What’s the difference between a portfolio site and a PDF of work? Recruiter is asking me for a PDF already having access to my portfolio site. I don’t understand the difference/need?

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A lot of the people reviewing portfolios are too lazy to navigate a website (I’ve seen this firsthand) and would rather have a pdf preview. It’s annoying but good to have.

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I always tell people build a PDF to work out the story and start applying quickly. Worry about a website afterwards.

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More than likely someone at the company is old and wants to print out the portfolio. Just send them a link on a document LMAO.

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Never said it was a bad thing to be old. Old is a neutral descriptor.

A pdf of work is usually a brief overview about you as a designer and a few projects or case studies. Mostly recruiters and hiring managers ask for that if the website portfolio seems way out of date or the website sucks.

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