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Patrick Neeman Director of Product Design, Apptio @usabilitycounts http://www.usabilitycounts.com

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Jobvite Director of User Experience

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There is no front door to UX

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The Competencies of User ExperienceUser Experience UX How the user thinks and feels

Information Architecture IA How the overall system is organized

User Interface Design UI How the screen is organized

Interaction Design IxD How the user and device act and react

Visual Design VxD How the system looks

Information Design ID How the information on a screen is organized

Data Visualization DataViz How data is visually represented

Content Strategy CS How the content reads

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Show them your money,

baby!

• LinkedIn profile • Resume

• Portfolio • Side projects

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{ Your LinkedIn profile }• Have a great summary • Include your skills and specialities • List the results of your work • Let brands speak for themselves

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{ A great LinkedIn profile }

Great Title

Solid Summary

Accurate Job Descriptions

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{ Your résume }• Format that can be parsed (Word or PDF) • Career progression that tells a story • Skills in keyword form listed for recruiters • Don’t over design

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{ A great resume }

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{ A great resume }

Solid Opening Summary

Clear and Concise Job Descriptions

Skills and Brands Listed

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Résume tipsToo many positions Combine all into one position, and list each as a client

Too few positions List projects under a position

Unrelated positions Don’t list them at all, no one cares

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{ Your resume }• An easy to read, parsable format (Word or PDF) • A clear career progression that tells a story • Skills and research methods listed for recruiters • Don’t over design

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{ Your portfolio }• Tell a big story • Tell a lot of small stories • Challenge, process, solution, results

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{ A great portfolio }Tell Stories

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{ A great portfolio }Show More Than Wireframes

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{ A great portfolio }Show Process and Thinking

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{ The 5 Page Website } Challenge. Process. Solution. Results.

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{ A Great Portfolio } https://www.behance.net/laiyeelori

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{ Extra credit } Side

Projects

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How do I build my portfolio? And why is Oliver North in this presentation?

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{ Other skills }• Writing • Visual design • Prototyping + HTML

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Networking • Talk to people on Twitter and ask about their company • Go to events like conferences and meetups • Ask if anyone knows a good recruiter • Talk about what you like

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56% percent of people who got a job got it through

someone they knew casually.

Mark Granovetter, Sociologist

1973

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User Research - 100 Recruiters

The typical interview process

Hiring Manager Phone Screen

7-10 people

3 to 5On Site

InterviewsThe Offer} }Recruiter

Phone Screen

10-15 people}Research 20-100 people }

}Personal Referrals Start Here

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45% of all hires

{ Agency + personal referrals }

9% of all job applications

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The lowest conversion rate for an application?

A job board0.41% percent of applications from job boards become hires. 11 percent of applications from referrals become hires.

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{ Places To Network }• Twitter, the new professional branding network • Local meetups, Startup Weekends • National conferences for dream jobs

And remember......there’s plenty of fish in the sea

Thank you!

Patrick Neeman Director of Product Design, Apptio @usabilitycounts http://www.usabilitycounts.com