1 year after Google UX Design Certificate - Job?

It's officially one year since I completed the Google UX Design Professional Certificates. I've found a full-time opportunity at eBay as a UIUX designer. The journey wasn't easy. So if you're taking the course, please hear me out.

🎬 Video breakdown
Is the Google UX certificate job guaranteed?: (0:00)
How much do I need to pay?: (1:02)
Do I need to take all 7 courses?: (1:55)
How can I get real life projects?: (2:58)
Does the course teach UI design? (4:00)
How to make an online portfolio?: (5:10)
Should I take notes?: (6:38)
Is the certificate worth it? (7:00)

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[hannahhodges]

I got a job as a UX researcher after the Google certificate. Not rushing it and focusing on the portfolio is so key!

[kforkevo]

I started the course in February and finished in early June. Then I spent the next several weeks building my portfolio and studying for interviews. I applied to 70 jobs and got rejected by 68 of them.

A few weeks ago though, I was blessed enough to get hired by a small tech startup company and I’m now making $92K a year as a remote UX designer in Aurora, Illinois.

I may be an anomaly and I attribute most of it to being in the right place at the right time, but the key for me was taking the extra time to focus on my UI skills, building a strong portfolio and studying relentlessly for the interview process.

Even though it doesn’t automatically guarantee you a job after completion, the Google UX course helped tremendously in me landing my first UX role and it was because of this channel.

Just wanted to encourage others to keep pushing and most importantly say thank you Aliena! ❤️

[toutydroid]

I got a job as a UX Designer after finishing the course as well. I took my time though, around 8 months, I fell in love with Figma and wanted to learn more about components and variants, and it's actually because I got really good at components that I got the job; also because of my development background and how easily I can understand the problem and come up with a simple solution.

[toperabh]

I'm in the fifth course and so far I've gotten the financial aid for all the courses. They always approved my requests. If you are unable to pay, tell your story and ask for help. It is worth it.

[Aahi]

I am in my high school senior and I earn more than my parents cuz of this course lol. A start up hired me🎉 how cool is that!

[taniarodriguez]

Thank you for your tips! I'm on the 7th course of the Google UX certificate and your videos have helped me a lot. Thank you for sharing your experiences

[ktbsqow]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video, I truly appreciate this ❤️

[artbykuhoo]

I'm on course 4 - so glad i found this! Was definitely wondering about the real world opportunities.

[ThanhDuong-znhj]

I'm taking the course now. All your advices are very true and useful! Thank you

[FKAbees]

This was so helpful. I am just about to start course 5 and have friends who have small businesses so this is perfect timing to have seen this video!!!

[jwillard]

Thanks for this Aliena! You've convinced me to take the Google course over the others I was looking at. I'm a graphic designer and 5 months ago was made redundant, finding it extremely hard to get work - I hate these Zoom interviews - perhaps that's why! Hoping a bit of a career redirection should help. A bit scared though that a UX designer is more academic than creative in which case I'll struggle again as I rely a lot on my creativity.

[jeniferdungen]

I'm starting my course this week. Watching this video made me feel more motivated to continue my course. Thankyou for your tips, i get a lot of information from this video.❤ Cheers

[melleedunn]

I love your videos it's nice to hear someone talking positive about the Google Course! I'm in the 7th course and have been enjoying what I'm learning. Not rushing it and really taking in all the details has been key. I have a side project to redesign a website for a podcast lined up for real world project so hopefully it'll all help me out finding a job after this certification :)

[EmilyWaltonSincerelyStarfish]

I'm currently in the course and am pretty impressed by it so far. I'm a former Instructional Designer and while there are always areas for improvement, whoever designed the course did a pretty good job considering the cost for the certification. Still, I was getting nervous because I kept seeing people on Linkedin saying you needed an additional BootCamp after the cert to land a job.

I researched a lot of the people posting about this and turned out, most of those people worked for the bootcamps lol. It is great seeing videos like yours that feel more authentic and show you can do things in a cost-efficent way. The fact you give specific tips on where in the course to look for real-life projects is also super helpful. Even the community you've drawn together is awesome -the comments here have also given me a lot of hope and are keeping me motivated. Thanks for starting this channel!

[cindynguyen]

Hello Aliena, thank you for this video! It was extremely informative and also thank you for everyone in the comments sharing your own experience. Gave me great insights on taking on this Google course!

[TheMeghanwilson]

This is such helpful insight! I just enrolled in the Google course and will definitely be using your tips. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed ✨

[AlinyanArt]

I just started the specialization too, and found your channel. It looks super nice and beneficial. Thank you! :]

[iuliiadronova]

Thank u very much for this video, Aliena! I personally found it very helpful now, being in the beginning of my UI\UX career path, with no clue how to make the best of Google's course. But your video really encouraged me and gave much more info on how to build my further education map!

[infinitesongaffirmations]

Thank you so much I'm starting the course literally in two days I'm excited and your videos are sooo helpful!! much love xx

[tihanav]

Thanks, these are very useful tips! I agree about not rushing through the courses just for the sake of completing them :)