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Topic: Putting together a portfolio
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| Redacted2008 | Posted – 7/31/2007 12:22:50 PM | show profile | email poster I would like to test the waters by sending out my resume and a portfolio of my work (clips) to every potential employer I might like to work for someday, and see if I get any bites. Is there a preferred way to do this (i.e. number of clips?; type of folder/binder, etc.; photocopies or originals?) Thanks. |
| webtastic | Posted – 7/31/2007 11:27:49 PM | show profile Two words: Web site. |
| Stephanerd3 | Posted – 8/1/2007 11:01:16 AM | show profile | email poster I have to second webtastic's comment. Aside from the convenience - on both ends - it's much cheaper than buying nice folders, making color copies, paying for postage, etc. In addition to my web portfolio, I usually keep one hard copy portfolio on my person which I bring to interviews and business meetings. ------ steph - contains multitudes, yet still spends most of her time with the copy machine. www.stephiswrite.com |
| Redacted2008 | Posted – 8/1/2007 11:32:35 AM | show profile Okay, good advice. (I have a site.) So you just e-mail a cover letter with a link to the site? Does it matter if it's just on a Blogger site, with articles in plain-text? |
| Stephanerd3 | Posted – 8/1/2007 12:13:28 PM | show profile | email poster Are your pieces archived online at all? The way I do it is that I have a What I Wrote page, where I include links to the pieces on the publications' websites. MB also offers easy-to-build websites to their members, where you can display your portfolio. I've also scanned in pieces that did not appear online. But I know of some writers whose online portfolios are completely text-based. ------ steph - contains multitudes, yet still spends most of her time with the copy machine. www.stephiswrite.com |
| Redacted2008 | Posted – 8/1/2007 12:42:32 PM | show profile Yes they are. But their just copied and pasted into a Blogger site I created. It's all plain-text. (The paper I work for has no Web site). The reason I am hesitant to provide links on my page to other publications I've written for is that you never know when that site or your article on that site is going to be deleted. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 8/1/2007 1:07:52 PM | show profile Create your own website and don't rely on links. |
| webtastic | Posted – 8/2/2007 6:52:09 PM | show profile I would definitely recommend creating your own site, but I think that links to your work are more professional. Remember, publications own the copyright on work they commission from you. I have read books that talk about negotiating rights that give you certain rights after a period of time after publication, but it seems that buying wholesale electronic rights is becoming pretty standard nowadays -- or maybe I'm just a poor negotiator. Even though your measly portfolio probably won't be stealing traffic or readers from any publication (and most of them wouldn't care anyway), it's the ethical thing to do. As a writer all you have is your good name, after all. I actually used to have whole articles posted on my portfolio and an editor asked that I take them down. I obliged, and now I just use a small excerpt and a link. |
