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Subject:Re: Portfolio For a New Tech Writer? From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sun, 01 Jul 2001 15:07:56 -0700
Glen Warner wrote:
> This particular binder has plastic covered sheets, sealed on the bottom. I
> use it for printouts of my Word, FrameMaker, and Nisus Writer
> documents, projects from class, articles I've written and published, etc.
You organize your portfolio by tools? If so, do you find this a useful
organizing principal? Are interviewers interested in seeing what you've
done with a particular tool?
The reason I'm asking is that I haven't heard of anyone else organizing
the material this way.
I used to organize by project, with my most recent work at the front of
the portfolio. That was low maintenance, but I realized recently that it
wasn't the most useful way to showcase my experience. I have since
reorganized into different categories (for example, manuals, marketing
material, news releases, ad campaigns, and the ever-popular misc.). I
haven't had the chance to try the new arrangement out yet, but I hope
that it will help interviewers focus on what they'r e interested in, and
make talking about the work easier.
Anybody else organize their portfolio any other way?
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Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com
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