Students and Recent Graduates (read me)
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Friendly feedback from a recent grad:
I don't think flooding your portfolios with fake projects is going to be the key to your first job, unless your portfolio is just that thin? Getting a variety of work in there and fixing up projects that didn't quite make it during classes is a good idea. If you have 10-15 good pieces you should be good to go. During interviews I never showed more than 10 but it was good to have choices so that I was able tailor the book to the specific position.
I graduated last year and I had a job lined up before graduation, it was a one year post grad position paid 25.50 an hour. During college I interned 4 times so I was able to get enough real work in my book that limited the need to show a lot of student projects.
I used my connections at the first position to network my way into my 2nd job which is a full time junior position with insurance, 401K and the works.
IMHO if the goal of your site is to help recently graduated designers get their first job, you probably should talk to someone who was successful in finding a first job, a hiring manager /senior designer for advice and take a more holistic approach (cover letters, resume writing and layout, interview skills, networking). I think you lot are off to a good start but I don't know what kind of success you are going to have with your current mission of just making fake projects.