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When creating your digital portfolio, it is important to keep it focused, visually engaging, and easy to navigate.
1.) Consider your Audience
Determine what kind of digital portfolio you would like to create based upon who will be reading it.
2.) Choose a Building Resource
There are many free resources for creating your digital portfolio.
Below lists resources that accommodate any career interest, and you may also choose to build your own website using programs such as WordPress, GoogleSites, or Webs.
- Wix
- build your personal website using portfolio and resume & CV template
- includes helpful features like site analytics and traffic generating tools
- Seelio
- designed for "the everyday college student" to accommodate any career interest
- includes a network that connects employers with the students directly
- VisualCV
- create and manage one or multiple online resumes to target specific job interests
- set up as a traditional resume format but you can add videos, links, references, and other information you would like to highlight on the right side of the page
- users may also access company VisualCV pages to learn more about advantages for working for a particular company and opportunities it may be offering.
Suggested: Purchase a Custom Domain Name
You want to make it really easy for potential employers to find you and remember your site. The best way to do this is to purchase a domain with your name in it. It's more powerful to have "yourname.com" as the URL instead of your name after a slash or period.You want to make it really easy for potential employers to find you and remember your site. The best way to do this is to purchase a domain with your name in it. It's more powerful to have "yourname.com" as the URL instead of your name after a slash or period.
3.) Generate Your Content
Your digital portfolio will usually consist of the following pages/sections, however, their organization may depend on the building resource format you choose.
Homepage
- Make it clean and simple
About Me
- A more personal and detailed version of your homepage section and can include:
- Photo of you - avoid awkward profile pics
- Educational Background
- Relevant work/internship experience and briefly what you did
- Relevant involvements on/off campus
- Contact info
- Any other information you feel it is important about you
Selected Works
- Include your best and most relevant work
- Average is 10-20 works
- Organize NOT chronologically, but by theme
- Always put your best examples FIRST
- Add subheadings in addition to the title of the work
- May include:
- reflections (some points on writing a reflection)
- projects
- written articles/papers
- videos
- websites
- presentations
- Any other work you would like a potential employer to see
Resumes / CV
- Include a PDF version of your resume
- Adjust your resume to fit the particular portfolio theme your are developing
- If you choose to use a CV, make sure it is formatted correctly
Other
- Quotes or testimonials from professors or other recommendation figures
- Articles or other write-ups you are featured in
- List of skills/programs/languages
* You may need to use your Google account for some items
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