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Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody | UX, Product Design, UX Research — 182 episodes
174: The Bar to Stand Out As A UX Candidate is Lower Than You Think
173: UX Hiring Insights: Jeni Bible, UX Manager at Home Depot, on How She Got Hired, What She Looks for in Candidates, & Presenting UX Case Studies
172: UX Hiring Insights: Alexander Zeh, Head of Product Design at ManyChat, on Building Diverse UX Teams, Scaling Design Teams, and What Makes a Portfolio Stand Out
171: The 6-Word Post-It Note To Speed Up & Fix Your UX Job Search
170 - Finding Your UX Niche: Jonathan's Journey From UX Layoff to UX Executive in Higher Education
169 - 3 ways to stop wasting time in your UX job search
168 - UX Hiring Insights: Steph McDonald UX Design Recruiter at HubSpot on AI in Hiring, Portfolios & What Gets You Hired
167 - Stop Asking How: Speed Up Your UX Job Search With This One Question
166 - UX Hiring Insights Dan Maccarone on Thinking Over Tools & UX Career Reinvention
165 - 5 practical time-saving tips for your UX job search
164 - What is Career Maximalism and Why Caring Too Much About Your Job Can Backfire
163 - What is Career Minimalism and How It Can Quietly Weaken Your Career
162 - How Erica Got Hired as a UX Officer at WK Kellogg Foundation After a CDC Layoff
161 - UX Hiring Insights with Design Recruiter Jared Tredly from Shopify
160: Why This UX Designer Walked Away After 5 Interview Rounds (And Doesn't Regret It)
159: 3 Skills UX Professionals Need Most in the Age of AI
158: From UX Internship to Amazon UX Designer: How Vasudha Got Hired With a Master's in HCI
157: UX Hiring Insights: Ben Peck on UX Generalists, Soft Skills, & Standout Portfolios
156: From Market Research to UX: How Kellyn Got Hired as a Lead UX Researcher with a 40% Salary Increase
155: UX Hiring Insights: Patrick Neeman on Soft Skills, Strategy & Hiring Red Flags
154: How This Senior UX Designer Got Hired After Losing Her Mojo And Confidence
153: 5 Things Hired UX People Do That Work in Today's UX Job Market
152: How Steven Built a UX Consultancy After Being Laid Off After 17 Years At The Same Company
151: Want to get hired in UX in Q1 2026? Start with these Q4 UX career essentials
150: From Academia to UX: How Ellen Got Hired As A Content Designer at TD Bank
149: [Part 3/3: Diagnose Your UX Job Search] Are You Suffering From Stranger Syndrome?
148: From Lost in UX to Confident Systems Designer: How Phoenix Reclaimed His UX Career Identity
147: [Part 2/3: Diagnose Your UX Job Search] Are You An Invisible Genius In Your UX Career?
146: How Jonathan Stopped Redesigning His UX Portfolio and Started Getting Interviews
145: [Part 1/3: Diagnose Your UX Job Search] Escaping UX Career Identity Fog & Why Your Identity Is Your Superpower
144: Finding & Owning Your UX Voice, How Melp Did With Career Strategy Lab
143: UX Hiring Insights: Why It Can Take 12 Weeks to Fill UX Roles with Heather Cassar, VP of People)
142: How Laura Landed a Principal UX Design Role Without Applying (and With Only 1 Project in her UX Portfolio)
141: Design a UX Portfolio Recruiters Read for More Than 1 Minute
140: How a UX Researcher & CX Strategist is navigating an international job search
139: Position yourself as the ideal candidate with this Steve Jobs marketing tip
138: From Recruiter to Product Designer: How Ellie's taking control of her career
137: One LinkedIn change that landed this UX Designer 5 solid recruiter leads in 24 hours
136: How Manny got hired as a Senior UX Designer at Fidelity in 77 days
135: How a 30-Year UX veteran is navigating a UX layoff without burnout
134: A career break has NOT ruined your career, here's why...
133: How terminal uniqueness keeps you stuck in your job search
132: How Career Strategy Lab's AI Tools Help Mid & Senior UXers Get Hired Faster
131: Why I don't teach every UX topic (and why my focus is *your* superpower)
130: From UX Portfolio Rewrites to Hired as a Principal Product Designer: How Steve Owned His Career Story
129: Get Hired in UX Faster With Peloton Inspired UX Career Coaching
128: How this 30 year UX veteran went from feeling irrelevant to in control of her career
127: The $100K Shift: Why Working 'ON' Your Career (vs 'IN' it) Changes Everything
126: From UX Layoff to Leadership: How Duncan got hired as a Global Head of UX after a restructure
125: Career Strategy Lab Coaches Unfiltered: What you don’t see on sales pages or social media
124: Why Sarah Doody's UX portfolio framework still works after 20 years
123: How a 25-Year UX veteran rewrote his career story & reclaimed his confidence
122: How Marcus Got Hired as a UX Researcher After Six Months of Rejection
121: Your UX Job Search Has Cost You 5-Figures. What To Do About It
120: How a Sr UX Researcher got hired at Amazon after a layoff & 2 year job search
119: Why you should research the interviewers before a job interview
118: 3 things your UX job search has in common with soap operas
117: Applied to 100s of UX jobs? Consider this your intervention
116: How to optimize your resume for the ATS so you can get more UX job interviews
115: How this UX Designer escaped UX portfolio burnout and rebuilt his entire UX job search strategy
114: From Laid Off to Senior UX Designer: How Sarah Landed Her Dream Role
113: How a Senior Product Designer got promoted with a 37% increase in total compensation
112: How Emily tripled her UX freelance rate from $35 to $125 / hour (and got a full time job too)
111: Hidden costs of navigating your UX job search alone
110: How Jane Got Hired As A Principal Product Researcher After Emigrating To The USA With No Professional Network
109: How cohorts can hold you back and why Career Strategy Lab takes a different approach
108: Why you're stuck redesigning your UX resume & how to get out of a career rut
107: Your UX Career Is a Product (Sarah Doody's interview on the Awkward Silences podcast by User Interviews)
NOW OPEN: We have 20 spots in our UX Job Search Accelerator (doors close Jan 31 at 8pm PT)
106: How Steven Navigated ADD In His UX Job Search & Got Hired As a Design Researcher
105: How a UX Specialist With 20+ Years Experience Got Hired After A Layoff With Only 1 Project In His UX Portfolio
104: Your UX portfolio isn't about selling the product you worked on, it's about selling YOU
103: How Kristin Landed Her Dream Role with Two Portfolio Projects and a Clear Roadmap
102: Navigating Your UX Career in Challenging Times (Sarah Doody's episode on the Insights Unlocked Podcast)
101: Creating a UX Career Roadmap: Sarah Doody's Episode on the AIGA Design Podcast
100: How Jaden got hired as a Sr Product Designer after a 1-year employment gap
099: How to stand out in the UX Job Search Funnel
098: Why In-Demand UX Professionals Treat Full-Time Roles Like Freelance Gigs
097: Stop Sending Recruiters Cold Emails & Get Them To Reply By Doing This Instead
How do the CRITIQUES in Career Strategy Lab work?
How do the CALLS in Career Strategy Lab work?
096: How Jamie overcame UX job search struggles and got hired as a Senior Product Designer
How a Lead Designer Researcher got a 35% salary increase
How a Lead UX Designer got hired in 56 days
Is Career Strategy Lab Right For You?
095: Beyond Big Tech UX Jobs: Industries hiring for UX and Product roles in 2025 and beyond
094: Why the Career Strategy Lab coaches aren’t UX experts (and why that’s a good thing)
093: How 2 senior UX professionals got hired (& preview the UX portfolio "Inverted Pyramid Framework"))
092: How piecemeal career advice holds you back (and what to do instead)
091: No, you don't need 3 - 5 projects in your UX portfolio before you apply
090: How Career Strategy Lab can pay for itself
089: Should you pause your job search until after the election?
BONUS: Recording of UX careers workshop on Sep 26 (listen until Oct 2)
088: Troubleshoot your resume with this 11-point resume checklist
087: Reduce job search overwhelm with a task batching schedule
086: No, LinkedIn's Open To Work feature doesn't make you seem desperate
085: UX portfolio Q&A about portfolio formats, tailoring, your portfolio, & more
084: 4 ways to get people to reply to emails by following up
083: Hear hired stories from 3 mid & senior UX people recently hired in USA, Canada, and England
082: The ABA rule for your job search
081: In your job search, communication > qualifications
080: How to include numbers on your resume even if you think you don't have any
079: Advance your UX career as a mid or senior level professional
078: How to optimize your resume for the Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
077: The truth about years of experience in your job search
076: What to post on LinkedIn when you're in a job search
075: Is Career Strategy Lab a scam?
074: How to handle large projects in your UX portfolio
073: Demystifying Career Feedback: Inside the Critique Process with CSL Coaches
072: How to stand out as a candidate with the AIDA framework
071: How to make time for professional development
070: How these 3 CSL alumni landed UX jobs
069: Nine actionable steps to take after being laid off
068: How to write emails people respond to using the GAIN framework
067: Listen to a career coaching call from inside Career Strategy Lab
066: How to build authentic professional relationships with a quarterly engagement plan
065: Why you should stop complaining on LinkedIn and what to do instead
064: Interview with Cheryl Platz about the UX hiring process, portfolios, & storytelling
063: Harnessing a CEO Mindset for Career Success
062: Career Compound Interest: Strategic moves for exponential success
061: How to break through portfolio mindset barriers with CSL Coach, Erin Lindstrom
060: How to make your portfolio stand out by focusing on benefits over features
059: Could you benefit from our upcoming UX Portfolio Sprint?
058: The Optimal UX Portfolio Format: 6 things to consider when decided between a website and presentation
057: A lesson on attention to detail involving Van Halen and M&M candies
056: How to describe a career break on your resume & why they're normalized
055: How to conduct a successful job search, a 5 part framework
054: How to deal with ghosting in the job search
053: How to follow up after a job interview so you can stand out
052: 2 questions to overcome career overwhelm by focusing on what you can control
051: 15-minute annual review with Sarah Doody
050: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome with CSL Coach, Erin Lindstrom
049: Building a UX portfolio to get hired
048: How to stop applying to hundreds of jobs
047: Design a fulfilling UX career (and start thinking beyond job titles and salaries)
046: How Melody learned to articulate her career story and landed her dream job
045: How three CSL alumni leveraged what they learned for career impact and growth
044: From start up, to laid off, to dream job. Meet CSL Alum, Malavika Oak
043: How commenting on LinkedIn can land you job interviews and opportunities
042: Do recruiters and hiring managers only spend 6 seconds on your resume?
041: A job search hack for career switchers and changers
040: How to vet career advice and know who to trust
039: Q&A with Sarah on where to start when you’re new to UX, getting promoted, and portfolio transformation
038: To advance your career, you don't need more information, you need more action
037: How to manage and regulate your emotions in your job search
036: Can I put projects that didn't launch in my resume and portfolio or talk about them in job interviews?
035: Q+A with Sarah: UX bootcamp portfolio projects, presenting case studies during an interview, 1-page resumes & more!
034: Was your job offer rescinded or withdrawn? Here's what to do ...
033: What to think about and say in a screener interview with HR
032: Q+A with Sarah: Navigating saturated job markets, creating case studies when you signed an NDA, AI and more
031: What is an informational interview and how to ask someone to do one
030: From laid off to landed a new role; interview with Senior UX Researcher, Katie Miller
029: Career Myth: Your resume must be 1 page
028: How and why you should treat your career like it's a product
027: Career Strategy Q+A with Sarah: UX job titles, portfolio tips, and hiring outlook
026: The #1 thing holding you back in your career
025: [Job Search, Pt. 5 / 5] How to deal with rejection in your job search
024: [Job Search, Pt. 4 / 5] How to research a company before you apply
023: [Job Search, Pt. 3 / 5] Why you should NOT play the numbers game in your job search
022: [Job Search, Pt. 2 / 5] Why you should prioritize people over platforms in your job search
021: [Job Search, Pt. 1 / 5] The #1 thing to do before you apply for a job
020: Listen in on a Career Strategy Lab Mindset Call
019: Career tips from running the NYC marathon
018: Avoid this mistake when writing your headline on LinkedIn
017: Ageism in tech and user experience
016: 3 Questions to get unstuck in your career
015: 3 Ways to deal with job search burnout
014: LinkedIn mistakes job seekers make & how to optimize your LinkedIn profile
013: Create a resume that stands out with these 3 user experience (UX) tips
012: You got the offer! How to determine if it's the right fit and what to do if not
011: How to stop doubting your resume and portfolio
010: The 3 considerations most people miss when it comes to the job search
009: Don't take this popular career advice
008: 3 Common mistakes career switchers make and how to avoid them
007: Will Career Strategy Lab work for you?
006: How to make it past the second job interview
005: 5 Lessons from hiring managers
004: How to find a tech job outside of the tech industry
003: Thinking differently about career development (+3 questions to ask yourself)
002: The REAL reason you're overlooked for job opportunities (and what to do)
001: How to build confidence for the job search
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