Landscape Architecture Resource

Some people get really nervous even just thinking about going to a job interview. Admittedly, so do I. In a perfect world, you would always be adding to your portfolio. It would be a part of every worthy project that you do, as you do them. Realistically though, I don't know anyone who has that kind of "spare" time.

But, in today's world, how realistic is it that you'll be working for the same firm until the day you retire? Right, so you're going to be interviewing for jobs again someday, which means you'll need a portfolio. A good portfolio. An up-to-date portfolio.

Far too often people find themselves throwing a portfolio together at the last minute. There's enough stress at job interview time than to be worrying about your portfolio. A better way is to develop a standard format and fit every one of your best works into this format. When you're finishing up a project and it's still fresh in your mind, crystallize that knowledge by building a portfolio page for it. Then you'll have, for example, an 11x17 sheet or two for each project that you could carry with you to an interview.

At interview time you select only your best work, tailored to the firm you're interviewing with, and go in with guns blazing!