When at first you don't succeed, keep applying!
How Kristin landed her first design role in 4 months.
4 months in, she landed an offer for her first Product Design role! 🎉
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Kristin Coleman was ready for a change. After working in retail and sales for years, she wanted a career that was more stable and offered growth. So she completed a UX/UI bootcamp with Avocademy (YC W22) and worked on projects with Moment Studio. For the last 4 months, she was on the #jobsearch.
When I reached out to Kristin, she was in the last round of interviews with a company that responded to a cold application. They were impressed with a project of hers and asked for an interview. The process moved quickly so within a week, she was offered the role.
A few surprises she learned along the way:
➡️ The position was listed as hybrid but turned out it was actually fully remote
➡️ If she joined, she would be a solo designer, the company’s first Product Design hire
➡️ She really liked everyone she spoke with and connected well with leadership
What we can all learn from Kristin’s #jobsearch:
➡️ Cold applying works - when done in high volume (100 apps per week). In fact, all her interviews came from cold applications with 0 networking
➡️ Be personal and share your story - she shared a bit about her story on applications directly, in the optional fields where you can add more information about yourself
➡️ Never give up - the first 2 months didn't look very exciting, yet she kept going and in month 3 started to see some traction and more interviews in month 4
Disclosure:
➡️ Kristin is NOT a client and this article is meant to share her story with other #careerchangers for inspiration and learning.
➡️ The job search strategies I tech clients work include cold applying + networking. Although Kristin did not network, she still got results. This strategy does not always work for everyone, but is still a valid strategy.
➡️ If cold applying ONLY is not working for you, it’s not YOU…it’s time to re-evaluate what can work best for you own jobsearch and create a personalized strategy.
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