When are UX Jobs Coming Back?

In this video, I'll answer one of the most pressing questions within the UX community: when are the job openings coming back?

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[poorvashuklavideos]

I got a job, 3 weeks into it, grateful for your videos

[jasian]

I’m just going to say this. Juniors ARE getting hired. I’ve seen early career folks getting roles in UX. The issue is, at least for some, that if your work is average it’s just going to make it that much harder for you to break in.

This is the hard truth, the jobs are here; but only for those whose visual craft and execution are top notch. Either make yourself reach that level or give up and pivot to another career.

It’s really that simple.

[kibriakhalil]

Im from the UK. I recently secured a contract role (2.5 YOE). Ive noticed my application to interview ratio has increased slightly. Its much better than it was 6 months ago but still hard. I reckon the market will improve significantly after the first interest rate cut. I reckon Itll be a solid year till applicant competition dies down as more people get back into their roles. Id say we’ve been through the worst but theres a long road to recovery. Fingers crossed!

[jayzee]

Me and a friend both got recently hired in Senior roles after looking from the start of the year. We both had to just keep applying to almost evey UX role we could find. At my new place, they are also talking about hiring a junior UX designer, but they haven't created or advertised the role yet. I guess it will happen closer to the end of the year or next year.

[Ralphunreal]

i hope by the fall it improves. in the meantime im working on better projects for my portfolio to prepare.

[The_Bobber_Men]

The UX/Design job market is extremely challenging and competitive at the moment. Based on my experience last year, precisely 1.5-2 years ago, I used to get 2-3 calls or messages every day from recruiters for jobs, but currently, it's a rare occurrence. Additionally, it's extremely difficult for beginners to get a job at this time.

[IsraelLucasSousaSilva]

Been a mid level for a while and quit my last job to focus on my master's. Hope this degree makes a difference on the job hunting 🙃 seems like things are hard nowadays

[tamiresslelis]

In my case, I was working full-time for an early-stage startup, but now they've reduced me to part-time with a 60% salary cut. The startup is still in the early stage and no one looks at the data. Now, I'm fully seeking new opportunities, but also considering company culture. Startups that view design merely as making things look pretty are no longer an option. we deserve the best😎

[lAlegenny]

Thanks for this valuable content, I just subscribed to your channel

[katjushkakrushka]

Don't know what to say - my husband was laid off in April last year, still struggling... What has happened is that he is receiving more interview calls in the last month, comparing to the first half of the year. Mind you, he is a stronger medior/senior with years of experience, primarily in a serious American corporation. What he always says is that the only thing he needs is for companies to ACTUALLY start hiring.
Meanwhile, he does some freelancing here and there and helps me in my small business part-time (they also say my industry - translation/localization is also "dead" but thank God I have a lot of work and am also a university professor).
What worries me is that some say you are "unhirable" in tech after 2 years. I would be interested to know your opinion on this. Thank you for your informative videos.

[TobasscoJelly]

I believe the UX jobs may not ever return to what they were for where I am based in the world. Some of those roles will be shifting to different markets than the one I am in. I have heard of orgs cutting overheads and standing up design teams in other locations outside Europe/US. I think we will have AI and org cost-cutting impacting the future of UX roles.

Maybe I have my pesimistic cap on today. It has been raining non-stop in the UK for weeks. 😅

[threeelancer]

The signal for recruiters being hired is a great idea. Anyone know where to track this?

[thinkpadx]

I gave up and became a product manager

[AbdulWahab-pkjx]

Do you have any course or playlist fully only on UX? Which I can take as a course

[YOUPIMatin]

I had a C- level telling me UX jobs are useless, he uses chat GPT to do research and that UX jobs are bullshit jobs

[npm]

Hi! I'm a junior designer with no real experience and with no job. Can you tell me what should I do to get that experience even if nobody is hiring you? I hear that you need to get experience everywhere but it is so difficult for me to understand how is that possible with no job. I come from a sector where you get the experience working in a company, not by yourself. If you could help me to understand the way, please.
Thank you!

[alexsinov]

Hey, I'm just going to lay it out here.
What's the basis for these correlations? There is a correlation between them but is there any causation? Do you have any proof that these indicators are an actual influence on the market?
Is this a "very bad UX" video; Is the UX this video is very bad? What are you saying?

[merlinmilton]

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[FrontKnux]

What’s annoying about this video is that it’s addressing the audience as, like, experienced seniors. You know damn well most of us are juniors, so even if things do start to pick up, we’re not going to be the first people companies want to hire anyways. So this video doesn’t even apply to that vast majority of people watching and is basically pointless.