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Getting into User Experience Research: 3 Senior Practitioners Share Their Stories

One thing I love about the field of User Experience is that it’s full of passionate, curious and talented people … More

careers, user experience, user experience research

How I survived 4 job searches in 4 years

Since finishing grad school in 2011, I’ve been unemployed (or underemployed) and looking for a job on four separate occasions, … More

User Experience Research at SpendWell – My First 3 Months

Three months ago, I started a new job as user experience researcher at SpendWell Health, a start-up here in Portland, … More

Cambia Health Solutions, health care, health care costs, health care solutions, health insurance, software development, SpendWell Health, stakeholders

Design Research / User Experience Research Job Interview Questions (Revised & Updated)

photo: thedailyenglishshow.com Back in July 2013, I posted an extensive list of design/user experience research job interview questions I had … More

design research, interview prep, interview questions, interviewing, job search, user experience research

Applying a values framework in career decisions

Red Flag by Ben Sutherland Understanding your personal and professional values can be a really useful tool for making career … More

careers, core values, decision making, happiness, interviewing, job red flags, job search, personal values, professional values, self improvement, Tracey Lovejoy, values

Using a resume and a word cloud to visualize professional growth & change

Back in October 2012 I created a word cloud out of my resume to visualize the essence of my professional … More

"data visualization", "word cloud", careers, job experience, resume, Wordle

One Person’s Journey in Practicing Anthropology: A Slideshow Presentation

One Person’s Journey in Practicing Anthropology These are the slides I used in a February 2014 talk for Dr. Jeremy … More

academia, anthropology careers, applied anthropology, Business anthropology, Jeremy Spoon, Portland State University, practicing anthropology, reflexivity, ux research

What do dinosaurs have to do with insurance? A lesson in advocating for anthropology in the workplace

Rummaging through some old folders recently, I came across an artifact from my last job that gave me a good … More

academia, advocacy, anthropology, anthropology careers, applied anthropology, branding, business cards, ethnography, history of anthropology, humor, organizational culture, practicing anthropology, private sector, self improvement, values

Some ux/design research job interview questions

Please see the revised and updated version of this post here. I’ve had a busy past couple months in my … More

anthropology, anthropology careers, brand strategy, consumer research, design research, ethnographic research, evaluation, interview questions, interviewing, market research, practicing anthropology, private sector, user experience, user experience design, user research, UX

First name: “Research Consultant”; Last name: “Anthropologist”

This automatic CV/resume reader is clearly really effective. Actually, I’ve seen this a few times when applying to companies that … More

automated text reader, humor, job search

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