{"id":67062,"date":"2014-04-04T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=67062"},"modified":"2014-04-02T18:56:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:56:51","slug":"what-to-include-in-your-online-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=67062","title":{"rendered":"What to Include in Your Online Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Diana La Femina, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ South Carolina<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What to Include in Your Online Portfolio<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"diana<\/a>Ladies and gentlemen, I have been true to my word. Due to some interesting developments in my\u00a0professional life it hasn\u2019t been easy, but I\u2019ve successfully gotten my online portfolio<\/a> in order. I\u2019ll\u00a0be constantly updating it, of course, but at least I now feel comfortable making it public. Now\u00a0that this is out in the open I\u2019m aiming to be more involved in social media and truly make use of\u00a0my online presence.<\/p>\n

I used WordPress for my portfolio, but you can use whatever platform you wish. The free version\u00a0of WordPress doesn\u2019t give you much choice over formatting details (less than they used to,\u00a0in fact), but it was all I needed for my purposes. I put a lot of thought into the contents, and\u00a0below I\u2019ll explain to you what I\u2019ve included and why I\u2019ve included it (as well as any tips I\u2019ve\u00a0garnered). I did a lot of reading to prepare, figuring out how I wanted to present myself to others.\u00a0An online portfolio is a reflection of your professional self, and one you have complete control\u00a0over. As such, it\u2019s a great opportunity to put your best foot forward and get yourself out there.<\/p>\n

About Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is where I put narrative information about myself. I started with my elevator pitch and\u00a0then went on to fill it out, explaining how I got from Point A to Point G. I tried to keep it brief,\u00a0explaining how I went from one (relevant) experience to another rather than explaining those\u00a0experiences themselves. I also used this as an opportunity to let my strange<\/span> unique personality\u00a0show.<\/p>\n

By contrast, take a look at my LinkedIn page<\/a>, where I used my shorter elevator-pitch About Me.\u00a0You can see that the base is the same (this is who I am, this is where I\u2019m aiming to get) but I\u00a0explain the journey in my portfolio.<\/p>\n

Resume<\/strong><\/p>\n

I call this my resume section, but it\u2019s more of my C.V. It\u2019s far more comprehensive than my\u00a0resume (which is linked at the top in PDF form) because I\u2019m not constrained by one or two\u00a0pages. I also figure that someone who is reading this section on my portfolio wants<\/em> to read my\u00a0resume, and won\u2019t just take 15 seconds to scan my suitability to a position. I also have a link to\u00a0my visual resume, which is a lot of fun to create.<\/p>\n

Publication History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guess what? I\u2019ve written things that have been published! Published online, but published\u00a0nonetheless. I\u2019ve linked to all of them on this page: the reviews I do for the Rare Books\u00a0Newsletter through CILIP, my INALJ blog posts (linking directly back to the original post on\u00a0INALJ), and a link to a blog I\u2019m going to resurrect.<\/p>\n

Contact Info<\/strong><\/p>\n

What good is an online portfolio is people can\u2019t get in touch with you? Here I list my email\u00a0address and have links to my LinkedIn profile, Facebook, Pinterest, and ALA Connect. Multiple\u00a0ways for people to find and follow me, and hopefully see my the online activity I\u2019m consciously\u00a0participating in.<\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here I\u2019m linking any pages I feel are relevant, such as ALA and INALJ. Try to make these\u00a0links professional, but also use this to show off your interests and personality. A member of\u00a0a roundtable on ALA? Put it here. Volunteer someplace? Link to it here. You\u2019re showing off\u00a0YOUR interests and YOUR involvement, so it\u2019s whatever you choose.<\/p>\n

Miscellany<\/strong><\/p>\n

I intend to use this section for facts and such that I want to include in my professional image but\u00a0don\u2019t fit anywhere else. For instance, I ran a half-marathon in 2012 and I love to travel. Anything\u00a0I can think of that doesn\u2019t belong elsewhere will go here. This is definitely a section that could\u00a0get TMI very quickly, so I\u2019m going to try to keep it sparse and just use it to show my outside\u00a0interests and hobbies. By all means, don\u2019t include this section on your portfolio.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t feel like you have to be tied to just these sections. Include an area for your course projects,\u00a0to link to the webpage you maintain or created, whatever you like. This is your<\/em> image you\u2019re\u00a0curating, so the final say is up to you. (Just don\u2019t lie, because people will<\/em> find out.) One thing\u00a0I would suggest, though, is to keep it clean (as in \u201cnot cluttered\u201d, though you should also keep\u00a0it safe for work). There are a lot of widgets you can include on WordPress pages, as well as\u00a0other platforms. You want the focus to be drawn to the content of the pages, which is what\u2019s\u00a0showcasing you.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it. Link to your portfolios below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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