Getting Project Work for Your Portfolio

​Name	What	Price
​Bitesize UX	​Workshops where you redesign an app or website in a group.	​$25/workshop or a monthly subscription of $45
Volunteering Opportunities (see other blog post)	​Interact with stakeholders of non-profits and small businesses.	​Free
​Redesign an app or a website, or come up with your own.	​This sounds great on its own, but as a hiring manager I really want to see the why. How did you come up with the idea? Where is the research to back up each stage? What is your hypothesis.	​Free
​Polywork	​You can sign up for free and create a profile. It's a platform for people looking to collaborate on all sorts of projects.	​Free
​Ask friends, family, coworkers if they want you to design an app or a website.	​You need to be good at managing your own time and planning a project. Make sure other people are involved such as stakeholders and people for usability testing.	​Free