Five tips to get more experience in, or break into, User research.

1. Ask yourself if your day-to-day behaviors line up with your goals

• Does what you say you want correlate to the goal you seek?

• E.g. Are you actively trying to grow your UXR skills?

2. Develop and articulate a POV on UXR

• On UX trends and how the industry will evolve over time

• Who you admire in the space and why

• How you contribute to the community

• Why you are an advocate for the people we design for

3. Know your story and your value

• Find a way to leverage your background

• Research is in large part about story finding and telling

• Practice your own story, unique value and approach - be able to articulate WHY YOU

4. Gather JDs for the roles you are interested in

• Analyze the criteria desired

• Do a SWOT analysis on yourself with those criteria

• Build a plan to address the gaps and include this work in your portfolio. It shows you’re humble, eager to learn, strategic, and a self-starter

5. Build your network & confidence

• Your next job will likely come from a connection

Visit CuriosityTank [dot] com/workshops to learn how we approach the above and more. Workshops are available OnDemand and live Our next live cohort begins in late February/Early March.

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