[IxDA Discuss] Excellent Portfolios for IxDs (also:doemployerscare about portfolios?)

[Dmitry Nekrasovski]

A couple of thoughts:

1) For a design position, _both_ the portfolio and the resume should
be indicative of the person's skillset, process, and design
sensibilities. If I were a hiring manager, I would be wary of an
application where only one (or neither) of these projects a good
impression. As Phillip states, "representative and professional"
should do the trick.

2) I've noticed that this thread has elicited a number of viewpoints,
but few actual portfolio links. This reminds me of recent discussion
on the sigia-l list lamenting the lack of actual work being shown at
this year's IA Summit.

In that discussion, fingers were pointed at client confidentiality
agreements and NDA's for preventing IA's from showing their best or
most current work. I would expect that these issues lead to many IxD's
being in the same boat.

Dmitry

On 4/4/07, Phillip Hunter <phillip at speechcycle.com> wrote:
> As a hiring manager, I am very reluctant to even talk to someone without a
> portfolio.  I don't care about anything fancy, just something representative
> and professional.
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