Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody | UX, Product Design, UX Research

Learn strategies for managing and regulating emotions during a job search. Acknowledge your emotions to avoid them getting in the way. Have an emotional outlet and don't let rejection define you. Maintain perspective and grace when receiving bad news and leverage relationships for future opportunities.

Yes or no?! 🤔 Everyone wants to know whether or not it’s recommended to put projects that didn’t launch in their portfolio and if it’s worth talking about during interviews. Here’s the quick version; when creating your portfolio and resume, use every amazing example of your skills you can. Why would you avoid using a project that didn’t go public? If you did the work, then show it off! Launching isn’t the only part of the story. Tune in to episode 36  to learn more about how to talk about your unlaunched projects with power. 00:58 The short answer, yes! 02:00 Stop thinking about why you can’t, and start thinking why wouldn’t you? 04:35 Projects don’t launch ALL THE TIME. 04:58 Be professional. Don’t use an interview to complain about the failed launch. 05:40 A quick recap🎬 Watch Sarah's free UX Job Search Workshop and learn how to stand out in today's UX job market👉 Join Sarah Doody's Career Strategy Lab, a UX job search accelerator for UX and Product people.👋 Say hi and follow our host, Sarah Doody, on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this Q+A, Sarah, a UX bootcamp instructor, discusses topics such as how your bootcamp portfolio won't work with recruiters, the importance of asking questions during interviews, the myth of the one page resume, using confidential work in your portfolio, and the importance of being active on LinkedIn for job opportunities.

You’ve done all the hard work of searching for a position, crafting your materials, interviewing, and you received a job offer! But then, the unthinkable happens ... the job offer is rescinded or withdrawn 😱 This is a sucky situation to be in and this week Sarah dedicates an entire episode to help you move through it. 01:12 You aren’t the only one this has happened to. 01:53 Ask the company if they have any other open positions you may be a fit for 03:02 Remember, you made it this far. You’re doing something right! 04:24 It couldn’t hurt to see if your old position is open. 06:06 Have a job search strategy that you work year round 07:57 If you optimize your LinkedIn profile, your job search can happen without you 08:50 A quick recap🎬 Watch Sarah's free UX Job Search Workshop and learn how to stand out in today's UX job market👉 Join Sarah Doody's Career Strategy Lab, a UX job search accelerator for UX and Product people.👋 Say hi and follow our host, Sarah Doody, on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Learn how to impress HR with your soft skills and storytelling in a screening interview. Avoid cliches and focus on detailed examples to showcase your achievements. Stay professional, ask questions, and be prepared for a successful interview. Join Career Strategy Lab for more career tips and guidance.

This week’s episode is a Q&A session with Sarah! Tune in to hear the number one thing to do in a saturated job market, how to share case studies that are flagged as confidential, whether or not AI is a threat to UX careers and more! 01:16 Do everything you can to be visible to the companies you're applying to or where you wanna work 06:57 Don’t focus on the quantity of connections, but QUALITY! 11:11 Most people are only scratching the surface of their skills and experience 15:24 AI is not going to replace UX researchers 19:38 How can you use case studies in your portfolio when they’re flagged as confidential? 22:45 Using an educational case study can be tricky 27:56 Be where your potential clients are to stay on their minds 31:41 Relay to the interviewer not just what you’ve done, but the skills you used to do them🎬 Watch Sarah's free UX Job Search Workshop and learn how to stand out in today's UX job market👉 Join Sarah Doody's Career Strategy Lab, a UX job search accelerator for UX and Product people.👋 Say hi and follow our host, Sarah Doody, on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stop awkwardly approaching people to get career advice and use the strategies from this episode to connect instead! In this episode of the Career Strategy Podcast, Sarah introduces listeners to the informational interview and teaches exactly how to ask for one. 00:58 What is an informational interview? 01:59 Before asking someone, make sure they don’t cover your questions in their public work 03:23 How NOT to start your email 05:36 Tip #1: Breaking the ice 06:28 Tip #2: Be specific 07:57 Tip #3: Give them options for communication 09:38 A quick recap of how to ask for an informational interview🎬 Watch Sarah's free UX Job Search Workshop and learn how to stand out in today's UX job market👉 Join Sarah Doody's Career Strategy Lab, a UX job search accelerator for UX and Product people.👋 Say hi and follow our host, Sarah Doody, on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this interview, Career Strategy Lab Coach, Erin Lindstrom, sits down with Katie Miller, an incredible Senior Researcher who was laid off who generously shares her path to finding her next role. Katie’s story is an amazing one that exemplifies everything that we teach. She shares how she got into UX, how she dealt with the mindset challenges of the job search, and how CSL has helped her land her new role. 03:51 How Katie first got into UX 10:37 The “pedigree” of working at a FAANG company 17:16 What if you stopped replying to every recruiter and focused on the once who are actually looking for YOU 26:15 You can have your best interview and not get the job 34:53 It can be difficult sometimes, but trust that you’re good at what you do 39:24 Make sure to give yourself breaks 46:01 When an opportunity comes to add to your tool box, jump on it 49:29 Inclusivity is important for the research processes to bring a diverse data set 53:11 It all comes down to being your own best salesperson 57:27 Confidence in yourself and your work takes practice but it’s so worth it!🎬 Watch Sarah's free UX Job Search Workshop and learn how to stand out in today's UX job market👉 Join Sarah Doody's Career Strategy Lab, a UX job search accelerator for UX and Product people.👋 Say hi and follow our host, Sarah Doody, on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Debunking the myth of one-page resumes, the host explains how limiting it can be. Advocating for longer resumes to showcase skills and experiences. Emphasizing the importance of detailed examples to stand out to recruiters and hiring managers.

In this episode Sarah discusses how to treat yourself and what you can offer to an employer like it’s a product. Do you know your core features? How are you marketing yourself? Are relationships important to “selling” myself? All these questions and more are answered! 01:16  I really believe that your career has a lot in common with a product and that the reason so many products fail is the same reason 05:23   Products can fail for three reasons:the design, the marketing, and the sales component 07:55  Every day you are trying to get people to buy into different things and the customers are your boss,  your co-workers, peers, etc. 10:59  It’s really important that you are doing small things to be marketing and selling yourself to stay visible 11:58  Do you have clarity on your core features? Products have features. You have features. 13:32 Question number one for you to ponder. Are you clear on the “design of you”? 17:55 Building trust with your audience is important. Without it, everything could come crumbling down based on your marketing choices 22:35  Recap🎬 Watch Sarah's free UX Job Search Workshop and learn how to stand out in today's UX job market👉 Join Sarah Doody's Career Strategy Lab, a UX job search accelerator for UX and Product people.👋 Say hi and follow our host, Sarah Doody, on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.