UX Australia 2021

Many digital professionals float through their careers; sitting in a role that doesn’t suit them because it pays well, finding themselves redundant unexpectedly, or getting to the end of their tether, leaving a role, and taking anything that is offered.

But what if that wasn’t the case? What if at every inflection point in their career, a person could use a  process to help them work through the career decisions - to stay at the same role, leave or get a promotion?

As digital professionals we already have the skills sets that we use every day in our clients or project work, where we assess digital capabilities, stakeholder opinions, the technical constraints and the users’ needs to create a strategy and plan for moving forward.

So why not apply these same techniques to our careers?

Here’s my two-phased approach to consciously decide on the next steps of your career

1. Career audit (the analysis phase) - where we understand who we are, our life constraints, what careers are available, and how we currently position ourselves
2. Career strategy (the synthesis, strategy and planning phase) taking all the data from the career audit, to make decisions career vision, direction and positioning  

This workshop is for

• Senior designers who are working out which career path suits them as they move into a lead role (Practitioner, Manager or Consultant)
• Designers who feel they have floated in their careers and want to put some structure into their next career decision
• Designers who want a strategy for their career growth; a direction with skills to develop, and people to connect to

This workshop will run online on Tuesday, August 24 at 1 pm.

Tickets are on sale now. Tickets are $300 each and are limited. 

Image from Estée Janssens on Unsplash