I'm applying for jobs right now, and I keep running into these attachment restrictions. I've never heard of an email server with a 5 mb cap on attachments, so I'm sure that's not the issue. We're architects, we deal in representation! You can't show much with 5 mb (including CV!) without reducing image quality to the point of information loss. I reached a point of mild hysteria just now when I came across this: "please e-mail your resume and portfolio as a single PDF, no larger than 3MB." I guess they're just looking for thumbnails, then?
I'm genuinely curious why you do this to us? Is it a storage issue?
Time, storage, manageability, but more your ability to follow directions, to create compromises while still conveying the important aspects of the document. this is really what architecture is all about on a daily basis. You can't have everything.
Just use a one page teaser. If they like it you'll here back. Student portfolios aren't nearly as important as you think or even looked at more than a quick flip through. I did a lot of interviews out of school and I bet not more than 5 min was ever spent on them.
I once had a friend ask me how they should best send a 200mb portfolio to someone, they were thinking breaking it up and using megauplaod or w/e people used to use.
yeah...
3 is a bit low, but 5 is totally fair per the comments above.
I was told by an instructor, my 5th year in arch school during presentations, "its better to have one drawings done really really well, than 20 drawings done mediocre" from that day fwd its been my philosophy! My portfolio consist of one project with one 3d rendering, one 2d rendering of the project, one plan, one building section & one very very detailed wall section & resume.
I do it to see if you are capable of following instructions. At first pass, I probably spend no more than 30 seconds looking at portfolio, keep that in mind. If you can't impress in under 5mb then you are doing something wrong. If I like the work and want to see more of it I will seek it out. Always fine to add a link to a website for more work, I like that actually.
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Hiring managers: why the ridiculously small file restrictions?
Just wondering.
I'm applying for jobs right now, and I keep running into these attachment restrictions. I've never heard of an email server with a 5 mb cap on attachments, so I'm sure that's not the issue. We're architects, we deal in representation! You can't show much with 5 mb (including CV!) without reducing image quality to the point of information loss. I reached a point of mild hysteria just now when I came across this: "please e-mail your resume and portfolio as a single PDF, no larger than 3MB." I guess they're just looking for thumbnails, then?
I'm genuinely curious why you do this to us? Is it a storage issue?
"excess_fat" trim it down. design a 3mb portfolio.
Time, storage, manageability, but more your ability to follow directions, to create compromises while still conveying the important aspects of the document. this is really what architecture is all about on a daily basis. You can't have everything.
To prevent wankers who think themselves the first coming of design jesus to submit everything they've ever done since they graduated from diapers.
Learn to edit, show only what's important and if they like it, bring the rest for the in-person interview.
I once had a friend ask me how they should best send a 200mb portfolio to someone, they were thinking breaking it up and using megauplaod or w/e people used to use.
yeah...
3 is a bit low, but 5 is totally fair per the comments above.
I was told by an instructor, my 5th year in arch school during presentations, "its better to have one drawings done really really well, than 20 drawings done mediocre" from that day fwd its been my philosophy! My portfolio consist of one project with one 3d rendering, one 2d rendering of the project, one plan, one building section & one very very detailed wall section & resume.
I do it to see if you are capable of following instructions. At first pass, I probably spend no more than 30 seconds looking at portfolio, keep that in mind. If you can't impress in under 5mb then you are doing something wrong. If I like the work and want to see more of it I will seek it out. Always fine to add a link to a website for more work, I like that actually.
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