At Postive Space Blog, Anthony Zinni has a good article for new designers trying to create the perfect portfolio for their job search. The advice is, don't. Students, Nothing is Perfect Especially Your Portfolio doesn't want you to not strive for quality but not fall into what I call perfectionism procrastination. I'm actually in the middle of creating a podcast, my first (more on that later on), and one of the things I talk about is procrastinating or putting things off until you have the perfect design or the perfect conditions. Sure we want a portfolio that showcases our best work, but...

If you are watching a number of great jobs come and go because your portfolio just isn’t ready then you are bound to be waiting for a long time. -- Anthony Zinni

The article goes on to give good advice on why you shouldn't wait on perfection (whatever that really is) and offers tips on what to focus on in job interviews and how to use your portfolio.