Organizing Your Portfolio

• You should keep your portfolio in a professional three-ring binder.
• Come up with an organizational system of categories to put your items together. Sample categories are as follows: Work Experience, Education, Awards and Certificates, Special Skills, Personal Accomplishments, Background. Use tabs or dividers to separate various categories.
• Your portfolio should be no more than 25 pages. The shorter it is the better because an employer will only really absorb 6-10 samples.
• Every page should have a title, a concise caption, and artifact. Captions should explain the process you went through and the resulting benefits. Use the same type of action verbs as you use in a résumé.
• Photocopy full-page samples to a smaller size, if needed.
• Make the layout and design consistent, and don't get overly decorative—keep it clean and use lots of white space.
• You may also consider including CD with samples of your work. An on-line portfolio is another option.
• Once you have put together your portfolio, you should create a title page, table of contents, and introduction. The introduction is your opportunity to tie together your portfolio contents and summarize your qualifications.

GLOSSARY

1. acumen (e xtensive experience in dealing with commercial matters that yields a prompt and appropriate response to issues that typically have a favorable outcome. One of the best characteristics to look for in a senior executive is well developed business acumen that typically comes from the combination of experience and having the innate mental agility needed to deal quickly with business situations as they arise )  -проницательность, сообразительность; острота ума

business acumen -деловая хватка

demonstrate / display acumen -проявить смекалку, сообразительность

legal acumen- юридическая проницательность

political acumen - политический инстинкт

2. articulation ( the way in which you express your feelings and ideas) – словесное выражение, формулировка