UX Job Search: What Hiring Managers Are Looking For

Hosted by Jared Spool

Thu, May 14, 2026

6:00 PM UTC (1 hour 30 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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UX Job Search: Stand Out in Today's Crazy, Crowded Job Market
Jared Spool
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What you'll learn

What hiring managers see in your résumé and portfolio

Design your materials to attract the right attention of recruiters and hiring managers.

How you’ll get hiring managers to put you in the ‘yes’ pile

What do your materials need for hiring managers to say, “OMG, I think we found the person we’ve been searching for”?

What will make your portfolio most effective

A persuasive portfolio isn’t a museum of your career. Instead, it’s a sales brochure for why you’re an ideal fit.

How to best tailor your materials for each job application

In 2026, you must tailor your applications closely to the job. How do you make that manageable for every application?

Why this topic matters

The UX job market is a mess right now. There are hundreds (possibly thousands) of people applying for each open position. Your application needs to stand out. Hiring managers have the upper hand.  You need to think like they think, understanding what they are seeking. What will get your job application into the ‘yes’ pile of candidates the hiring manager wants to bring in for an interview?

You'll learn from

Jared Spool

Center Centre’s Maker of Awesomeness and UX career coach.

Everything in this workshop comes straight from Jared Spool’s decades of coaching hundreds of UX professionals on their careers.


Through his work with design leaders around the world, Jared has learned how hiring managers look for new team members as they build up their staffing.


Crafting your résumé, portfolio, and case studies into compelling documents that attract the attention of hiring managers and recruiters is a design challenge. Jared will walk you through what he’s uncovered about how your materials are currently received and what would make them more effective.


Jared is world-renowned for turning complex ideas into practical guidance using clear explanations, concrete examples, memorable stories, and the occasional charmingly imperfect sketch.


If you want to learn how leading UX professionals have built successful careers by attaining fun, challenging (in a good way) opportunities to make a difference, you’ll learn it here from someone who has spent a career figuring out what truly works.

World-renowned UX Leader

Center Centre – UIE
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