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Portfolios on the Fly: Creating
a Portfolio in a Few Hours
OVERVIEW
This is the short course. In this chapter we show how you can put to-
gether a career portfolio in a few hours that will help you to be suc-
cessful in whatever career opportunity you are pursuing. We assume
that you are starting from scratch and haven’t previously read any
other sections of this book. And you haven’t started collecting any doc-
uments yet. You may not even have much of a clue as to what a career
portfolio is and how it can help you achieve your next career goal. But
you are hoping that a career portfolio can help you get what you are
going for. And you are in a bighurry.
We can help you. If you have an important interview coming up in
a few days or less, and you would like to have a portfolio that will give
you a competitive edge, we’ll show you how you can do this in the
amount of time you have available.
To put together your very best portfolio, you would want to read
through this book in its entirety and follow the suggestions contained
herein, but you may not have that luxury.
Then again, maybe you’re not in such a hurry. You may be curious
about career portfolios and what they can do for you, but you are not
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