Here is feedback on your professional portfolios. Note that I am just sampling various projects and not providing comprehensive feedback. Most portfolios exhibit one or more of these problems; don’t assume that because your portfolio is not mentioned, it’s OK. Conversely, I am only showing one problem per portfolio—if yours is mentioned, it may have additional problems beyond the one I singled out!
Makes sure that images display:
If you have a URL in a file, use Markdown to make it clickable.
So that cards look uniform, make summary images square.
See TechFolio Image Formatting for instructions on how to make images responsive.
One of the benefits of a professional portfolio over a resume or LinkedIn profile is that you can provide more than a couple of sentences of detail about projects. Project descriptions and essays should be roughly a “page” of text in length–think 2-3 significant paragraphs, or 5-6 shorter ones.
Volunteering at Caring Manoa. Two paragraphs doesn’t provide enough detail. Give a specific example of developing communication skills. What was your mindset like before? How would this help you in a high tech setting?
Honolulu Zoo Volunteer. Much more insight needed. Examples? Application to a high tech career?
If you don’t have any work, activities, or awards, then delete those sections:
You are required to complete two essays:
It’s tempting to just google around and throw some images into your projects and essays that are pretty generic. Resist this temptation. Images should be directly related and add some value. Huge, generic images are a turn-off:
If you use gradients, be sure to provide CSS so that it doesn’t “repeat” if you need to scroll the page.
Alexander Lum and Jackie Wong provided recommenations to make gradients work correctly on pages that require scrolling. I have not tested this personally.
background-attachment: fixed;
or
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
Finally, it’s always good to check the guidelines: