If you’re looking for a way to extend your online visibility for job search, you may want to consider a web portfolio. More than a simple online resume, a web portfolio allows you to present information about yourself in a variety of forms, including your profile, your photo, statement of your philosophy, a Q & A about your expertise, highlights of key results, samples of your work, press, and even audio or video clips. In short, anything that best represents your talent and accomplishment to a potential employer.
Until now, you could hire a web designer and developer to create, upload and host your portfolio; or, you could go to specialty firms such as Kirsten Dixson’s Brandego, or Louise Fletcher’s Blue Sky Portfolios for outstanding professional guidance. Recently, fellow contributor and Reach Communications colleague, Tara Kachaturoff, discovered another way: VisualCV. At their site, you can sign up for a free account and start building your own web portfolio. The site not only offers ability to add dynamic features to build a case for yourself, but it also gives you control over who sees your portfolio.
I think this could be a great resource, provided you have great clarity about the value you deliver and have crafted key messages to underscore that value. In other words, I think that your first step in creating a web portfolio is to put some work into your personal brand. After all, it’s what you uniquely offer, communicated in a compelling way, that will make you stand out both online and off.
Cross-posted at Threshold Consulting Blog
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