The last piece of the application process is the cover letter. It’s best for the cover letter to be last because it’s the most personal and most thought out document of all three which will naturally take you more time. I believe all of the documents that you send, like an application for a job, should be crafted for a specific company.
When I work with my students and we create their applications for jobs (portfolio-cv-cover letter), the CV always comes last in the discussion. Never intentionally; students all want to focus on the portfolio and then I naturally follow with the cover letter.
Portfolios, the hottest topic with my students and apparently also in the UX community around the world. I’ve given you my two cents in Portfolio for Freelancers and UX Portfolio for a full time job, so what else is there to talk about? Well, how to break the rules, of course!
We’ve talked about creating a portfolio for a full time job, but what about freelancers? The number one feedback I got from the previous article is that I’m right about the differences in the two job types.
