171: The 6-Word Post-It Note To Speed Up & Fix Your UX Job Search

About this episode

In this episode, Sarah Doody shares a simple Post-It note hack to help UX job seekers focus on what truly matters in their job search.

Are you spending hours on your UX job search but not actually making progress? The problem usually isn't effort. It's focus. Most job seekers stay busy tweaking portfolios, scrolling job boards, and hanging out in Slack groups, but at the end of the day, they can't point to anything that moved them closer to getting hired. In this episode of the Career Strategy Podcast, Sarah Doody shares a simple Post-It note hack that transformed how she runs her business, and how you can use the same concept to cut through the noise and focus on what actually matters in your job search. Topics discussed in this episode: ✅ The 6-word question a business coach told Sarah to write on a Post-It note ✅ Why "being busy" in your job search is not the same as making progress ✅ How to identify what your job search actually needs right now ✅ Why tweaking your portfolio for the fifth time probably isn't the answer ✅ How to create your own Post-It note filter for your UX job search ✅ The difference between false productivity and real momentum Timestamps: 00:00 The best productivity tool might be a Post-It note 00:24 The 6-word question that changed how Sarah runs her business 02:24 Why "is this a revenue…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Doody

Topics covered

• UX job search
• productivity
• focus
• career strategy
• job search techniques

Keywords

• UX job search
• Post-It note
• productivity
• career advice
• job search focus
• portfolio tweaking
• false productivity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Career Strategy Lab

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