Portfolio samples

[Melanie Blank]

I liked Gene Kim-Eng's comments. I have an extensive hard-copy portfolio,
but very few pieces online. In several cases, clients were extremely
reluctant for me to have online samples at the end of a contract job. In
some cases, they could not allow me to take hard copies, either, because the
material was just too confidential. I respected their wishes and explained
the situation to recruiters or potential hiring managers. I generally found
them to be understanding about this issue. I'm wondering what others have
experienced.
Melanie

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Today's Topics:

   1. Vista Help (wawelsmok)
   2. RE: Vista Help (Paul Hanson)
   3. Re: How do you differentiate yourself (UserFriendly)
      (Gene Kim-Eng)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:18:31 +0100
From: wawelsmok <wawelsmok at o2.pl>
Subject: Vista Help
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I recall reading an article a while back about the new approach Microsoft
took with their Vista Help system. What is the difference in this new help
when compared with the XP one for example? More task based? Any info would
be appreciated.

Pete



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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:33:05 -0600
From: Paul Hanson <phanson at Quintrex.com>
Subject: RE: Vista Help
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Pete,

I found this link that will help you answer your questions:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511449.aspx#text

Paul Hanson
Technical Writer
RoboHelp ACE -
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/robohelp.html
Quintrex Data Systems http://www.quintrex.com
email: phanson at quintrex.com

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From: wawelsmok
Subject: Vista Help

What is the difference in this new help when compared with the XP one for
example? More task based?


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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:22:27 -0800
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr at genek.com>
Subject: Re: How do you differentiate yourself (UserFriendly)
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I don't find samples useful for candidate evaluation unless
I can ask questions about them and get the candidate's reply face-to-face.
The earlier in the hiring process a prospective company asks me for samples,
the less interested I tend to be in their position.

Gene Kim-Eng

<doc at edwordsmith.com> wrote...

> I make the extra effort to keep my samples with me, period. And if I 
> had a dollar for every recruiter who balked and dropped me because I 
> was unwilling to  e-mail my samples, !...



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