Portfolio?
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- anzelina
How important is a nice polished book when applying for a job? Is a great looking resume with project description and work samples sufficient? What about a generic black portfolio notebook with your work inserted? Is it essential to produce a one-of-a-kind portfolio book piece for job interviews?
Everyone's input appreciated, but particularly those who've done hiring.
- edd-e0
anz!!!
check out House of Portfolios in Manhattan.
http://www.houseofportfolios.com…they can make the best portfolios!!
get your name embossed into the face!!
- kodap0
depends who and how you want to impress, if you're confident about your work to show and sure that the place you'll apply will definitely be yours, then it's useless a "perfect" folio presentation, otherwise yur interviewer will think you're lazy as presentation ...
- jfletcher0
also depends on what kind of job you're aiming for...
- effort0
i bring my laptop and basically present the relevant pieces from my online portfolio. i've never had anyone ask where my huge black portfolio is, but i suppose if you're a package designer or straight-up print designer, the expectations might be different.
- what if they don't have int0rnet?kodap
- I take a laptop with everything set up to run on localhost. I once got asked where my book was and I told them I was a web designer not a print designer ... didn't get the job.jamble
- And 'offline' version of the 'online' site! ; )jevad
- yep, just set it up locally... works like a charm.effort
- Point50
I think anyone that has interviewed designers can get tired of involved, quirky and overly-involved books. I prefer to see caliber of the work and could care less about the packaging, short of it being a used FedEx envelope or manila folder. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to be said about creativity, but in my opinion, practicality and efficiency are very important during book presentation.
- jevad0
If it is online work I want to see it online. If it is offline work I want to see bloody nice print quality and be able to flip through the pages. Also - I don't need to see everything you have ever done. Just your strongest work pls.
- t_rock0
I agree with jevad and Point5. Keep it simple, clean and bring your best. Just remember to have it in top shape, no glue bits showing, creased or folded pages, etc. It shows a lack of attention to detail. And never just fax through a CV. I could care less where you worked, it's more about what you can do, and I need to see it.
- anzelina0
This is great. Where's a good place to go for printing if I don't have access to a printer at home? I can trim, bind, etc at home.
I'm asking this because soon I'll be job searching for my 2nd job post-college. Fresh from college I had time to spare making an elaborate "promotional" book for myself and interviews. I also had access to my university's printing equipment. Top notch!
Now it's time to update but I'm more pressed for time than I was back then. I'm willing to make a great portfolio book but want to make sure it's worth my time. Also it'll take some work tracking down resources (printing, etc) so just seeing what's out there.
- anzelina0
Another question:
Do you make a portfolio to leave behind? If you make a nice book or whatever, do you make enough copies for each of your interviewers? Or do you just make one really nice book and bring it from place to place?
- madirish0
bring from place to place. i do not give a shit, if agencies say "this shit might not get returned" i say "yeah? well your toilets MIGHT not get upper-decked. return my shit now- it is MINE."
- coco_ono0
yep, what everyone else said ^
I hate trying to figure out how to browse through an over-the-top portfolio leave-behind. for the lose.