at this point anything, just so i could fund my future studies and eat
ideally, something in ux design, policy analysis, consultancy
but i'm open to anything at this point
Discussion
been working hard on getting my linkedin and also resume in order, and applying for numerous jobs too
fingers crossed
I think for UX position almost no one cares about resumes. Portfolio more important
thank you so much for the insight đź’ś
what kind of projects do employers mostly look out for, what are the do's and don'ts
I’ve never applied for strictly a UX research position, always UI/UX. For those types of positions people care about the design more than they do about UX although they may say otherwise. But as long as your UX is not clearly terrible then you’ll be judged on design. It’s probably different for strictly UX research positions.
For portfolio, showing the thought process is more important than the number of items in your portfolio. If you redesign something, have a page that goes into detail about what and why and a bit about how.
Also probably can’t hurt to have one or 2 “eye candy” pieces that maximizes the experience. Sometimes those help a lot.
At the end of the day it really depends on what people are looking for - and everyone has different ideas about what the position entails.
I’m happy to give you some portfolio feedback if you need when it’s ready to look at.
this is some incredible advice sir 💜🤌
thank you so much, going to start working on it
Can also help to pick up some freelance work. Might be better than making stuff for the sake of making.
yeah, real life and a reward also at the end of it đź’ś
do you recommend hosting the portfolio on my own page and domain? is there like a industry standard site where folks host their portfolios?