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From: arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: Portfolios (and another question)
> Oddly enough, at several of my last interviews they didn't even know
> what to do with my portfolio. Out of curiosity, do some TWs show up to
> interviews sans portfolio? If so, why? Under what circumstances would
a
> TW NOT bring a portfolio? (Other than "they've already got it" or
"It's
> a friend.")
While interviewing a few months back, I had several places tell me "oh
good, you brought your portfolio, a lot of candidates didn't" and yeah,
I was pretty flabbergasted at that.
And I've also learned, when no one at a place seems interested in your
portfolio... run away, run away. Isn't a good sign, at least for me.
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