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Sarah Doody | Navigating UX careers | #45
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Sarah explains why UX researchers struggle with building effective portfolios and marketing themselves. She highlights common mistakes researchers make, offers tips for navigating NDAs, and suggests ways to showcase the business impact of their work. Sarah also provides strategies for standing out in a competitive job market and advice for freelancers.
👉 Link to study about current state of research resistance from UXtweak.
👉 If you have any tips on fantastic speakers from across the globe, feedback, or any questions, we’d love to hear from you too. Reach out to geekspodcast@uxtweak.com
🔎 Do you want to know more? Check out this episode at:
https://www.uxtweak.com/guides/podcast/sarah-doody-navigating-ux-careers/
Episode highlights
- 00:01:26 – Sarah’s background and career shift
- 00:05:49 – Common UX portfolio mistakes
- 00:09:09 – Handling NDAs in portfolios
- 00:20:15 – Interview preparation tips
- 00:27:57 – Freelancers’ application tips
- 00:29:54 – Sarah’s closing thoughts on careers
About our guest Sarah Doody
Sarah Doody is the founder of Career Strategy Lab™, a program that helps UX and product professionals at all career stages navigate their job search and articulate their skills and experience through individualized and group coaching. She is also the host of the Career Strategy Lab podcast.
Since 2021, professionals who have worked with Sarah have increased their salaries by 40% on average and have been hired at prestigious brands such as Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Nordstrom, Spotify, Blue Origin on average in 3.5 months. The program has been so successful since it’s launch that the combined salary of program graduates hired topped nearly $6 million.
Sarah has been named a Future of Work expert by Forbes and is a regular Forbes.com contributor. She has also been featured in Fast Company, Insider, Fox Business, and more.
For more information on Sarah and her work, programs, or speaking engagements, please visit her website, or find her on YouTube (30k), LinkedIn (70k), Instagram (18k), or Twitter (28k).
🔎 Where to follow Sarah
LinkedIn / Instagram / Twitter
About this podcast:
Welcome to UX Research Geeks, where Tina Ličková, a researcher and strategist, talks with researchers from around the globe about topics that matter to them.
🐝 Brought to you by UXtweak, an all-in-one UX research software. Start your research for free at: https://www.uxtweak.com/ 👈
🐝 Where to Follow UXtweak:
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Manage episode 442982218 series 3343020
Sarah explains why UX researchers struggle with building effective portfolios and marketing themselves. She highlights common mistakes researchers make, offers tips for navigating NDAs, and suggests ways to showcase the business impact of their work. Sarah also provides strategies for standing out in a competitive job market and advice for freelancers.
👉 Link to study about current state of research resistance from UXtweak.
👉 If you have any tips on fantastic speakers from across the globe, feedback, or any questions, we’d love to hear from you too. Reach out to geekspodcast@uxtweak.com
🔎 Do you want to know more? Check out this episode at:
https://www.uxtweak.com/guides/podcast/sarah-doody-navigating-ux-careers/
Episode highlights
- 00:01:26 – Sarah’s background and career shift
- 00:05:49 – Common UX portfolio mistakes
- 00:09:09 – Handling NDAs in portfolios
- 00:20:15 – Interview preparation tips
- 00:27:57 – Freelancers’ application tips
- 00:29:54 – Sarah’s closing thoughts on careers
About our guest Sarah Doody
Sarah Doody is the founder of Career Strategy Lab™, a program that helps UX and product professionals at all career stages navigate their job search and articulate their skills and experience through individualized and group coaching. She is also the host of the Career Strategy Lab podcast.
Since 2021, professionals who have worked with Sarah have increased their salaries by 40% on average and have been hired at prestigious brands such as Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Nordstrom, Spotify, Blue Origin on average in 3.5 months. The program has been so successful since it’s launch that the combined salary of program graduates hired topped nearly $6 million.
Sarah has been named a Future of Work expert by Forbes and is a regular Forbes.com contributor. She has also been featured in Fast Company, Insider, Fox Business, and more.
For more information on Sarah and her work, programs, or speaking engagements, please visit her website, or find her on YouTube (30k), LinkedIn (70k), Instagram (18k), or Twitter (28k).
🔎 Where to follow Sarah
LinkedIn / Instagram / Twitter
About this podcast:
Welcome to UX Research Geeks, where Tina Ličková, a researcher and strategist, talks with researchers from around the globe about topics that matter to them.
🐝 Brought to you by UXtweak, an all-in-one UX research software. Start your research for free at: https://www.uxtweak.com/ 👈
🐝 Where to Follow UXtweak:
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