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Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody | UX, Product Design, UX Research

Sarah Doody from Career Strategy Lab

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Fréquence : 1 épisode/6j. Total Éps: 196

Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast, with Sarah Doody, a UX Researcher & Product Designer with 22 years of experience who is helping UX and Product people design their careers. You’ll learn how to advance your UX or Product career including how get hired in UX, stay hired, get promoted, and build a personal brand and visibility. You’ll also hear no BS tips to optimize your UX resume and portfolio, navigate your UX job search, and prepare for UX job interviews so you can stop being invisible and be seen as an in-demand UX professional. Get ready to UX your career, ironic, right?!

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085: UX portfolio Q&A about portfolio formats, tailoring, your portfolio, & more

lundi 2 septembre 2024 • Durée 30:20

Struggling with updating your UX portfolio? This episode of the Career Strategy Podcast dives deep into UX portfolios and offers practical tips for both seasoned professionals and those switching careers.

In this episode, you’ll discover the benefits of customizing your portfolio for each job application and why creating a presentation format might be your secret weapon. Sarah shares advice on aligning your projects with job descriptions, maintaining visibility, and dealing with company policies restricting showcasing your work.

Tune in to get strategies for breaking down large projects and understand the significance of making your work easy to digest for recruiters.

Whether you're a freelancer or job seeker, learn why making yourself visible on platforms like LinkedIn is crucial.

Timestamps

00:00 Updating resumes with years of experience challenges.

06:24 Customize your portfolio to match job description.

09:29 Tailor portfolio to recruiters, case study length.

11:21 Consider UX in all career-related materials.

14:33 Portfolio content: Quality over showing every step.

19:38 Increase visibility for job and freelance opportunities.

22:34 Adding work to your portfolio despite restrictions.

25:10 Conceal sensitive info when discussing healthcare projects.

27:34 Enhance portfolio, career coaching for UX professionals.

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084: 4 ways to get people to reply to emails by following up

lundi 26 août 2024 • Durée 10:06

Struggling to get responses to your cold emails and messages? This episode of the Career Strategy Podcast dives into practical tips for improving your follow-up game.

In this episode Sarah explores why people might not reply and how you can increase your chances of a response without being annoying.

Sarah also breaks down a 5-day follow-up cadence and suggests experimenting with specific days and shares a simple and effective template for your follow-ups, ensuring you stay clear and direct.

Plus, Sarah shares a handy hack involving TextExpander to make your follow-up process quicker and less stressful.

Tune in to learn why you should stick to one communication channel and avoid bombarding your contacts across multiple platforms.

Timestamps

01:40 Set expectations, use GAIN framework for replies.

05:55 Limit follow-up to original communication method.

07:07 Create reusable email templates to expedite communication.

💸 See how you can get hired in UX with the help of my UX job search coaching program

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075: Is Career Strategy Lab a scam?

lundi 24 juin 2024 • Durée 12:39

In today’s episode Sarah addresses this question head-on!

Tune in to learn what Career Strategy Lab offers and how the unique group coaching program and community designed for UX, design, and tech professionals helps clients increase their confidence and achieve their career goals.

Sarah also addresses the lack of negative reviews and discusses why some people choose not to publicly share their experiences.

If you’ve ever been skeptical or simply curious, this fully transparent episode provides the clarity you need to get a real sense of what’s inside the Career Strategy Lab.

Quotables

"Whether you are marketing a physical product, a service, or yourself as a candidate, the principles of marketing still stay the same. You still need to do things that help you become more visible as a new business or a new product or a candidate. You need to catch people's attention. You need to make it easy for them to contact you."

"I am the marketing firm. And if you want to learn how to market yourself as a candidate, then career strategy lab is going to help you do that."

Timestamps

00:39 Addressing the Scam Question

00:58 Understanding Career Strategy Lab

02:36 Handling Negative Feedback

05:58 Marketing Insights and Transparency

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074: How to handle large projects in your UX portfolio

lundi 17 juin 2024 • Durée 08:35

Are you stuck trying to wrap up your UX portfolio because your massive project is taking forever to complete?

Today we've got an insightful episode for all the UX designers out there grappling with how to present large projects in your portfolio.

In this episode, Sarah discusses the strategy of breaking down large projects into smaller, more manageable pieces, making your portfolio not only easier to complete but also more appealing to recruiters and hiring managers.

Tune in to discover how this approach can streamline your job applications and better showcase your expertise.

Quotables

"It is perfectly fine to break up a very large project into multiple smaller projects for the purposes of your portfolio."

"By taking a larger project and breaking it up into chapters, you can all of a sudden have a portfolio with 3, 4 projects in it."

"What we want is to show the recruiters and hiring managers the evidence, the examples, the receipts."

Timestamps

00:32 Introduction to Career Strategy Podcast

00:38 Handling Large Projects in Your UX Portfolio

01:40 Breaking Down Large Projects into Smaller Sections

04:33 Tailoring Your Portfolio for Job Applications

07:38 Conclusion and Final Tips

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073: Demystifying Career Feedback: Inside the Critique Process with CSL Coaches

lundi 10 juin 2024 • Durée 17:55

Get ready to transform your approach to feedback! This episode delves into the art of giving and receiving critiques on career materials.

Career Strategy Lab Coaches Erin Lindstrom, Becca Santilli, and Steph Knox share their extensive experience from reviewing thousands of resumes, portfolios, and LinkedIn profiles.

They discuss the importance of being specific when asking for feedback and how staying mindful of your goals can make the process more effective.

Learn how different methods, like live sessions and prerecorded critiques, can help boost your confidence and refine your materials.

Whether you're looking for a new job or aiming for a promotion, this episode will guide you to get the best feedback possible.

Tune in to discover actionable tips that ensure you get the feedback you need to succeed.

Reflection Questions

1. What strategies do you typically use when asking for feedback on your career materials, and how can you apply Erin, Steph, and Becca's advice to improve your approach?

2. How do you handle receiving conflicting feedback from different sources, and what steps can you take to discern which feedback is most valuable to you as suggested in the podcast?

3. Erin mentioned the importance of building the skill set to improve any career material bullet point in the future. What specific skills or actions can you focus on to enhance this ability in your own career development?

4. Considering Becca's point about the importance of the compass statement in gaining clarity and confidence, how would you articulate your own compass statement, and in what ways might it serve as your North Star in your career journey?

Time Stamps

00:00 Introduction and Special Guests

00:11 Understanding Feedback in Career Strategy Lab

00:42 Demystifying the Critique Process

072: How to stand out as a candidate with the AIDA framework

lundi 3 juin 2024 • Durée 13:03

Want to stand out in your job search? In this episode of the Career Strategy Podcast, Sarah breaks down the AIDA framework, a four-part methodology used by top companies to capture your attention and spark action.

In this episode, you’ll learn how AIDA can be applied to your resume, LinkedIn profile, and even cold emails to potential employers and discover how small changes in how you present your skills and experience can make a big difference in holding a recruiter’s interest and getting that coveted interview.

Whether you’re just starting to update your career materials or deep into your job search, these tips will help you think more strategically and communicate more effectively so you get noticed, book more interviews, and are offered more roles.

Quotables

"The process of you getting hired is very similar to the process of you going and buying that new pair of shoes or booking that hotel."

"The goal is that something about your resume catches their attention, and to do that we need to create a resume that makes you stand out from other candidates."

"Be thinking, what am I doing to capture attention, interest, desire so that they take action?"

Timestamps

00:56 Interest leads to desire, prompting action ultimately.

03:58 Effectively capturing attention and generating action is the goal of your career materials.

09:11 Be mindful of how you’re taking action.

12:05 AIDA has been around for a while, it’s time to apply it to your job search,

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071: How to make time for professional development

mardi 28 mai 2024 • Durée 19:04

Eager to boost your professional growth but struggling to find the time and right flow for your life? Figuring out how to best use your time is a regular topic inside of Career Strategy Lab as we help clients navigate how to focus on progress over perfection while juggling the realities of life.

In this episode of the Career Strategy Podcast, Sarah shares practical strategies to fit professional development into your life regardless of what your calendar looks like.

From tips on scheduling dedicated time for growth to managing perfectionism and expectations, you'll learn how to navigate either a jam-packed schedule or, the ample free time a lay-off presents, to invest in yourself.

Whether you're balancing a full-time job and other commitments or have an open calendar to focus on growth, this episode provides actionable advice catered to your unique situation.

Get ready to uncover the importance of setting priorities, build a supportive community, and break tasks into manageable sprints to maximize your efforts.

00:56 Making time for professional development: actionable tips.

03:46 Schedule professional development with focus and energy.

08:22 Commit to intentional, efficient professional development.

11:25 Break tasks, focus on energy, quality work.

13:17 Prioritize tasks, schedule and say no.

17:31 Learn practical tips for professional development journey.

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070: How these 3 CSL alumni landed UX jobs

lundi 20 mai 2024 • Durée 58:22

A few times a year we open the doors to Career Strategy Lab and host an Open House so prospective clients can learn about the program and get to know some of our clients. In this episode, we’re sharing the audio from our last Open House (it’s an imperfect podcast episode but we think the stories are worth sharing!)

During this episode, you’ll hear from three Career Strategy Lab clients (two Product Designers and a Senior UX Designer) on how to tackle mindset issues like imposter syndrome and procrastination as well as how they improved their communication skills and confidence in CSL.

Tune in to hear how these three women accepted new job opportunities by applying the “Product of You” framework Sarah teaches in Career Strategy Lab.

02:00 Work meeting, questions, introductions, Career Strategy Lab.

05:26 Enhancing communication skills through enrolling in CSL.

09:08 Focused on single case study with significant impact.

13:01 Surrounding with career-focused community creates accountability.

14:22 Embrace promoting yourself to communicate your value.

18:04 Consistency in touch points shapes brand perception.

23:36 Coaching and CSL sessions significantly improved performance.

25:35 Optimize resume for ATS, keep it simple.

30:33 Mindset calls provided support and guidance.

34:45 Program rekindled confidence and passion for work.

37:17 Allie found his flow; advice on sprints.

40:54 Organize sprints for career roadmap and job search.

43:36 Detailed course materials for career development available.

45:51 Weekly sprint check-ins, events, job alerts available.

49:35 3-month CSL course requires dedication.

51:35 Encouraging self-compassion and growth in career.

069: Nine actionable steps to take after being laid off

lundi 13 mai 2024 • Durée 21:58

Navigating a layoff can leave you feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and scared. In this episode, Sarah will walk you through how everything from feeling your feelings to updating your career materials.

This episode offers 9 practical things you can to do feel more in control and to save time as you navigate the journey to finding your next role. And, if you're happily employed, these tips can help you prepare just in case you ever face an unexpected layoff.

If you've recently experienced a lay off or spend time wondering what you'd do if you were to be laid off, this episode is for you.

00:00 Allow time to process, evaluate your finances, seek support.

05:37 Update your resume, LinkedIn, then career materials.

08:23 Use LinkedIn's "open to work" setting discretely.

13:42 Personalize messages, be active in communities.

15:26 Posting your vision to leverage visibility.

19:35 Find joy, recharge, and relieve stress.

21:52 The power of helping others.

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068: How to write emails people respond to using the GAIN framework

lundi 6 mai 2024 • Durée 12:35

Struggling with getting responses to your cold messages? Discover a straightforward approach to crafting communication that's more likely to get you a reply. This episode dives into a four-part structure called the GAIN framework, designed to hone your messages to be concise, clear, and effective. Learn why keeping things short is critical and how specificity in your queries can significantly up your chances of receiving the response you need. Plus, avoid common mistakes like overly long messages or unclear intent that might be sending your emails straight to the ignored pile.

Want more support? Grab our communication swipe files and so much more inside of Career Strategy Lab.

00:00 Be clear, concise, and specific in messaging.

05:45 Use strong anchor when reaching out professionally.

09:18 Efficient email communication framework for networking.

10:32 Use GAIN framework for clearer, impactful messages.

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