Project $-$ Preparing Your Portfolio

Developing and maintaining a professional portfolio is an effective marketing tool you can use in addition to your resum$.$ Anyone in any field can develop a portfolio to assist in presenting achievements and accomplishments when applying for a position, attending interviews, or using during a performance review session. This is an excellent tool to maintain, collect and protect your career related documents in an organized and professional manner.

What is a Portfolio?

A portfolio is a portable collection of documents that describe, support and highlight your achievements, qualifications and skills. By having a portfolio, it demonstrates your professionalism, your planning and organizational skills, and gives you the opportunity to provide proof with supporting documents and examples of past successes and knowledge. It is organized in binder format where pages can easily be added and removed. The most common size is an $8(1)/(2)$ x $11$ inch binder, which is easiest to carry and present your documents.