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6 Tips From Hired For Landing Your Dream Design Job

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Summary

This article is about a new partnership between Designlab and Hired, a leading career marketplace. The article outlines six tips from Hired to help designers land their dream job. These tips include keeping an open mind, showcasing any freelance work, hackathons, or projects you've worked on, staying relevant, narrowing down your locations, making a portfolio that stands out, and understanding your worth. Hired has helped many designers find their dream job within two weeks.

Q&As

What is UX Academy?
UX Academy is a career services program offered by Designlab.

What is the new partnership with Hired?
The new partnership with Hired is that all Designlab's Career Services students and alumni in five major cities (San Francisco, Seattle, NYC, Boston, and London) will receive access to Hired.

What advice does Hired give for landing a dream design job?
Hired gives advice for landing a dream design job such as keeping an open mind, showcasing any freelance work, hackathons and/or projects, staying relevant, narrowing down locations, making a portfolio, and knowing your worth.

How does Hired's matching technology work?
Hired's matching technology matches users with the perfect job based on their preferences.

What is the average salary for UX design jobs?
The average salary for UX design jobs can be seen with Hired's Salary Calculator, which shows UX design salary results by role, experience, and location.

AI Comments

👍 This article provides great tips for landing your dream design job with the help of Hired. It is a great resource for anyone looking to advance their career in the design industry.

👎 This article does not provide any additional resources or links to help readers with their job search. It is mostly a promotional piece for Hired and does not provide much value for the reader.

AI Discussion

Me: It's about tips from Hired for landing a dream design job. They suggest things like keeping an open mind, staying relevant, narrowing down your locations, making a portfolio, and understanding your worth.

Friend: That's really interesting. It definitely seems like it would be helpful for anyone looking to get into design. It's also great that they provide helpful resources like the salary calculator.

Me: Yeah, I think it's really useful. It's important to have an understanding of what the industry expectations are and what you can negotiate. It's also helpful to have a good portfolio to showcase your skills. Having the right resources can definitely make a big difference in landing a dream job.

Action items

Create a portfolio showcasing your best work and any freelance work, hackathons, and/or projects you have worked on.
Utilize Hired's Salary Calculator to research UX design salaries by role, experience, and location.
Keep an open mind when considering potential job opportunities and list as many potential options available.

Technical terms

UX Academy: A UX design bootcamp offered by Designlab.
Outcomes: The results of the UX Academy program.
Courses: The individual classes offered by the UX Academy program.
Blog: A website or web page that contains posts about topics related to UX design.
Mentors: Experienced professionals who provide guidance and support to students in the UX Academy program.
Help: Assistance provided to students in the UX Academy program.
Login: The process of signing into the UX Academy website.