The Career Portfolio Workbook

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Using Your Portfolio to Get That Job

OVERVIEW

Once your Can-Do Portfolio is assembled and ready to be shown, the

time has come to put it to good use. In this chapter we will show you

how you can use your portfolio to get attractive job offers.

Specifically we will review:

What you should be able to achieve in a job interview

The advantages a portfolio can give you in an interview

How to prepare yourself to use a portfolio in an interview

How to use a portfolio during the different stages of an interview

How to use your portfolio in follow-up interviews and when respond-

ing to a job offer

To many people, interviewing for a job does not come naturally. In

fact, it can feel like a form of torture! Selling yourself, or more politely,

drawing attention to your strong points and qualifications may not be

a role with which you are comfortable.

You may have dreaded job interviews in the past, but, as we will

see in this chapter, having a well-targeted portfolio and knowing how to

use it effectively can be a great confidence builder. Equipped with the

right tools and techniques, becoming very good at presenting who you

are and what you can do is possible. Once you learn how to do this, you

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