Challis Hodge’s UXblog

If some predictions hold true, this is the resume of the future, an electronic portfolio that shows a job seeker’s skills and personality with more depth and vividness than a paper resume, or even a job interview, ever could. Although many recruiters have yet to embrace them, Web portfolios have long been popular on college campuses and in creative fields, where they’ve replaced the traditional leather portfolios that designers lug from interview to interview. Soon accountants, salespeople and chief executives will apply the art-portfolio concept to their own careers, advocates say. Their sites will display work samples, testimonials, or maybe a video where the candidates can talk up their skills, essentially giving employers a pre-interview.