Despite tech layoffs, tech workers are still in demand. Whether you work as a UX designer, product designer, UX researcher, UX writer, developer, product manager, information architect, software engineer, or many other tech professionals please know that your skills are still needed!
Tech professionals can get hired in other industries. There are SO many companies outside the tech industry that desperately NEED people with tech skills.
If you're only focused on getting hired at a big-name company such as Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, etc then you are REALLY limiting yourself. It's like fishing with a small net.
By looking for a tech or UX job beyond traditional tech companies and the tech industry, you'll see that your skills are in demand and that you might get a higher salary and have a better quality of life 😉
Is it time to redefine what it means to "work in tech"? In this episode of the Career Strategy Podcast, Sarah shares how to find excellent jobs outside of the typical FAANG companies tech professionals tend to set their sights on.
TIMESTAMPS
1:11 Layoffs can be scary whether you have a job or not.
1:58 Regardless of your role at a tech company, your skills and expertise are valuable and can transfer to many other industries.
2:10 Just because your last job was at a tech company, that doesn't mean you can't get hired in another sector and honestly, maybe even with a salary increase.
2:25 It might be time to redefine what it means to “work in tech”
2:58 Candidates often have a really narrow-minded aspiration of working at well-known tech companies.
3:35 Hiring has been a challenge for smaller, less well-known companies for years.
4:17 According to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics, over the next decade, the healthcare industry alone will add 2 million new jobs to the economy.
4:48 Finding tech opportunities in other industries may be easier than you originally thought
4:54 And if you can check your ego at the door and be open to working at companies that you hadn't considered before or maybe have never even heard of, you'll be applying sooner than you think.
5:09 Grab a piece of paper because here are the three practical things you can do to find tech jobs outside the tech industry.
5:30: Tip 1: expand your job search beyond tech companies.
5:57: Tip 2: Leverage your previous experience
6:23: If you had prior experience before switching to tech, you wanna consider looking for a tech job in your previous industry.
7:04: Tip 3: Use job boards that give you more control.
7:26 Check out Built In. They allow you to filter by industry or category.
7:46 Your skills as a tech professional are in demand at companies outside of the big tech giants
8:04: You may even find these companies have a better work-life balance and offer higher salaries to retain their talent which for them is really hard to find.
8:20 Recap time!
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