your work
• Social media links (especially LinkedIn)
Other Content
14. Portfolio Do’s and Don’ts
• Tell stories
o Demonstrate how you think through
problems and find solutions
o Show the early version of a project,
the final version and the iterations
in between
o Answer 3 questions: Who was the
stakeholder? What was the problem?
How did you solve it?
• Break up text so it’s easily scannable
• Make your site easy to navigate and read
Do
15. Portfolio Do’s and Don’ts
• include everything you’ve ever done
• ignore grammar, spelling, and broken links
• set it and forget it
Don’t
