Sarah Doody
Forbes
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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3 Tips To Announce You’re ‘Open To Work’ On LinkedIn
To get hired, you need to do more than enable the Open To Work setting on LinkedIn. If you want to stand out in the LinkedIn newsfeed, it’s imperative that you sell yourself in your job search and use LinkedIn more strategically, which is what you’ll learn in this article. → Read More
Affected By The 2023 Tech Layoffs? Leverage Your Soft Skills To Get Hired In Another Industry
A study by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation, and Stanford Research Center concluded 85% of job success can be attributed to strong soft and people skills. As such, job seekers must identify and communicate these skills, with examples, during their job search and interviews. → Read More
How To Sell Yourself In Your Job Search
If you’ve been applying to jobs and not getting interviews or offers, chances are you aren’t selling yourself enough. You can have the greatest resume or speak brilliantly in an interview, but if you don’t sell yourself, it can often be the difference between getting a job offer or not. → Read More
It’s Time To Market Yourself Like A Product
If no one knows about a product, it can’t be successful. The same applies to your career. When the right people know, like and trust you, you'll stand out and more career opportunities will come your way. → Read More
Laid Off From A Tech Company? 3 Ways To Find A Tech Job In A Different Industry
Tech layoffs have left many people unexpectedly looking for jobs, and others uncertain about job security. Just because your last job was at a tech company, that doesn’t mean you can’t get hired in another sector, and maybe even with a salary increase. → Read More
UX career and job title definitions, explained
Should you be calling yourself a UX designer, UX/UI designer, experience designer, or something else? Well, that depends on a few factors. UX careers expert Sarah Doody explains the differences between UX fields and what that means for your UX job title. → Read More
When should you choose a UX specialty?
Don't rush into choosing your UX specialty. Sarah Doody wants you to be a generalist first. → Read More
How to develop your UX network
The basics of networking in the UX community, including how to network and meet mentors, why network, and best practices. → Read More
Why you need someone to review your UX portfolio
Sarah Doody explains why you need someone to review your UX portfolio, and who that person should be. → Read More
How to come up with sample projects for your UX portfolio (+ free template!)
"Sample projects" doesn't mean "free work." Here's how Sarah Doody created her UX portfolio, plus a free template for yours. → Read More
How to write a UX case study
Your UX portfolio isn’t finished until you’ve written case studies. Here’s how. → Read More
Seriously, you need to start documenting your UX work
Check out Sarah Doody’s Career Project Diary, the solution to all of your UX documentation woes. → Read More
4 steps for choosing the right projects for your UX portfolio
A guide to curating projects for your UX portfolio that will help you get your dream job. → Read More
The 3 users of your UX portfolio
How to structure the content in your UX portfolio so it meets the needs of recruiters, HR pros, and hiring managers. → Read More
Considering the user of your UX portfolio
Let's analyze the UX of your UX protfolio—who's reading it, and how can you present it to each audience? → Read More
How to create a UX portfolio without UX experience
New to UX? No problem. Sarah Doody explains how to create a job-worthy portfolio on your own. → Read More
What format should your UX portfolio be in?
For most UX roles, a portfolio is a requirement. The first question UX folks get stuck on is, “What format should my UX portfolio be in?” Get the answer here. → Read More
The product of you: The most important product you’ll ever work on
Sarah Doody explains why your portfolio is the most important product you’ll ever design. → Read More
15 questions to help you evaluate, "Which UX education program is right for me?"
It's not just about the program, it's how the program fits YOUR needs. → Read More
The UX of user research surveys
Have you ever stopped the consider the experience someone has while filling out a survey? It’s rare that someone fills out a survey and thinks “Wow, that was really awesome!” → Read More