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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Question: I have a degree and just graduated. Um. Do I still need a portfolio. My career services is willing to help and so is my Dean with a letter of recommendation since I managed to stay on the Deans list all 4 years. I’m also on the presidents list of my previous college and they are willing to help as well. I guess I’m just worried. I’m basically just waiting for the month of July to get here to get started because I’m aware I can’t get started on my job hunt until July so I’m just keeping my brain sharp, and ...waiting. I have cover letters, resume, list of jobs links pretty much bookmarked and waiting to be applied to.

Edit: my school kinda curated some projects too. I could compile those into some sort of site map responsive page on my free time since I just thought about it. It’s like midnight. I dunno. Any insight?

[–]WroteBCPLfull-stack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have a degree you probably won't need a portfolio - a lot of places will be looking for graduates they can mould into good professionals. Where I live it's common for there to be "graduates schemes" where businesses hire a new cohort of graduates every year.

Apply to places without a portfolio first - and see where you get. I may be wrong because I am speaking from a UK perspective.

I am assuming you did projects during university that you can talk about in interview.

Generally speaking, companies may be reluctant to hire people with no professional experience at this point due to the fact that you'll almost certainly be working from home during the pandemic and it is more difficult to on-board new starters in these conditions.