Hi everyone! I’ve started to apply at companies and could use some advice on my portfolio. I have been putting in apps like crazy and just not receiving many call backs or interviews. If you could take a look and any criticism is welcomed. Thank you! http://www.coreys.world
On your intro you say - "I am currently seeking a position at a company to grow and expand my abilities."
I'd personally adjust to "I am currently seeking a position at a company where I can contribute with my x, y, z skills while I learn and grow from other developers."
It's always good to say explicitly what you are offering the organization.
Awesome advice. I will update thank you
Solid advice the wording makes a difference.
Design-wise, I really like your portfolio, and I don't see any reason why a recruiter wouldn't call you based on it. Sometimes it takes a while to get the calls, maybe try diversifying how you share it or where you apply to.
Some feedback on the code (and again, I don't think they'd impact how recruiters see your page, but it would be nice in general as some are big issues):
<div>upon<div>upon<div>. Make sure you use the semantics tags (<header>,<main>,<section>...) to identify the different regions on your pages.<button>inside an<a>)...This is what I was looking for. Thank you. You’re awesome
Hi @crfries . Your portfolio site looks great, good job.
As some other people have mentioned, recruiters probably aren't going to be paying attention to your code, so changing that will only get you so far.
That said, if I was reviewing your portfolio site code, I think the main thing I'd suggest to work on is refactoring your components out into their own files within a
src/componentsdirectory. Your App.js file is pretty long and there are a few components in there which you could be importing instead.A good skill to demonstrate in React is being able to identify which parts of your UI/code could be extracted into their own components.
The next thing I would do is add some unit tests, even just a few to demonstrate that you have some knowledge. I'd recommend using
jestwithreact-testing-library, as these are very popular.Don't spend too long on these things though; it's probably more helpful to get more applications out there. Most employers will give you a tech test to do anyway and might not look at your site's code.
I can't give expert advice on what recruiters are looking for when they read your resume, but it would be best to assume that they are reading through stacks of resumes and probably only skim reading. So keep it simple and to the point: say what you're good at, what you're offering, give links to projects, tell them solid examples of things you've done in your career (even if it's just transferrable skills from non-dev jobs).
Best of luck!
advice taken. thank you
Maybe you can unify the project-card size on the
project page.I guess making your cv accessible is easy for people.
Currently, people who might be interesting in working with you need 2 actions (request your cv via the contact form and check your cv). Probably most people prefer 1-step to 2-step.
That’s something I just noticed, thank you! So I originally had my resume on there but it has my personal info and rather not leave my phone and address in easy access. Maybe I’ll remove the address and just leave phone. Thank you.
Hi Corey! Loved your website. You've some great projects in there. I'd probably replace the Let's Talk button from the home page with a link to your Projects page only because as a user I'd like to see your projects first before contacting you. But that's just my take on it.
I know you are just looking for advice on your portfolio, but if you need advice on your resume, let me know and I can point some things I would change there. Good luck :)
thank you so much!
Contact forms in general are annoying and feel weird, because you never know if the message arrived. It feels like talking on an answering machine. Put the e-mail more visibly on the front-page.
Also put your resume-PDF on the front-page to download directly without having to do the contact-form first.
Assume the people who see your site aren't technical, and they won't bother checking out the Github-Projects. Technical folks probably won't be putting too much weight on it, too, since it's easily faked and there is no way to validate it.
I like the colors and simplicity however I feel there is some UX issue.
T#He navigation is inconsistent in the sense you have clickables at the top right and left. bottom left, on your page. And then you have something that looks like clickables on the rigth (tech stack). I would change the tech stack to another page or put it as a horizontal line below the lets talk.
It's appreciable how you chose to have your own portfolio. I liked the overall color theme and quality of your portfolio. I liked your projects section as well, especially the links to the Github repo, and the apps are really good. Just two things:
One:
This is in reference to Whatsapp & Music Player projects/
Try to add more details in the Readme of the repository, explaining what the project is all about, what problems it solves, and so on. This would be really helpful, when just in case your deployed applications don't launch in an office setup (for a person who is accessing your site where certain sites/ domains are blocked), in that case, information present in Readme, will help the person understand more about the application, without even launching it.
Two:
This one is from one of my personal experiences. While pushing changes to your repository, I noticed some of your commits are done in a single shot. Try to push changes (make commits granular) when it solves a bug or as the development progresses. This will be good to track the changes and understand how your project evolved (during the development process). It gives confidence to the technical recruiters that you have a good understanding of using version control tools and development
Wish you all the very best!
I actually planned on doing the readme for them and got sidetracked with other things. That makes a lot of sense. I'll take that into consideration. most of the time the extra commits are cause of weird mobile bugs that dont show in responsive mode, until I view it on a mobile. Thank you for the solid advice though.
It looks really nice. May I ask what technologies you're using?
Thank you. Mostly react and the basics.
Maybe you can improve your color palette a little bit? And maybe put the logo down a little bit on mobile?
I will look into that. Thank you!
Your welcome!
Really nice animations
thank you! <3
Contact page is not mobile friendly. Send message button is overlapping the linkedin icon.
Make sure to add some padding to the containers so that on mobile the text and borders don't go all the way to the edge of the screen.
Yeah I noticed that earlier. In responsive mode it’s fine..but on actual mobile it has some weird formatting. I’ll fix tomorrow. Thank you
I took all of your advice and reworked everything. Went from a 65 in lighthouse with first paint at 3s to a 99. you all are awesome
Looks great! However, the text is not visible when selected. Maybe change the color of the selection?
Selection colour is default for me. What browser are you using?
Here's what I see: dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/up...
Latest chrome on Mac.
Really? I don’t use a Mac but I use chrome. I have tried it across multiple devices and that hasn’t happened
Thank you for that. Great advice. I have been just mass applying but I’ll take the personalized route this week and see how it goes. I do send follow up emails but they only go so far