Re: Thoughts on an Editing Portfolio

["Raj Machhan" <raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com>]

To a student standing on the fringe of this profession, I can only say that
instead of applying yourself to "showing off", you should be adopting
'rigour' as your middle name. You should be absolutely rigorous in your
approach while acquiring new skills.  "Showing off" the resume at this stage
does not matter. The interviewer will be out to test the depth of your
knowledge and I guess a simple resume would do at this stage. I suggest you
just include the documents that you have designed and edited.

On Dec 2, 2007 4:05 AM, schu1663 <schu1663 -at- umn -dot- edu> wrote:

>
> I'm currently a student in a technical communication program and was
> recently thinking about portfolios. Specifically, I was wondering what
> kind
> of things one might include when trying to create a portfolio to show off
> editing skills. At first, I was thinking that I would need to include some
> "before-and-after" documents, but then I came to the conclusion that
> anything I have in the portfolio will show off editing skills. I'm just
> curious if anyone who works in the field agrees with this or not. If
> applying for a technical editing job, would I need "before-and-after" type
> documents, or would I simply be able to include documents that I have
> designed and edited?
>
>
> -Danielle
>
> schu1663 -at- umn -dot- edu
>
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