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Show your work in an online portfolio


By Amanda Miller - Decision Times

For jobs that require you to show samples of past work — artists and journalists in particular — it’s a smart idea to create an online portfolio so that when an employer finds your résumé in an online database, your work samples are only a click away.

The Web site Writing-World.com recommends creating an online portfolio so you don’t bog down prospective employers’ inboxes with huge attachments.

The following five articles provide more tips:

Purpose, design, sample portfolios:

Portfolios for employment

For freelancers:

Build a killer online portfolio in 9 easy steps

Software-specific:

Create an online portfolio gallery with Photoshop

Portfolios for everyone

How online portfolios put you at the top of the candidate pile

For writers:

Creating an online portfolio

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