The era of C.V and the era of Portofolio has ended!

Educational institutions annually produce large numbers of university degree holders and higher degrees to join their predecessors in the laborious search. In contrast, the labor market does not offer enough opportunities to accommodate these newcomers. So when a new job is advertised, the employer receives hundreds of CVs for applicants, most of whom have the requisite qualifications (sometimes over-required) and who only have a few seconds to browse each one of them if they are already browsing.

Here a strong question arises: what makes a CV so unique that it is distinguished from other papers stacked on the employer's desk? What can it contain so that it attracts its attention and does not end in the plastic trash bin in the corner of its desk or electronic trash bin at the corner of its screen? In other words, what makes Cee unconventional?

The password is a portofolio (portfolio or portfolio of qualifications), which simply reinforce the CV or even replace it with mock models or samples that highlight, summarize and market the skills and experience of the applicant. For example, if you are working in a field of visual design such as engineering, interior design, decoration, fashion, etc., and you have submitted a job in this field, rude phrases such as (I have creative thinking, field experience, etc.) On its own, it is necessary to attach mock samples to designs and decorations reflecting that creative thinking or field experience.

This is not limited to engineering and design professions, but the portfolio can be adapted to any functional field. For example, if you want to engage in the field of media, make a YouTube channel for example, paragraphs to achieve high views and then link to your portfolio in your own when you submit to a specific production, many of the symbols of the media began on YouTube and then received offers without even writing to anyone. If you want to write professional in one of the prestigious sites, do not correspond directly, but start writing in one of the unknown blogs to publish your writings and then choose the best and send them to the body that you were planning to correspond to them at the beginning.

For teachers who come to private schools, it is vital to collect samples of their students' projects and the activities they supervised during their practical training at the university and to enroll them in their professional portfolios. There are also other examples of portofolio in addition to the above, such as the infographic, the log book, positive customer evaluations, statistics reflecting management successes, etc.

The portfolio can be designed in the form of a website containing the above tools, a page on social networking sites, or even a slide show file and the inclusion of their links in the CS. In short, when you submit a job, you offer your qualifications and experience as a commodity to those who wish to buy it, so you should promote your qualifications with the same techniques that marketing companies use to promote a product.

There are several aspects that Portofolio outperforms traditional biographies, most notably:

First, the portofolio was the clearest glimpse of the monotonous biography; we were living in a time of visual communication such as image and video. A time of dying and shortening other means of communication such as written means. As previously said (one picture is less than a thousand words). Reading professional biographies is a very boring process that is well known to human resource managers HRs, so providing them with a short and informative autobiography, supported by links to YouTube channel or Instagram page will draw their attention to them and distinguish them from the biographies of other applicants, such as flowering among herbs.

Second: Portofolio gives more credibility to your qualifications: When you incorporate samples or realistic models that reflect the applicant's abilities, a portfolio will be created that combines the practical and applied aspects of the applicant's abilities and reflects his experience, adding weight and credibility to what has been written on curriculum vitae and giving life between lines and written words. Most employers prefer experience and technical skills on qualifications, academic certifications and portofolio is the best way to highlight it. No one wants to buy fish in the sea. Give them a good fish to taste and then buy the sea itself.

Third: When you use the smart and creative tools in your portfolio will give the impression that you are a creative person and innovative able to use modern technology and those qualities that all business owners want to provide in their cadres. Even if you do not have previous professional experience, there are several ways to help you design a powerful and rich portofolio.

- If you want to work in a large company with a weight in the market, about training or volunteering for that company and document all projects or work completed and add to your portfolio when you later apply to work in that company. Of course, you can also create a knowledge network that increases your chances of employment.

- If you can not apply the above you can apply for a job or even volunteering for a lesser company but in the same field to collect relevant experiences in support of your portfolio and then progress to a larger company.

- If you can not apply the above, do a fictitious project as if you were assigned to that company and submitted to the company to tell them what you can add them if you were appointed.

So make a strong professional portfolio and start even if you are in school to use later in the search for a job. If you are currently working, you should also create and develop your own portofolio. Who knows, you may need in the future to apply for promotion in the same job or apply for a job at another institution.