9).Step 2 - Creating Your Profile: Your client/previous employer list

This one is pretty straightforward. At some point in the past, you’ve had to fill out a job application and that part with your work history. Here, it is somewhat the same but attention needs to be placed on listing those that relate to your career.

Here is what should be done for this section:

• If you have no previous clients then make a previous employer list
• If you have five or more past clients of your own, then make a client list
• If you have fewer than five past clients, then make both a client and previous
employer list. Keep the employer list to the most recent
relevant
employment.

In your profile document add a page break (Insert>>Break in
Word) after your resume so you are at a blank page. Title this
page “
PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS
” or “
CLIENT LIST
” on the top of this
blank page. Then you will create this list in order from the
most recent employment to further back.
If you are creating a client and employer list, start with the
client list first then follow it with the employer list (using
the titles above).

For your client list, you will write down for each one:
• Business name of your client
• Phone number, email address and website url (if available)
• Your project(s) and a brief one or two sentence description of each one
For you employee list, you will write down for each employer:
• Name of company worked for
• Location of the company (city, state)
• Your job title

• Dates worked (month/year to month/year)
• A brief job description
Here is an example for a previous client:
Acasa Holiday Apartments
(555) 555-5555
example@acasaapartments.com
www.acasaapartments.com
Designed and developed the Acasa website and graphics.
And one for a previous employer:
JR Martin & Co, New York, NY
August 2005 to June 2007
Small Business Advisor

Assisted in marketing for small businesses in niche, or unique, markets.
Here are some things to remember when writing this part:
1) The job description does not have to be elaborate but should briefly explain your
duties in one or two sentences.
2) If any of your past employment or work for a previous client does not relate to your
current career field then, in the job description for these, focus on the tasks you did
that can relate to your career field.
3) You do not have to list every previous employer you’ve had like that first job with
McDonalds. Keep the list to employers that have relevance to what you do now.
4) Once you have a few projects under your belt, however, then it is important to
create and/or update the client list.
5) Be careful if listing clients from a company you were once employed with since
they may not like you calling them “your” clients. It’s always best to only list the
clients you’ve made on your own and list the employer as a previous employer.
Let’s go ahead and start your previous employer document and then we’ll move on to
creating your portfolio.