● For experienced UX designers and researchers
Stuffed With Skills. Starving for Interviews.
You added AI. You learned the new tools. You rebuilt a case study. The callbacks still aren't coming. In one hour, I'll show you why being good at UX isn't enough to get hired right now, and what the market is reading instead.
➝ The skill stuffing trap: why adding skills after 10 years can make you harder to hire.
➝ Where your search breaks: market, story, or access. A quick self-check to find yours.
➝ Live headline teardowns: I'll rewrite real attendee headlines on the spot. Bring yours.
Friday, November 20 · 1:00 PM ET ·
· Live on Zoom · Free ·
(Can't make it live? Register anyway. The replay is available until Monday, November 30.)
This is for you if
✅ You have 5+ years in UX, design, or research
✅ You're qualified for the roles you apply to and still not hearing back
✅ You've rewritten your resume and portfolio and nothing moved
This is not
❌ A resume template session
❌ An ATS hack
❌ "Network harder" advice
What we'll cover
Module - 01
5 min
The skill stuffing trap. Why more skills can mean fewer interviews.
Module - 02
7 min
Where your search breaks. Market, story, or access, and how to tell which one is yours.
Module - 03
7 min
Live headline teardowns. Real headlines, rewritten live.
Module - 04
8 min
What to leave behind before 2027. The titles, habits and advice to drop before January hiring opens.
Registration bonus: the 2026 title list
15 titles designers and researchers are being hired under right now, including the ones that are fading.
Why your skills aren't getting you interviews
The market can't read you.
Companies don't always fund the best product. They fund the one the market can read. Hiring works the same way.
Every skill you add is one more way to be misread.
Breadth helps you on the job. On a resume it reads as noise.
You can't usability test your own design.
You're too close to your own story. Every designer knows this about products. Almost nobody applies it to themselves.
I'm Rajeev Subramanian. I coach experienced designers and researchers through repositioning, teach Psychology of Design at Georgetown, and wrote the upcoming book Repositioned. I use this method on my own career, too.
