The Design Journal
Occasional bad takes, mostly good banter, and a few UX/UI opinions worth keeping.
How to Network for a Job When You Hate Networking
Networking for jobs doesn't have to mean cringe LinkedIn cold-adds. A former technical recruiter breaks down which messages actually get a reply, and why your best leads usually come from outside your own field.
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The AI Screening Your Resume Discriminates by Race and Gender. Here's What You Need to Know.
A University of Washington study ran more than three million resume-to-job comparisons using the same document-retrieval approach real hiring tools run on, and found White names beat Black names in 85% of tests, with one matchup landing at a literal 100% to 0%. A recruiter-turned-designer breaks down what the research actually found.
Is the Job Market Actually That Bad or Is It Just Me?
If you've been refreshing your inbox and wondering whether it's the market or whether you're the problem, the answer is: both things can be true, but the market is objectively broken in ways that have nothing to do with you.
How to Structure a Resume: A Beginner's Guide to Formatting, Bullets, and ATS
Structure decides whether a resume gets read before a single word does. A recruiter-turned-designer breaks down the skeleton every resume should share, with an interactive diagram, plus how to format the PDF so ATS and AI screening tools don't mangle it.
I Read 58 Live Product Designer Job Postings So You Don't Have To
I read 58 live Product Designer job postings line by line: years of experience, salary ranges, remote policy, tools, and the requirements nobody puts in the title. A recruiter-turned-designer breaks down what companies are actually asking for right now.
What's Actually Happening to Entry-Level Design Jobs Right Now
Recent college grads now have a higher unemployment rate than the workforce overall, a historic reversal. A recruiter-turned-designer breaks down what the Stanford, Harvard, and NY Fed data actually say about AI and entry-level design jobs.
AI Interviewers Are Here. This Is My Experience.
96% of hiring professionals now use AI in recruiting tasks, but only 26% of candidates trust it to judge them fairly. A recruiter turned AI product designer on why AI interviewers glitch, why companies use them anyway, and what to ask before your next interview turns out to be a bot.