A collection of resources I’ve used over the years and recommend to colleagues who are interested in learning more about the UX research community, jobs, tools, methods, and professionalization.
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Networking and jobs resources
Listserv design-user-research@googlegroups.com: email to join
EPIC website with ethnographic-focused job board, events, and annual conference, also has a Slack group
Mixed Methods blog, Medium, podcast, and Slack channel about user experience
People Nerds blog and newsletter, as well as Slack group, from dScout
Ethnobreakfast google group of applied anthropologists in Bay Area, meetup locally to connect and read but also meet online now as well; Email to connect at ethnobreakfast@googlegroups.com
Internationalistas: private fb group of women working in development, humanitarian, campaigns, research, activism, art, journalism
Comprehensive list of Design Slacks
Training in UXR
Create a stellar LinkedIn profile, workshop slides
Good resume example, how to write up projects completed in grad Lynda T. C. Peraltaschool
Good website examples, some of my fave social scientists, designers, and UXers doing cool work out in the world: Tricia Wang. Sam Ladner, Emily Parcell, Rachel Fleming, Kat Vellos, Raven L. Veal, Lynda T. C. Peralta
Professionalization resources
Freelancing opportunities
Not recommended because these opportunities are often a dead end and pay very little, but if you need to pay the bills ASAP, these sites can be a place to do a project that you can add to your growing UX portfolio and get paid to teach yourself a new UX skill.
Upwork meat market of remote jobs
Kolabtree more specialized jobs