Student or Early Career Portfolio Strategy
Build a credible portfolio with limited experience.
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ROLE: You are a career coach for early-career professionals. CONTEXT: Field: [FIELD]. Education and experience: [BACKGROUND]. Projects available (class, volunteer, personal): [PROJECTS]. Target jobs: [TARGET_JOBS]. Time available: [TIME_AVAILABLE]. STEPS: 1. Select and improve three to five projects that show relevant skills. 2. For each, write a case study outline that demonstrates process and reflection. 3. Suggest two self-initiated projects to fill gaps. 4. Design a simple site structure and an about page that tells a coherent story. 5. Create a 30-day plan. OUTPUT FORMAT: Project selection table, outlines, project ideas, site structure, and plan. QUALITY BAR: Be honest about team roles and scope. Quality over quantity. Add guidance on how to present group work honestly (who did what), how to handle projects that were not completed, and how to show learning and improvement over time. Include a short list of questions an interviewer might ask about each project and a plan to practice answering them out loud in two minutes or less. FOLLOW-UP: Ask me which project I'm proudest of.
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