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Subject:Portfolio Advice From:"Anita Z. Fite" <AJFite -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 16 Aug 1995 20:35:13 -0400
Hello, all.
I am job seeking and putting together a portfolio
to showcase my past work. Having never done
this before, I'd appreciate some advice. If it matters,
my background is in environmental engineering, and
I have five years of experience, all at one place.
As I've been working on this (late into the night
and well past my bedtime), I'm less than pleased
with
what's coming out the printer. Rather than
struggle alone, I thought I'd ask for some advice.
So here goes:
1) Am I wasting my time? Will a portfolio
do me any good?
2) Do you have one? If so, do you have any
tips regarding content or style?
3) Are things like
color printing and fancy
bindings worth the money? (Remember,
unemployed=
poor.)
4) Do you know of any sources of information
(books or
people) that might be of assistance?
