Transition from Recruiter to UX designer
I am currently a recruiter and looking to transition into UX designer. I have been taking UX courses on Lynda and Udacity but I am still not sure how to move forward in this field. If someone can mentor or guide me on what are the best practices to enter the field, I would really appreciate your help. Thank you in advance!
Create fake projects, or work as a freelancer until you have at least 3 projects in your portfolio.
GA seems to help a lot of folks. It's like 15k but most ppl make that back quick.... assuming they have the work ethic
Adding one more pointer for you. Best of luck! https://www.rooftopslushie.com/request/UX-Designer-at-GoogleFacebook-431
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UX designers are the nightmare of Frontend developers. Just learn Java and Leetcode
We do not need more of y’all
I think they are nightmare for you, work hard on your frontend skills
we have a whole suite of ux designers from GA. One has no real ux or design experience other then a fake freelance gig she tried to pass off as real design work. If she can make it, I'm 100% sure you can
Need more technical ux designers learn front end developer and ux best practices and you'll be GOAT
If you can code too, then yes you have a huge leg up.
Do you have a port folio?
Not yet.. trying to learn the concepts first
If you still work at Amazon, perhaps you can reach out to one of the hiring managers on a UX team? They'll be able to offer a lot of guidance.
Yeah i agree. You can also go extra mile and reach out to designers in amazon. I’m sure they’ll allow you to take over some small projects. It’ll be easier to get a job when you have implemented projects from Amazon in your portfolio
^^^this! There's someone at Hulu who is doing this. But she got some education in UX first, along with doing a couple of school/sample projects just to get some process and basic skills down.
What’s your background in? My general advice is focus on visual design skills. It’s the easiest way into UX design if you can actually design and not just talk about the design process.
So many process lovers who are just so attached to process but don't produce anything valuable.
Exactly. You need technical design skills. If you’re just a process lover than really you’re just a design producer in my mind (a TPM in the engineering world)
Get a Masters at the iSchool at UW