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So, don't give up, you might be closer than you think.
1. Where did you link your portfolio? 2. You said you applied to 20 companies, that seems very low 3. Have you tried to provide your services on a marketplace like upwork etc? 4. Have you tried to contact local companies and offer to re-do their sites for a small fee and a good recommendation letter? 5. Do you go out networking at local meetups/events? 6. Did you hire/asked someone to review your resume and improve i…
- cold messages + emails, use chatgpt or find recruiting influencers to best cater how to write good messages. Jeff Su had a really good one where he had a regex search pattern for recruiters who had emails in their profile that you can use.
- apply everyday, jobs refresh all the time. be the first 50. if there's over 100 or 200 applicants, might not be worth your time going through workday to fill everything out.
- have multiple versions of your resume catered to slightly nuiance positions. I had 3 version of mine that differed in the metrics I exemplified and the focus on what I worked on/achieved.
- use fishbowl,blind,reddit, any social media to get random referral. people are willing. take advantage of the playing field.
- small things like profile picture, format of resume (i spent over 25 hours on my resume getting it destroyed by friends and willing helpers, making small changes to action words and nouns).
- there's too many sites that have job postings, if you're only looking at monster or linkedin, you are probably 10 websites too short. scrounge the internet for all the sites and just send it.
- volunteer work pro bono, get some experience.
- apply like crazy but not all at once, i applied on avg to about 5-10 companies a day for 1.5 months. it helps you not get burned out. i only spent an hour per day, the rest i worked on my portfolio.
that's all i can think of off the top of my head. I hope you achieve your goals OP.
2. Do a ux case study of emerging technology. It’s much easier to get a job in a sector where no one has ‘years’ experience.
3.Build something. Take your skills further and build something, and try and sell it. Most ux’er have little knowledge of end to end product, I.e what decisions are trade-offs are needed to build, sell and market a product. Build something and lean into the full product cycle.
I’d be happy to take a look at your résumé and portfolio and provide some feedback & next steps. My email is in my profile.
Lots of great advice in this thread. If you're looking to add something real and live you can show to companies, to your portfolio, I'm currently working on a side project and doing all the code and design. I would love some help with the design. It's a job board/ATS. If you're interested, please email me!
Lots of great advice in this thread. If you're looking to add something real and live you can show to companies, to your portfolio, I'm currently working on a side project and doing all the code and design. I would love some help with the design. It's a job board/ATS. If you're interested, please email me!
Yes I would love to collaborate. Sounds interesting, let me know how to proceed
Let's chat!
1. Where did you link your portfolio? 2. You said you applied to 20 companies, that seems very low 3. Have you tried to provide your services on a marketplace like upwork etc? 4. Have you tried to contact local companies and offer to re-do their sites for a small fee and a good recommendation letter? 5. Do you go out networking at local meetups/events? 6. Did you hire/asked someone to review your resume and improve i…
extremely low, tbh. OP needs to learn that it's a numbers game. Don't be picky, and shoot for positions that may seem out of reach. There's a lot of extra things I find that most don't try (most likely because they don't know). I didn't know either at first, but I spent probably mid double digit hours finding tips and tricks to maximizing interviews. OP, if you're reading this i'll list some out, it's not all inclusi…