Everyone, and I mean everyone, benefits from learning how to ask better questions. Read on to learn about user research training for teams, connecting with fellow researchers, and about some amazing UXR job openings.

Learn together, grow together

Join me Wednesday when I chat with Prabhas Pokharel from Reduct.video about building training programs for non-researchers. We’ll cover pitfalls and lessons learned, cultural relevance, and why it’s so difficult for teams to do this themselves.

This is a great webinar if you’re looking to accelerate the intake process of new research requests, increase your team's UX maturity, and/or democratize UXR in your organization. Register here to attend the session live and/or watch the recording at your leisure.

Ready to increase your team's UXR acumen? Looking to spend your remaining professional development funds? Craving a super fun, and unique, team building activity? Check out Curiosity Tank’s corporate workshops. Bring the entire team into the learning process to evoke meaningful change and feel empowered in your everyday decision making.

What could be better than the gift of growth? Treat yourself or someone else. Share the love with new Curiosity Tank gift cards!

Job board

JUNIOR:

User Research Associate at Delta Dental (100% medical, dental and vision benefits)
Research Ops Specialist at Blinkist (contract, remote from Germany, the UK, Spain, or Finland)

MID:

UX Researcher at Lyft (18 weeks of paid parental leave)
UX Researcher at surefoot (part-time to start, fully remote)

SENIOR:

Lead UX Researcher at Course Hero (gotta love a JD that underscores collaboration, teamwork and fundamentals of great research!)
Senior UX Researcher at Fidelity (highly recommend everyone works in finance at some point)
Head of User Research at Miro (Amsterdam people! Who doesn't love Amsterdam?)
Senior User Experience Researcher at Etsy (swoon and express yourself in this application)

Events

Oct 19th: Adobe Career Bootcamp (kicking off today)
Oct 20th: Curiosity Tank Survey/Screen live workshop (observe live or watch the recording)
Oct 21st: How to Build an Effective Training Program for Non-Researchers: 7 Key Considerations for Democratizing Research (Join me live or watch the recording)
Oct 24th: Careers in Game UX (combine your passions)
Oct 25 & 28th: Curiosity Tank Interview live workshop (observe live or watch the recording)
Oct 28th: Collaborating on Complexities in Behavioral Design (Join Action Design Network & IIT Institute of Design in conversation with four behavioral designers)
Nov 10th: Curiosity Tank Orchestrate live workshop (observe live or watch the recording)
Nov 15 & 18th: Curiosity Tank Spot Patterns live workshop (observe live or watch the recording)

Reading

UX Research as a Viable Career Option for Anthropologists: Insights from 12 UX Researchers with Anthropology Backgrounds (a must read)
The Window to Reality (cool story about leveraging VR in educational opportunity programs in prison)

Speak up, get involved, share the love

Read about Curiosity Tank remote workshops
Participate in as an Observer, for less! Observer seats are available.
Register for Michele's General Assembly classes
Forward this email to someone who you think might enjoy it. Better yet, sign them up here. It will be the gift that keeps on giving.
Ask us questions related to user research. Seriously, bad research keeps us up at night!

And that's a wrap!

We'll alternate between a theme and UX/UXR jobs, events, classes, articles and other happenings every few weeks. Thank you for all of the feedback. Feedback is a gift and we received very actionable input on how to make Fuel Your Curiosity more meaningful to you.

What do you think? Lmk. We're constantly iterating and would still love to hear your input.

Stay curious,

- Michele

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