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The concept of using
a portfolio originated in occupations where creativity
is a necessary skill. Employers seeking to hire persons
in jobs related to art, advertising, and journalism often
require a portfolio in the hiring process to demonstrate
their work. Over the last decade, electronic portfolios
have come to be used by persons beyond art, photography
and graphic design fields. Persons working with technology,
business, law and other professional occupations create
portfolios for much of the same reasons. A portfolio can
help document work experience, achievements and skills
in any field.
Traditionally portfolios were presented in a printed format containing
descriptive text and pixilated pictures bound in bulky binders. However,
paper portfolios are bulky, hard to duplicate and thus difficult to distribute.
More recently, electronic portfolios have become popular as technological
advances allowed for their use in various formats from PowerPoint and
HyperStudio, to Web pages. |
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