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How to build a Personal MBA portfolio
I’m new to this community and in the “The Personal MBA Manifesto” under “The Personal MBA is not a credential” it says…
Employers do, however, respond well to portfolios. If you build a portfolio of notes to capture what you learn through the Personal MBA, you’ll have a tangible asset to prove your hard work and dedication during the interview process.
So I’m curious to see if anyone has any tips on how they did this and what they found the most affective.
I’m also interested in any input regarding note taking methods that people found to work well for them.
Thank you in advance for your replies.
Employers do, however, respond well to portfolios. If you build a portfolio of notes to capture what you learn through the Personal MBA, you’ll have a tangible asset to prove your hard work and dedication during the interview process.
So I’m curious to see if anyone has any tips on how they did this and what they found the most affective.
I’m also interested in any input regarding note taking methods that people found to work well for them.
Thank you in advance for your replies.
Tags: notes, portfolios
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Permalink Reply by Tommy O'Dell on -
That's interesting question and I'm interested to see if anyone has built a "showcase" portfolio. All I've got is a bunch of notes in my books and notebooks. Nothing really "presentable".
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Anderson on -
"Show you know" is always difficult.
I'm using mind-maps drawn on tabloid size paper: it lets me track connections within a book that don't necessarily appear in the neat sequence of the author's ideas.
But that's not going to be presentable to an employer: I'm starting an interview process now, so I am getting some practical experience with this. :(
Employers always want to see not just what you know, but what you've done, what you've produced.
Show them a business plan you wrote using Bankable Business Plans.
Give them a five-minute presentation about your PMBA work using what you learned in Presentation Zen (actually, using a Powerpoint in your interview might be a high-risk tactic. Make sure presentation or powerpoint skills are directly related to your job before you try this.)
In the abstract, try a white paper applying the information from your PMBA reading to your target industry. Put it on the web: see who looks at it. (Probably nobody, but it's worth a shot...anybody who does look at it may think you're a smart person who should be hired.)
Find a relevant professional society, chamber of commerce, or business networking group: ask if they'd be interested in having you present your white paper there. Again, if you're lucky, someone will come up to you after the presentation and ask if they can hire you.
Even if you're not, you can now tell your employer you spoke at the County SBA meeting on the subject, or addressed the North American Society of Pizza Chefs on how GTD applies to pizza making. That gives you an air of expertise.
Yes, I'm figuring out how to do all this myself: as I get an opportunity to do the experiments, I'll let y'all know.
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