I'm currently interviewing with my first "professional" portfolio. I have 3-4 years of professional experience now, and have removed all my academic projects from my latest portfolio (except for my thesis which I was still planning to show)
The link is below, I really struggled with making this -- for many reasons which are also bulleted below. If any hiring managers could offer me feedback and clear up my questions I would be so grateful
CV's/Resumes: I notice some people allocate the first couple pages to include their resume. Is this necessary? Do employers have a preference?
Balancing photos (which I didn't personally) with cad details (which I did draw personally). How much of each to include // or simply -- am I balancing the two OK? Thoughts please!
Overall format, how many projects to include && do employers have a preference regarding overall size of hard copy
tl;dr: I'm looking for for honest feedback from hiring managers. Portfolio link above, let me know what you think!
Make sure you credit the photographers. It is a decent length but could use more substance, details, drawings/renderings/sketches you did, etc... I typically do my resume/cover letter in a separate file. Make sure the hard copy isn't obnoxious and hard to carry/file.
I think it's really odd that you would have that personal non-architectural work section in there but feel compelled to take out school work (minus your thesis)
Unless you have something really exceptional for personal non-architectural work I would ditch it for sure. If you need more stuff, add another school project, or more professional work.
It felt a little brief. Maybe it just needed more content.
I only looked at it for about 30 seconds. So that is my knee-jerk reaction.
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Portfolio feedback && how to show professional work
Hi all --
I'm currently interviewing with my first "professional" portfolio. I have 3-4 years of professional experience now, and have removed all my academic projects from my latest portfolio (except for my thesis which I was still planning to show)
The link is below, I really struggled with making this -- for many reasons which are also bulleted below. If any hiring managers could offer me feedback and clear up my questions I would be so grateful
http://issuu.com/adobbs/docs/dobbs_portfolio_2016?e=1
specific questions --
tl;dr: I'm looking for for honest feedback from hiring managers. Portfolio link above, let me know what you think!
Make sure you credit the photographers. It is a decent length but could use more substance, details, drawings/renderings/sketches you did, etc... I typically do my resume/cover letter in a separate file. Make sure the hard copy isn't obnoxious and hard to carry/file.
Also, make the cover something you've worked on.
I think it's really odd that you would have that personal non-architectural work section in there but feel compelled to take out school work (minus your thesis)
Unless you have something really exceptional for personal non-architectural work I would ditch it for sure. If you need more stuff, add another school project, or more professional work.
It felt a little brief. Maybe it just needed more content.
I only looked at it for about 30 seconds. So that is my knee-jerk reaction.
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