{"id":15658,"date":"2021-03-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/?p=15658"},"modified":"2021-03-15T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T09:00:00","slug":"using-your-ux-skills-to-architect-your-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/blog\/using-your-ux-skills-to-architect-your-career","title":{"rendered":"Using your UX skills to architect your career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many digital professionals float through their careers; sitting in a role that doesn’t suit them because it pays well, finding themselves redundant unexpectedly, or getting to the end of their tether, leaving a role, and taking anything that is offered.<\/p>\n

But what if that wasn’t the case? <\/span><\/p>\n

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What if at every inflection point in their career, a person could use a process to help them work through the career decisions — to stay at the same role, leave, or get a promotion?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As digital professionals we already have the skills sets that we use every day in our client's or project work, where we assess digital capabilities, stakeholder opinions, the technical constraints and the users’ needs to create a strategy and plan for moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

So why not apply these same techniques to our careers?<\/span> <\/h5>\n

Here’s my two-phased approach to consciously decide on the next steps of your career<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  1. <\/span> Career audit (the analysis phase) – where we understand who we are, our life constraints, what careers are available, and how we currently position ourselves<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. <\/span> Career strategy (the synthesis, strategy and planning phase) taking all the data from the career audit, to make decisions career vision, direction and positioning  <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Career Audit<\/span><\/h2>\n

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    The <\/span>Personal Audit<\/b> is the equivalent of <\/span>User Research<\/b> – where we look at ourselves reviewing our:<\/span><\/p>\n