Career level · Module 2: CV, Portfolio and Interview Preparation · Lesson 2 of 3
Building a Portfolio of Evidence
Plan and collect the evidence that proves your skills — during the internship, not after.
In this lesson you will
- Choose suitable evidence for your specialization
- Collect and store evidence ethically
Key concepts
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The lesson
A portfolio is a collection of evidence of your work: designs, code repositories, reports, before-and-after photos of repairs, dashboards, campaign results, supervisor comments.
Plan it at the start. List the skills you want to show and the evidence that would prove each one, then collect as you go — it is very hard to reconstruct evidence at the end of a placement.
Each piece needs a short caption: the task, your role, the tools used and the result. Ask permission before including anything from the host organisation, and remove personal data.
Step by step
- List the skills your specialization requires.
- Match each skill to a type of evidence.
- Set up a folder structure for evidence.
- Write a sample caption for one past project.
Practice activity
Create a portfolio plan for your specialization with at least six planned pieces of evidence and one completed example with a caption.
Expected result: A portfolio plan and one complete, captioned evidence item.
Check your understanding
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When should you start collecting portfolio evidence?
Show answer
From the first week of the internship, as the work happens.
Taught live by an instructor — online or in person. Free course lessons are for self-study and do not lead to a certificate — see registration options.