I forgot to mention that while I was job searching, I noticed that I would get more callbacks from recruiters when I removed my General Assembly bootcamp experience. I made sure to focus on my work that I did as a designer rather than the external factors and context of how I got the work. Recruiters generally have a negative perception of bootcamp grads so positioning myself as a budding designer who gained experience through contract work played to my favor. Even though I didn't explicitly label myself as a bootcamp grad, when I was asked during the interview where I had learned to design, I shared that I took a course. A reminder that you don't always have to disclose all the details :)

I wanted to address some comments that showed concern about me using 'Contractor' for my design work because the concerns are valid. I called out in 1:56 how I refrained from calling personal projects that didn't involve any interactions with a rep from the company as 'Contractor' positions. There were a handful of projects I didn't include in my resume because they were student projects that didn't involve a contract or agreement with a third party (but I still presented these projects during my interview). Some are saying putting 'Contractor' is considered lying if you never got paid to do the work, but it depends if your definition of "contractor" is solely based on if you were paid or not, which I disagree with. A contractor is by definition "someone who undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service." I had a written contract with my clients to deliver honest work in exchange for experience instead of monetary value. With my Levi's project, I worked with a designer from Levi's who wanted deliverables for her team and did a formal presentation with the team at the end of the project. One could label it as a 'student project' or 'real work' depending on the angle you're coming from. I saw my work as 'real-life experience' because I knew my case study and designs would validate it as 'real-work' instead of a personal project. I was also transparent during the interview that my designs never got shipped. With that said, please use your own discretion when writing your resume. Do what makes your conscience clear and be smart about it. I'm simply sharing my own resume but my intention was never to encourage people to be deceptive or unethical. It's difficult to cover all the details/nuances/context in a YT video so I can understand how some might be concerned. I am also not liable for your decisions (don't hit me up if you make a blatantly stupid call lol) As someone who has juggled multiple 'internships' or 'contractor' positions for FREE to transition into a new field (chemistry > marketing > design), I find it a bit demoralizing when people judge my work based on my title rather than giving me their time of day to see my actual experience, skillset, and breadth of work. The good news is, because the design field is so visual, your lack of design background/degree can be overlooked if your design work is stellar. Make your portfolio SO GOOD that they don't have time to ask you in detail if you actually got paid to do the work 😉 Now THIS is hard work. Anything worthwhile takes TIME and long hours of pumping out designs that sometimes never see the light of day. Thanks for reading my essay-long comment :) I'll be more mindful to share more context in my future videos.

Christine is out here saving our careers - it’s super helpful to see the differences in a design resume vs. non design resume!! tysm 🍓

Loved seeing your growth over the years, thanks for being so transparent! 🎉👏

I'm applying for a job today and I'm totally redesigning my resume to be more readable and visually appealing thanks to you 😁

As a about to be UX designer (I'm going to grad school for interaction design in SF, transitioning from an accounting undegrad major), AND a small youtube channel content creator, your videos are quite helpful on both UX design topics and content creation! Thanks!

Thanks for the extremely helpful video! I always love how transparent and real you are with your content! I’m finding so much inspiration to face this job search phase after my bootcamp from ga. On a side note, crazy that you designed for living hope!! My sister went on a retreat with them that year!

I’m currently taking some UX/UI Design Bootcamp at some college for three months with the aim to transition from the career of teaching Japanese after I finish my program in April. This video was so helpful and I also downloaded your resume. I will work on creating my resume on Figma once I start to make my own portfolio soon. Thank you so much for sharing all of the info. ❤️

I truly love you. This youtube channel is a lifesaver.

this channel gives me everyday motivation learning UI/UX design!

Thanks for sharing all these. It's remarkable of you making big progress and gained so many skills throughout the years.💓💓

Graduated last spring with an Art degree and trying to transition into UX right now. SO HAPPY I found your channel. Thanks for being so thorough and real with your advice and experience :)!!

This is immensely helpful! I'm graduating from General Assembly's UXDI Bootcamp next week and find comfort in this video. Thanks!

Thanks for the helpful video! It's always so tempting to include more (irrelevant) content, but I love how simple your resume is!! This is definitely inspo for me as I continue to edit my resume for UX roles!

That is a great point about putting your bootcamp projects down as contract work! Thanks for this upload.

Love your channel! You keep inspiring me to leave my current career! Thank you!!!

you've made me interested in UX/UI design!! thank u ❤️

You're amazing! Thank you for sharing and passing on what you have learned 🙌🏼

Amazing stuff! This really got me motivated to start my UX journey again thank you

Honestly, I live in the developing country, we have not enough sources and lack of motivation and inspiration to land in a new job with no experiences. I decided to start my new chapter for UX/ UI designer a few months ago and your channel, your contents and your tips are really helpful. In every morning, I start my routine learning with your videos - I got a lot of energy drive me to learn things and keep doing this. I can’t thank you enough for what you have done and sharing all! Have a wonderful day, Christine Heejoon Chun AKA Chunbuns : )

CHRISTINE!! Thanks you so much for existing 😍

Omg thanks! This is just a video I was searching for!

Thanks for everything! You're helping me a lot, I finished the course today and I'm very excited cause I really want to work as a ux designer. Right now I don't know where to start 😂 so I'll watch all your content this weekend 💞

This is a great structure! Thanks for the help Christine!

Awesome content. Thank you for being transparent and super helpful :)

one thing i learned in one of my uni courses was that when printing resumés is invest in resume printing paper! they have a slight weight to them and can add a sense of memorability to your resumé

Thanks for the tips, Christine! Working on a new case study for my portfolio and after this video, I'm going to go back to my resume and work on highlighting design skills of past non-design jobs!

This is really impressive, you have great work ethic.

thank u for sharing'!!! perfect timing as I recenrly just finished my courses, and am just starting my job applying process. so useful thanks!

Hey Christine, this totally worked for me, I was looking for jobs for over 4 months with my old cv and after I updated my cv with your method, Wow! Interview after Interview and it totally worked out. Thank you so much for the tip. Subd and liked🌊🤩

Great just great. Thanks for all the info and learnings, all point noted.

Wow. Almost 100k. You deserve it.

I love it! I'm studying ux designer on a Google course and the way they teaching us to do a portfolio it is very similar to your way. Thank you very

I studied chemical engineering and technology for my bachelor. Then I studied organic chem for my master. But I just realized that is not what I want!! I was suffering. UX really helped me out. Now I’m completely into UX. Building my portfolio, hope I can get a job soooon.

Thank you for the content!! it is really helpful. Please show us how to make and host portfolios for people migrating to UX. It could be really useful !

Thank you for this! Ever since I saw your video from years ago, I've decided to transition from an illustrator to UX/UI design career. I'm flying to Canada in a few months to start with my interactive media design program. Hopefully I can build a nice portfolio and land my dream job. :)

this is great! my first ux design resume is so painful to look at now hahaha. wish i had this video back then!

I think that it would be a good suggestion to advise on what to put as job description on resume, meaning describing what you did in the position. How to be specific. Etc. When I mentor students, that's one of the most frequently asked questions I get 😀

You have no idea how useful these tips were! Thanks so much. Gotta admit, resume-writing causes me a lot of anxiety. Over the past year, I put *so* much effort into the process, creating version after version, correction after correction, and yet I got no responses to the (100+) projects and jobs I applied for. I always assumed it's because recruiters don't bother with someone who's coming from a different field even if they have a promising portfolio, bu t now I wonder if the very layout of individual projects and _titles_ have that much of an impact. Again, thanks a lot for the insight!

Thank you for your video. I had an idea of improving my Reseme after watching it

Great content and really helpful resources. Thanks so much for sharing. C

Hey Christine! Really appreciate the insights on UX Designing. It'd be really nice if you could take us through one of your projects, the complete process, maybe like a Vlog if it's possible. Thanks!

Thank you so much Your videos are very helpful

That contractor phrase is so important. I worked at a small business as their graphic designer and they refused to pay me the salary for the month I served in full just because I placed my resignation. I was ready to give them notice period but they harrassed me so much I couldn't continue. I wasted 2 months of my time there. I will list that position now as contractor since I took all my designs that I made for them and put them on my portfolio.

this is very helpful! good stuff!

Since this is over, drop the skin care routine... You are an angel in and out

Love all your videos :-)

Thanks for sharing this video.Very helpful 👍

Thank You so much!!

I want to try doing UX design but got no knowledge about this. I only know how to make layouts and graphic design.

Hey Christine love your content! Could you also do a video about portfolios??

Thank you 🙏

Amazing thanks!

always at the perfect time💪🏻 What dimention font have you used for the paragraphs?

Hi, thanks so much for the design resume example! I had no idea it was so different in aesthetic from a regular resume. Was just wondering, how would you list a personal design project where it was just you working through the whole design process from self-imposed challenge up to high-fidelity mockup? Like what would the job title be if you did different roles - ux researcher, ux designer, ui designer, graphic designer. Thanks!

OMG I totally relate to you! I have a BS in Health Sciences and am getting an MPH but starting to transition into graphic design! AHHH

Please do upload videos about your portfolio it would be useful for freshers

Some job portals use Resume parsers so does Figma supports the ATS format?

Im on the transition from Graphic design to UX UI. Its been hard... Updating portfolio, CV, lot of failed interviews so far jeje but I know Im really good at it inside of me, and that i will be commited. Ive done also some certificate courses about Figma and UX UI on Udemy. Guess ill just have to keep trying... Any advice on how can you get that first official UX UI job? (Being a senior graphic designer)

Hey Christine, thank you for the wonderful tips! I love all your helpful videos! Would you recommend labeling projects from a bootcamp as contractor roles even if they never went to "production?"

I’m currently a media major (the closest major to design at my college) and am looking to be a UX/UI designer (among other types related to digital media). The problem is I haven’t been given large scale projects in college so I don’t have a portfolio. How do you start out one of those? Especially without much creativity to do personal projects.

Thank you so much for this! I tried clicking the link to the template but it says the link has expired

you were not even a fresher. You had done so much work to put on a resume. Watching this didn't help me one bit but made me fear that I'm not job ready 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Can you make a video for those that want to become an UX designer but doesn't have a bachelor's degree?

The requirements for you actually getting the job after bootcamp is for you to have a bachelors degree just because it looks good . What of people like me with no college at all 😂. I had to read that in the fine print for a job the guarantee at the bottom of the website.

Hi!do you have a video sharing your portfolio

Hey there Christine! Thank you for this useful video. I have a question about UX / UI boot camp. Since you are based in San Francisco have you heard about the UC Berkeley UX UI bootcamp? I am considering it but was wondering if you know someone that had attended and know if it’s a good quality bootcamp. I do have a graphic design degree but wanted to expand my knowledge with UX UI design:) thanks

Hi!!! I’m also transitioning from Chemistry to UX. Please what was the size of the screen you used to create your resume on figma?

I like the concise paragraph vs. bullet pointS. It seems your resume is project focused. I’m not sure the “concise paragraph” will work for a designer at the same firm for 2-3 years!?? Thoughts?

Hi!!!! This is so useful!!! I do have a question, do I include personal projects or do i leave them aside? Because i dont have work experience at all, not even for free. I have a Behance account though..... Im so lost and im soon to graduate from college. HELP

Yes!!!!

Dear Christine, thank you very much for your suggestion. But where we can post this resume??

Hi Christine, you have a really nice resume! I use Figma as well, however when I export the file, it is 2.24MB, and when I reduce it, it's around 600KB. A lot of applications said they aren't able to read my resume, which is a big concern. What did you do to have applications easily read your resume when it was exported from figma?

Hi !! Can you send the link the the resume template again? The link above doesn't work

hey, any advice on what to do when you have a big gap on your resume? I have more than a year gap.

Hi Chunbuns, does my resume has to comply with ATS? Some companies that I am interested to apply are using Lever in their recruitment..

Hey can you make video on how to design your blog

Hey, seems like the links on your "design bootcamps" in your description are not working

Love your content! Can you do a Figma video about the basic tools? Btw, this video is gold. :)

Thanks a lot for this video, I removed my picture. I wanted to ask .. if in the main title is okay to put 1 role or multiple like 'service designer' or ' service|ux|ui|industrial designer' also, how do you make an email address clickable for the person viewing it to open directly into their default email application ? thanks !

can you show us your portfolio for when you got your first UI/UX job?

Whats the font used in you resume, can you please tell me?

I’m in school for software engineering and I think I want to do UI/UX design

Can somebody tell me if there's a FREE alternative of microsoft word and adobe indesign where I can make creative graphic design resumes on?

Hi what about portfolio for the jobs? Thank you

portfolio plzzz！

Are the design Bootcamps links in the description working for you guys?? And also @chunbuns , can you check your different resumes somewhere, for inspiration?

Hi Christine- loved this video! It was really helpful especially since I’m someone trying to break into UX design. I have a question: I’ve been doing a lot of self made projects (like app/website redesign) but I haven’t taken a bootcamp. Would these still be things I should include on my resume or just my portfolio? I’d love to know if anyone else has thoughts on this as well!

What font did you used for your resume?

Hi, i cant view the page.. can you give me the link please?

hi! Do I need to be good at art/drawing for ux design, i cant draw past a stick figure lol. I've drawn wireframes for past projects, but will I need to advance my artistic skills past that?

U r so sweet, giving a clearway to give a career view

You're my unofficial mentor Christine!

Hey! Chunbuns Is it necessary for a person to be graphic designer in order to have ui ux job?

Awesome. How much was the boot camp. I'm thinking about it. Just do not have 13 thousand dollars to pay for it!!!!

The resume links don't work :'(

the link to the resume that you reference in the video doesn't work it goes to a 404 not found page

thanks for the video! not trying to break into UX but i'm personally interested in design and learned a lot watching your videos. I have to ask though, isn't it a little bit questionable if you list work that was not actually done on your resume? or is this something that people do usually? in your situation you didn't know you wouldn't end up actually working on the project, but i wonder how you feel about it now that you have your job. would you put those experiences (planned but not guaranteed to complete) on your resume again if you had the chance to change it?

How do you make a resume as web design with no related experience say you just graduated? Thats the real key

Hello Christine. Thank you so much for sharing your resume. Just like you, I want to transition from a my previous job to UX designer however, I am a newbie in this field. In that case, I would to ask if you can also make a video of your case study. How can we effectively write it and what are do's and dont's. This will help us a lot, thank you so much in advance!