One last plea for job help

"Nibby" (nibby68) 11/13/2020 at 10:20 • Filed to: None

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Hi,

I’m looking for UX/Product design positions, preferably remote... am in the NYC tri-state area but open to anywhere within CONUS. Born, raised here... can provide portfolio + resume as well. Please, I beseech your aide in the name of common decency! Thanks :)

Bandit > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:26

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There was a story the other day that GM is hiring 3000 people , here’s some jobs that may fit your skills:

https://search-careers.gm.com/job/GENEA0084JR000009665ENUS/Design-Lead-Commercial-Fleet-UX-UI

https://search-careers.gm.com/job/GENEA0084JR000016662ENUS/UX-Designer

https://search-careers.gm.com/job/GENEA0084JR000010818ENUS/Senior-UI-Product-Designer

https://search-careers.gm.com/job/GENEA0084JR000013045ENUS/Visual-Design-Lead

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:32

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I wish I could help

Poor_Sh > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:33

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I use indeed for my searches.

https://www.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=Ux+Ui+Designer&l=New+York%2C+NY

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:37

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I wish I could help but I’m about as far from helpful here as I can be. 

phenotyp > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:39

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I get about 100 UX design job alerts a day, here in Austin.

I’ll spare you the rant about the coopting of the term “product design” to mean software, not hardware.

66P1800inpieces > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:41

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What keywords would one use to search their company job board for that type of role? What level? Anything other than UX UI?

Nibby > Bandit 11/13/2020 at 10:43

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unfortu nately those all require more experience than I have, thanks though!

Nibby > 66P1800inpieces 11/13/2020 at 10:44

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UX or product design... maybe digital design is something else I’d be interested in but my portfolio and everything I’ve been working for the past 2 years has been geared towards UX... around 1-3 years of experience

Nibby > Poor_Sh 11/13/2020 at 10:44

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Thanks!

Nibby > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 11/13/2020 at 10:44

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No worries, thanks anyways :)

Nibby > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 11/13/2020 at 10:44

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No worries, thanks anyways :)

Just Jeepin' > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:53

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I’d try anyway. Companies often ask for more than they’ll actually get, and maybe you’ll get some interviewing experience out of it even if they don’t hire you.

mhr555 > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:55

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My wife is an Associate Director of Experience Design at VLMY&R.

https://www.vmlyr.com/careers

Look there.  They’re pretty much all remote and they seem to treat their employees pretty decent. She had some f*ckos on her last project but they sounded like they came out of the womb as d’bags.

66P1800inpieces > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:55

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Ok, so my internal job board knew what I wanted to type and after inputting “ user” it prompted me to “User Experience Design” but there weren’t really relatable results. I work in the pharma space and don’t know if there are specialty terms for UX in this industry. I have to assume we do UX as certain products are device delivery or just devices that people need to interact with. Might be a new area to explore. If you come up with any other search terms I would be happy to check.

Michael > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 10:59

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This seems more like a technical helpdesk kinda thing, but if you see anything you like in the portal LMK and I’ll put in a good word

https://polaris.gr8people.com/jobs/4562/applications-support-analyst

Michael > Michael 11/13/2020 at 11:00

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“Hi yes I’d like to recommend you hire Nibby. No last name.”

Nibby > Just Jeepin' 11/13/2020 at 11:00

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alright thanks, yeah guess it’s better than not applying

Nibby > 66P1800inpieces 11/13/2020 at 11:02

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UX, product design, user experience... not sure what else? maybe digital designer? Thanks a lot

Nibby > mhr555 11/13/2020 at 11:03

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Something like this would be ideal!

https://jobs.jobvite.com/vmlyr/job/oFKudfwQ

Thanks

Michael > Just Jeepin' 11/13/2020 at 11:03

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This is a true statement. Companies have a tendency to ask for more experience than can actually exist. Examples:

Entry level, 5-8 years exp

Mid level, asks for 8 years experience for software that is 5 years old

Just Jeepin' > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 11:05

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Miss 100% of the shots you don’t take or some such cliché.

Chariotoflove > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 11:05

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I’d love to help you, but all I’ve got is to suggest is  applying to Texas A&M IT. They need someone like you, but I don’t know if you need the dumpster fire of University IT in your life.

mhr555 > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 11:09

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Good luck man. 

Nibby > mhr555 11/13/2020 at 11:12

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Thanks!

Nibby > Michael 11/13/2020 at 11:35

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Can I install Windows 95 there?

Nibby > Chariotoflove 11/13/2020 at 11:35

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Can I install Windows 95 there?

Chariotoflove > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 11:40

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They officially don’t support anything below Windows 8. So, yes, I wish you would. 

Nibby > Chariotoflove 11/13/2020 at 12:05

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yesssss

Roadkilled > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 12:22

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Microsoft has a large number of open positions for UX, hardware and software, covering a range of experience levels. My guess is that they would prefer Windows 10 over Win95.

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en

66P1800inpieces > mhr555 11/13/2020 at 13:52

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See if your wife can get a referral bonus.  At my current employer I think it is or was $2k. 

mhr555 > 66P1800inpieces 11/13/2020 at 14:03

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Might be a good idea but not sure about how that goes if you don’t know the person.

mhr555 > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 14:13

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Unless you have a personal in with a company, you’ll need do a resume blast (fck that sounds so damn cliche) and see what sticks.

I had to do that after getting laid off last December. I think I sent out 60+ resumes and only got a few call backs.

After like 5 1/2 months of unemployedness where I got to re-do my bathroom and get better at Call of Duty, an old boss approached me about a job. I took it just to starting making money but then quit a couple months in because I got a better paying gig her at FoMoCo working with the same people but as a direct employee and not a contractor .

Nibby > mhr555 11/13/2020 at 15:24

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yea i;’ve been trying to build a professional network past couple years but COVID put a dent on that and have been doing it virtually via online design communiti es

boredalways > Nibby 11/13/2020 at 23:47

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https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=c652a85d87ce7520&from=native

Nibby > Roadkilled 11/14/2020 at 09:26

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Thanks! Applying to the Edge UX one :D

Stef Schrader > Nibby 11/14/2020 at 23:07

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Oh hey, my mom just retired from the A&M system. Wasn’t too bad of a place to work. Also, Texas is a fun place. 

Stef Schrader > Nibby 11/14/2020 at 23:32

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I’m not a huuuuuuge help, but there’s a local Facebook group here that folks in tech have found really helpful called Austin Digital Jobs and we’ve got a lot of UX/design work here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/austindigitaljobs/

Nibby > Stef Schrader 11/15/2020 at 08:41

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oooh cool! i;’ve been to houston and it was really cool :)

Nibby > Stef Schrader 11/15/2020 at 08:42

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thanks for the heads up! i’ll take a look <3