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Got told my position is being made redundant earlier this week.
How's the job market looking out there?
Last 5 years as UX Team lead in Ad Tech.
Previously ~20 years Web/Digital/Brand at CD/SD levels.- From what I hear not good at our age.
Let us now if someting works out for you.
Godspeed!palimpsest - It’s rough out there. Been at it hard for a few weeks now and I can say it’s not like it used to be. So much more competition.monospaced
- And salaries are back down to where they were a decade ago.monospaced
- best of luck man!renderedred
- Yeah good luck and try to forget your age, just dive in.mort_
- your work history sounds almost identical to mine. I'm in the same position too ;)
applying to stuff over LinkedIn etc etc hasn't worked very well lol...exador1 - I've managed to score a position with a big Utility company in my area...a buddy of mine was brought on board as a PM for a ton of their IT/web projects, andexador1
- i asked him if he needed a designer...turns out he actually did lol...
so... my advice for you is to work your network as hard as possible..exador1 - someone, somewhere has a gig or a role for you...but you gotta ask...
the whole applying thing with your resume shit ...ugh...did that for a few monthsexador1 - got hardly any results from it... just endlessly reworking my resume thinking it's somehow my fault it's not getting traction...exador1
- Will be trying to work any networks. Already dived into linkedin to see whats going. Will be revising my CV and updating my folio over the next week. FUN!microkorg
- I’m transitioning from applying to jobs to almost pure networking and creative experimenting now. Fucking rough.monospaced
- The market is savage everywhere. North America. UK. Mainland Europe. Headhunter I'm connected recently told me so many senior people are looking for new jobs,Continuity
- ... some of them for 1.5 years or more. Hunker down, folks, it's going to be rough.Continuity
- design skills are not valued outside of studios. i've been out of studio work for 10 years now and haven't uttered 'UX', 'Digital' even though that's what i do.kingsteven
- i do my job + (as far as the people i work with are concerned) i do some magic which makes it look nice and work well...kingsteven
- people will value what you can do, and all your skills are transferrable but downplay specific design skills/ industry roles and demonstratekingsteven
- At our age, the advantage you have is knowing people (hopefully). Network, ask around, don’t forget to help others whenever you can********
- @microkorg - What changed leading to your redundency? IE. is it customers switched to a different ad-tech, or is it a broader change like chat replacing searchmonNom
- Its a merger where products/departments overlapped. Been payoffs across lots of different departments - product, finance, marketing, devs.microkorg
- From what I hear not good at our age.