fx Career Boosters

Portfolio Projects

60 min4 lessons12 quiz questions

Lessons

1. 5 project briefs + datasets (retail, HR attrition, ecom funnel, personal finance, inventory)15 min 2. Presenting a project: README, screenshots, before/after15 min 3. Hosting Excel projects on GitHub15 min 4. LinkedIn project posts: structure and measurement15 min

Practice file

⬇ Download career-boosters-practice.zip

Career Boosters practice bundle

Extract career-boosters-practice.zip before working with its files.

career-practice.xlsx: interview log, project planner, keyword checker and pricing exercise.
career-reference.xlsx: static checked answers for the five portfolio projects and messy-export case.
datasets/: seven original CSVs plus the retail target table required by the retail brief.
resume-templates/: the supplied fresher and experienced DOCX examples. Replace every example claim with truthful personal information.
templates/: editable project README, proposal and handover outlines.
solutions-en.md / solutions-hi.md: worked guidance for all 14 lessons.
answer-key.json / audit_career.py: reproducible numerical references.

All datasets are synthetic. Build and explain your own workbook before using the answers. Public posting, applications and messages are exercises for you to choose and complete; the bundle does not send or publish anything.

Module quiz (12)

1. Cumulative 26.8% vs annual 5.2% — which is "attrition rate" for FY2025-26?

5.2%, exits ÷ average headcount

2. Real savings rate in Project 4?

19.8%, counting SIP as savings

3. What do negative closing stocks indicate?

Investigate missing receipts, opening balances, duplicates and timing

4. What must a recruiter see in the first minute?

Question, a strong image, results with numbers, tools

5. Best way to show interactivity in a README?

A short GIF of slicers/filters in use

6. Can you use your employer's real data in a public portfolio?

No — use synthetic/public data

7. Can GitHub preview an .xlsx in the browser?

No — use screenshots and a PDF in the README

8. Maximum file size for browser upload?

25 MiB per file

9. How do you create a profile README?

A repository with exactly your username as its name

10. Does a posting format guarantee reach?

No; measure results with your own post analytics

11. What's a carousel on LinkedIn?

A PDF document post shown as swipeable slides

12. What should you do in the first hour after posting?

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