Sarah Doody from Career Strategy Lab
Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody | UX, Product Design, UX Research
Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast, with Sarah Doody, a UX Researcher & Product Designer with 22 years of experience who is helping UX and Product people design their careers. You’ll learn how to advance your UX or Product career including how get hired in UX, stay hired, get promoted, and build a personal brand and visibility. You’ll also hear no BS tips to optimize your UX resume and portfolio, navigate your UX job search, and prepare for UX job interviews so you can stop being invisible and be seen as an in-demand UX professional. Get ready to UX your career, ironic, right?!
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Sarah Doody from Career Strategy Lab
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
132: How Career Strategy Lab's AI Tools Help Mid & Senior UXers Get Hired Faster 21.07.2025 35:21
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Tired of vague AI tools t...
131: Why I don't teach every UX topic (and why my focus is *your* superpower) 14.07.2025 22:38
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Feel like you’re doing ev...
130: From UX Portfolio Rewrites to Hired as a Principal Product Designer: How Steve Owned His Career Story 07.07.2025 20:56
Feel like your UX experience is too complex to explain—or too chaotic to package into a clear story? In this open house interview, Steve Sanshwe shares how he went from a chaotic job search and overwhelming case studies to landing a Principal Product Designer role—faster than he expected and at a higher level than he applied for. Steve explains how he used the Career Strategy Lab to reframe his ex...
129: Get Hired in UX Faster With Peloton Inspired UX Career Coaching 30.06.2025 25:41
What does your UX job search have in common with Peloton? A lot more than you think. In this episode, Sarah shares the behind-the-scenes story of how a treadmill class in NYC and a Peloton bike helped her design Career Strategy Lab. You’ll learn how the principles of group fitness at scale inspired the structure, energy, and effectiveness of this UX job search accelerator—and how applying those sa...
128: How this 30 year UX veteran went from feeling irrelevant to in control of her career 23.06.2025 19:16
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Nancy Leslie has over 30...
127: The $100K Shift: Why Working 'ON' Your Career (vs 'IN' it) Changes Everything 16.06.2025 23:43
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Still stuck in job search...
126: From UX Layoff to Leadership: How Duncan got hired as a Global Head of UX after a restructure 09.06.2025 20:29
After being laid off from his UX position, Duncan Abel wasn’t sure how to package his 20+ years of UX experience—or if he even wanted to stay in the field. In this candid conversation, Duncan shares how Career Strategy Lab gave him the structure, community, and confidence to move forward and land a global UX leadership role at the British Standards Institute. Whether you're a senior leader navigat...
125: Career Strategy Lab Coaches Unfiltered: What you don’t see on sales pages or social media 02.06.2025 25:44
In this special “coaches takeover” episode, Career Strategy Lab coaches Erin, Steph, and Becca go behind the scenes to talk candidly about what actually happens inside Career Strategy Lab. From client wins and transformations to what makes CSL different from other career programs, you’ll hear their real talk on what works, who thrives, and why this job search container is unlike anything else. Whe...
124: Why Sarah Doody's UX portfolio framework still works after 20 years 26.05.2025 29:04
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram In this special solo epis...
123: How a 25-Year UX veteran rewrote his career story & reclaimed his confidence 19.05.2025 16:35
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram In this special open hous...
122: How Marcus Got Hired as a UX Researcher After Six Months of Rejection 12.05.2025 14:51
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram In this special open hous...
121: Your UX Job Search Has Cost You 5-Figures. What To Do About It 05.05.2025 22:54
In this episode, UX Researcher & Product Designer, Sarah Doody, shares a tool she created to calculate the ROI of your UX job search. You can watch the episode here and if you wish, get your own personalized UX job search calculator . You might think your DIY job search is saving you money, but the truth is, it’s likely costing you tens of thousands in lost income, time, and emotional energy....
120: How a Sr UX Researcher got hired at Amazon after a layoff & 2 year job search 28.04.2025 24:17
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram In this candid and encour...
119: Why you should research the interviewers before a job interview 21.04.2025 11:52
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Would you ever design a p...
118: 3 things your UX job search has in common with soap operas 14.04.2025 16:15
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram You might think soap oper...
117: Applied to 100s of UX jobs? Consider this your intervention 07.04.2025 20:08
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram If you’ve applied to 100+...
116: How to optimize your resume for the ATS so you can get more UX job interviews 31.03.2025 26:18
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram This episode was from a s...
115: How this UX Designer escaped UX portfolio burnout and rebuilt his entire UX job search strategy 24.03.2025 22:17
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Welcome to another Open H...
114: From Laid Off to Senior UX Designer: How Sarah Landed Her Dream Role 17.03.2025 21:41
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram In this special Open House episode, Sarah Doody sits...
113: How a Senior Product Designer got promoted with a 37% increase in total compensation 10.03.2025 12:06
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Promotions don’t just happen—you have to advocate for...
112: How Emily tripled her UX freelance rate from $35 to $125 / hour (and got a full time job too) 03.03.2025 14:43
Want to get hired in UX faster? Click here . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher who also founded the UX job search accelerator Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram In this episode of the Career Strategy Podcast , Sarah Doody breaks down the key steps to getting hi...
111: Hidden costs of navigating your UX job search alone 24.02.2025 31:06
Applied to 50+ UX or Product jobs & still no interviews or offers? Get UX job search help . Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017. Follow Sarah on: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram In this episode, Sarah di...
110: How Jane Got Hired As A Principal Product Researcher After Emigrating To The USA With No Professional Network 17.02.2025 21:34
In this episode, we’re taking you inside a Career Strategy Lab Open House, where we chat with Jane, a UX researcher who landed a Principal UX Researcher role at Whole Foods—despite having no prior U.S. work experience or connections! Jane’s story is an incredible example of what’s possible when you shift from a scarcity mindset to a strategic approach in your job search. 🔹 What You’ll Learn in Th...
109: How cohorts can hold you back and why Career Strategy Lab takes a different approach 10.02.2025 20:27
Many career coaching programs use cohort-based models to keep participants accountable. But do they really work? In today’s episode, we’re tackling a common question: Is Career Strategy Lab’s UX Job Search Accelerator run in cohorts? Spoiler alert—it's not! And there’s a very good reason why. Host Sarah Doody breaks down why strict cohort schedules can be limiting, how Career Strategy Lab takes a...
108: Why you're stuck redesigning your UX resume & how to get out of a career rut 05.02.2025 24:24
If you’ve been stuck in an endless cycle of tweaking, redesigning, and overanalyzing your UX resume, this episode is for you. Sarah breaks down why perfectionism keeps you from landing interviews, how to shift your mindset, and what you should focus on instead. She also shares why conflicting resume advice from too many sources slows you down and how Career Strategy Lab can help you streamline you...
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