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Career Day Prep for Students

In advance of Career Day, we offer portfolio preparation workshops, resume writing sessions and mock interviews with local alumni. You’ll be ready to connect, impress and get hired.

Schedule of Sessions

PORTFOLIO WORKSHOP // January 9, 2025 // 11 – 12:30 PM (EST!)

RESUME WORKSHOP // January 10, 2025 // 1 – 2 PM (EST!)

FEEDBACK ZOOM SESSIONS // Week of January 13

FEEDBACK IN PERSON SESSIONS // Week of January 22.

UPLOAD DEADLINE // January 24, 2025 // 5 PM

CAREER DAY // February 7, 2025

We bring the professionals to YOU; your job is to prepare and participate.

Even if you’re not ready for a “real” job, plan to attend Career Day to talk to professionals about the challenges and opportunities in the profession and to seek advice for your future.

Sample Interview Questions

• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• How would others describe you?
• What is your greatest strength?
• How do you handle stress and pressure?
• What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make?
• What are you passionate about?
• What interests you about this job?
• Are you overqualified for this job?
• Why are you the best person for this job?
• What challenges are you looking for in a position?

What is a “design sheet?”

Design Sheets–sometimes called work samples, work sheets, project sheets, project pages, excerpts, leave-behinds–are significantly edited versions of projects found in your portfolio.  Each sheet (or spread) should showcase a few (2-4) key drawings/renderings/details/diagrams of the project, leaving the employer wanting to see more.  Your selection of edited projects should give the employer a clear idea of your skill sets (e.g. excellent detailer, great rendering skills, clear line drawings, etc.) and design capabilities.  Your sheets should contain, at minimum, the following information:

• Your name
• Title of Project
• Year / Studio Critic
• BRIEF paragraph describing the project
• 2-4 images

The format of your design sheet should have the same graphic identity as your comprehensive portfolio (e.g. color scheme, fonts, etc.) and can use images/drawings from the same collection of content (e.g. the perspective section can be used in both the project sheet and the portfolio).

Consider these sheets as a teaser/trailer to your larger collection of work (a.k.a. your portfolio).  Employers will spend approximately one minute when reviewing your documents (resume, design sheets, cover letter). These sheets are there to convince them that you are worth interviewing!  They want to see more!

Below are samples of design sheets.  In general they offer insight into what you should be preparing to upload to the server before Career Day.  Take note that some of the samples combine letter, resume and work samples into one PDF.  We want you to upload individual PDFs for all three of those components.

• Sample #1 – Excellent example.
• Sample #2 – This is a very good example of clear, distinct projects.
• Sample #3 – An example showing only three projects.  Lots of white space.
• Sample #4 – One page per project.  Clear format. Very straightforward.
• Sample #5 – This shows what a 2-sheet project, a 1-sheet project, and a 2-projects/sheet looks like.
• Sample #6 – A little more lengthy than the others but clear and manageable.