You get the job done, and have the results to prove it.
Your career demonstrates specialization is overrated.
Above all: you don't fit on a resume.
You need a Portfolio of Accomplishment.
Irene is returning to the job market via freelancing as a designer and social media consultant. Her long term goal is to combine her freelancing experience with her MFA in Design to build a COmmunication Design agency.
Tom worked in commercial and light industrial construction for most of his career. Now, he is looking to use that experience as a springboard into managing information techonology infrastructure.
Jared was trained - and practiced - as an architect until the real estate and construction markets collapsed. Jared is leveraging his design skills to learn software and product development.
Let's face it: resumés are dead dead dead. Nobody cares about some stale list of jobs and degrees. It doesn't matter whether your resume is on paper, or online, it's just a special snowflake. Unique, like everyone else.
People need to know exactly what you do, and how you can benefit them. What better way than to show them what you have already done. Talk is cheap. Instead of talking, show accomplishments first.
Portfolios are easy to build... when you know exactly what to say... and that's where you win here. When you build your portfolio, you fill in the blanks to tell your story as it should be told.
Even better, these blanks you're filling are actually search-engine friendly templates. We do the geeking out for Mr. Google, you reap the benefits.
Employers need to know "What's in it for me?" and each project, campaign or case study tells employers exactly that. No more timelining, one job after another. In fact, if you're active in philanthropy, charity or any number of not-for-profit or extra-curricular avocations which have no place on your resume, Portfolio Project is the best place to showcase your hard work