RE: Portfolios

Subject: RE: Portfolios
From: Sean Brierley <seanb_us -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:42:23 -0700 (PDT)


Right.

I have paper and electronic copies of my stuff, so I
can talk about what I have done and why the
interviewer should be interested in it.

Goober, you don't work at a university, do you?

Cheers and grins (grins),

Sean

--- John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Goober Writer
> [mailto:gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> >
> > I have never used a portfolio other than when
> > interviewing for my first job out of college. I
> don't
> > take the "lookie what I did" approach to job
> hunting.
> > Rather, I take the "lookie what I can do for you"
> > approach.
>
>
> That's fine...but how do you do that consistently?
>
> Interviewer: "Mr. Goober...have you ever done online
> help for an asset
> management application?"
> You: "Yes I have."
> Interviewer: "Cool. Can you show me a sample of what
> you've done?"
> You: "No, but let me tell you what I can do for
> you."
> Interviewer: "??"
>
> John Posada

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