PROFESSIONAL

ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Andres Perez,Marah Berry,Mackenzie Litton,
& Paul Lassiter
Enhancing Tradition
Professional Online
Portfolio
■ A professional portfolio provides potential
employers with a complete picture of a job
candidate's abilities. A professional
portfolio should include your experience,
accomplishments, skills, education,
interests, and professional goals and
objectives.
Traditional
■ A resume and cover letter are standard
requirements for most job applications,
but a professional portfolio can boost your
visibility because they are more
comprehensive.
■ Many are digital and contain images and
files which makes it easy to forward them
to potential employers or to add them as a
link to a cover letter or resume
Pictures Speak a Thousand words

■ he best way to use your portfolio is to present it during your interview to support your
claim as a leading candidate for the position. Know your portfolio well so that you
can make reference to certain parts that substantiate what you are saying in
response to interview questions.
■ Your portfolio is a way to document your professional journey. It is a collection of
your accomplishments that can be updated over time and always ready when you
need it. It's worth building a portfolio so that employers can see how your expertise
has broadened.
Check Your blind Spot

■ Your Professional Online Portfolio is no longer your only online portfolio.

■ Life is shared in all forms through social media
■ The ”Google Yourself Exercise” is something employers often do to their candiates to
make sure their values align with the company
Personal & Professional

■ Today companies expect you to live your life at and off work according to company
culture and vision
– Tesla
– Sunrun
– Uber
■ With work always at our fingertips personal and professional lives are defined by a
blurry line
Branding

■ Today, having an education is not enough there must be a way an employee fits with
and grows the company
■ Selling yourself and your strengths
■ Show a pattern of growth and consistency
Employers

■ Employers are constantly going through many resumes after a program picks the
ones worth looking at
■ Professional portfolios force employers to slow down and get a better understanding
of the candidate in front of them
■ Work ethic! more intention, more interest
Sources

■ https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2377-social-media-hiring.html

■ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/10/digital-dirt-may-nix-that-job-you-were-counting-
on-getting.html

■ https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-a-professional-portfolio-1987043