I fund you article over archinect.com while I was searching for Ideas to improve my job searching strategy.

I’ve been working for over two years in my current job that I started the day after I graduated from my Masters degree. Right now my husband and I need a change not just Job wise but as well place wise.

I have been reading a few of your articles. In one Article you mention that woman tend to take jobs alongside the architecture business. Have you written or found a link to an article that explains or talks about those jobs?
Have you had a chance to compare what you have experienced in the business in your country (Australia?) with experiences from other countries?

So far thanks for your article it helps me sort my ideas and gives me new ones for the new job hunt strategy.

Sabrina (sorry for grammar mistakes.foreigner)

Thanks for the article. It was very inspiring.

I have recently completed my Bachelor in architecture and still have my masters to go.
I am taking this year off to do some traveling and hopefully try to get some experience in a firm.

I was very motivated while I was at Uni. But after I graduated, I was lost motivation and didn’t want to do anything. I had a lot of self doubts as I have heard many people saying how hard it is to get a job and how what we have learnt at university is useless in real life etc etc.

A few weeks ago I bought a book called ‘ It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be’ by Paul Arden. It is such a good book and I am now all motivated again.

I have been doing a lot of research on different architecture firms also on folio and resume, and that’s how I found out about your site, which I am very happy about 🙂

At the the moment I am creating a A5 size resume booklet with a personal letter attached.
The booklet will only have a few pages so the employer could have a quick read through. Almost like a brochure.

Something like this:
http://www.modative.com/creative-architect-resume-example/

I am planning to post it to the employer like what you have done.

What do you think of my resume booklet idea ?

Do you think I should also attached my folio? but I’m worry that it could be too much and the employer won’t read it. Maybe it should be something I bring along with me during an interview instead?

Also, how did you find out who to post the folio to in a company? Did you call up and find out?

Thanks for your time ! Linda!

Thank you for your comment. Yes, the previous article was less abstract and more concise. Having already finished university when it was written, it became a reflective and summary piece unlike the latest article which represents a process of finding myself in the industry. The complexity of the writing is probably because is not telling the ending to a story. The abstraction is quite simply due to the nature of my current position and likely muddled for the same reason.

I don’t seek to emulate Steven Covey, nor any of the referenced writers (I am by no means a natural writer) but rather I wanted to share the moments and readings which have impacted where I am today. The article was written for a few final year and recent graduates who contacted me on the back of my previous one asking for advice beyond university.

And as for making cool stuff I absolutely am! 🙂

Linda

I sent an electronic and physical copy to my top firms, even if they stipulated electronic copies only. Im not one for rules. I think the issue is that potential employees will often expect the employer to return send the portfolio. I was happy for them to keep it/throw it out.

Thank you for sharing your personal experience with us all, I find it very helpful for a current student like myself. My question is, how do you approach potential employers/firms that state clearly on their websites that they only entertain emailed copies of the portfolio? Or did you just courier your portfolio to offices that accept both physical and electronic?