The Design Journal — Page 2
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Job Search Burnout: How to Keep Going When You're Drained
Month four of my job search, I hit a wall. 241 applications, 12 interviews, 156 companies never responded. Here's what job search rejection does to your brain and how to keep going when you're drained.
I Scheduled Six-Round Interview Loops for a Living. Here's Why They Keep Growing.
A former technical recruiter explains why interview loops have ballooned to five, six, seven-plus rounds, and why Google's own research found the extra rounds stopped helping after the fourth one.
I Screened Hundreds of 40-Plus Career Changers. Here's What Actually Worked.
A former technical recruiter breaks down what actually separates the 40-plus career changers who get hired from the ones who get ghosted, drawing on the pivot she made into design herself before 40 ever came into it.
I Lost 70% of My Eyesight From Stress. Here's What I Do Differently Now.
Summer 2023. I woke up and couldn't see out of my left eye. A burnout physical symptom I never saw coming. The doctor said stress. Then I got laid off from the recruiting job I hated. My body sent a message my brain refused to read.
What I Actually Look At in a Portfolio Review
What actually happens in the first two minutes of a portfolio review, from someone who's screened hundreds of them as a recruiter and now builds the case studies herself.
UX Case Studies Are Broken. Here's How to Fix Them in 2026.
Every UX portfolio looks the same. The same Double Diamond. The same process screenshots. The same 'I learned so much.' Here's what hiring managers actually want in 2026 and how to stop blending in.