🔍 Month 6: Jobs search

Finally, it's time to start networking and applying for jobs. You can attend design events and join online communities and LinkedIn groups.

Preparing for the recruitment process

To help you prepare for the recruitment process and improve your chances of getting hired, here are some useful resources:

• The Comprehensive Guide to Finding a Kick-Ass UX Job - A great introduction to the hiring process and choosing the right job for you.

• Jobs playlist - A growing collection of videos where I share how to approach the UX recruitment process, how to answer questions, and prepare for the interviews.

• UX Job Interviews Sprint - I've created a course that walks you step-by-step through the preparation process for the UX interviews, and teaches you about every type of interview and how to prepare for it. I've also included a list of over 30 most popular questions with a detailed breakdown of how to answer them. You can join the waiting list now, or if you're watching it later, you can join the course.

Applying for jobs

During the first week of this month, you should apply for 20-30 UX design jobs. During weeks 2 and 3 you'll be getting some replies and hopefully land a couple of interviews. Of course, in the meantime, continue looking for opportunities and sending out applications. Hopefully, by week 4 you will be interviewing with a couple of companies or maybe even negotiating an offer.

Of course, the results depend on many factors, including the ones that are out of your control, like the state of the economy and even the time of the year. If the process is not going that quickly for you, don't worry. No matter the outcomes of this month, if you put the effort in, you'll be well on your way to starting your career as a UX Designer.

Job boards

To make the task of looking for open positions easier, here are the job boards I use. All of them include remote jobs, if that's something you're interested in as well:

• LinkedIn jobs - probably the best one since it has the largest list of jobs across different locations

• Dribble jobs - Choose UX and UI in filters. Sometimes you can find some hidden gems there.

• Remotewoman jobs - great, even if you're not a woman 🫣

• Wellfound (used to be AngelistTalent) - I highly recommend creating a profile there. This platform will connect you with startups that are looking for designers.

• Smooth remote - A great platform for remote design jobs

• Other well-known remote work platfroms like remote.co, Working Nomads, We Work Remotely, or Remote OK. I've listed those platforms together since they frequently have the same listings.

• ⭐️ Websites of your favourite companies - Many companies add open positions only to their jobs page. I recommend creating a list of companies you'd be interested in working for and regularly checking their openings list.