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I got my career started by finding volunteer work and doing projects on Upwork, which I offered for free because I was desperate for real experience lol (my clients still paid me anyways). Finding a good mentor will help a lot as well. The most important thing is to show that she has real world experience/projects on her portfolio. There’s a guy on LinkedIn Joe Natoli who offers help at a low cost. I havnt worked with him personally but he seems to be legit. Best of luck to your wife!

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Thanks a lot 🙌🏽

I had no prior IT experience and I was able to break into UX. Google certificate is a good place to start but I would recommend others as well.

At the end of the day what matters to recruiters and hiring managers most is her portfolio and how well she can articulate her design decisions. Real world experience and a solid portfolio will get you an interview round or two but the communication / articulating your design decisions and selling to stakeholders skills is what will seal the deal.

I would recommend taking another course if more portfolio pieces are needed. I took the ux/ui course offered by California Institute of Arts at coursera. After that I took a low paying job at a design agency for a year to really get some solid footing in before I was able to even get recruiters to look at my resume.

Also, quality over quantity is the key for her portfolio case studies. I’d say 3 detailed case studies will beat out 6 half-assed ones (imo). That’ worked for me twice (both six figure roles). Hope this helps! Good luck :)

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I really appreciate your advice. I’ll pass it along :)

It won’t require code but i think general knowledge of it could be very helpful.

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Thank you for the info!

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The certification is a great initial dive into the world of UX, but I agree with others that she’ll probably need to continue learning.

I believe basic HTML and CSS skills are essential. Most UX designers work with developers in some capacity everyday. You don’t have to be able to build an entire app, but coding a simple website from scratch to host portfolio pieces will set her apart in the job app process and get her a good level of fluency to collaborate effectively with engineering teams.

I would also focus on raw graphic design skills. At the core of great UX is great design. This is hard to pick up with just a certification. Taking on some graphic design projects might be a good way to gain confidence and build evidence that she has solid design capabilities. It will also show other critical skills- like transforming a design need into deliverables.

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Thank you for the advice!

There isnt a UX designer I know who doesn’t follow Nielsen Norman Group and implement their practices.

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Thank you. Will check it out!

Thank you for creating this post. I completed the same Google program a year ago now. And I was wondering what do I do now. Do I go to grad school or an academy but everyone was right especially the real world experience. I had a recruiter tell me before my projects looks super awesome but it’s not what employers are looking for entirely they want real world projects.

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I recommend she talks to mentors on adplist. There are 100’s of design mentors on this platform.

Thank you. Will check it out!

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