Chapter Resources > Part 2: Getting a Job (Resources for Chapters 6 – 9)

This page covers the four chapters included in the second part of the book:

• Chapter 6: Resumes and Portfolios to Illustrate Your Value
• Chapter 7: Work In-house or Be an External Consultant
• Chapter 8: Independent Contracting or Starting a Small UX Business
• Chapter 9: Landing a Job (or New Contract Work)

Thank you to Amanda Stockwell, Jen Romano,  Jessica Ivins, and Leslie Jensen-Inman who enhanced Part 2 with their contributions. Check out Jen’s book: Usability Testing for Survey Research

Recommended Books

The User Experience Team of One, 2nd edition: A Research and Design Survival Guide

Leah Buley and Joe Natoli

Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience

Tom Greever

The Staff Designer

Catt Small

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Cory’s related writing

• Why Rates for Project Work are Fuzzy (Cory Lebson, August 2024)Cory explains why pricing project work can involve uncertainty.
• No, for the good of our humanity, the future of work should not be 100% remoteCory reflects on the human value of in-person contact in the future of work.
• Is it better to be an employee or a freelancer in a recession? (2019)Cory considers employment and freelancing during an economic downturn.
• How to win my (freelancer) heartCory shares a freelancer’s perspective on working relationships with clients.
• Be Prepared for the Cadence of Freelance WorkCory reflects on the uneven rhythm and uncertainty of freelance work.
• What Does it Mean to be a Junior or a Senior UX Professional? (2017)Cory explores what junior and senior labels mean in a UX career.
• Should Freelancers Respond to RFPs?Cory weighs whether responding to requests for proposals makes sense for freelancers.
• Top skills for tech are not all about coding: Career success with UX!Cory discusses UX as a technology career built on skills beyond coding.
• Be an employee or be a freelancer but be cautious when it’s full-time work that’s a bit of bothCory examines arrangements that blur the boundaries between employment and freelance work.
• Freelances Onboarding Freelancers Cory discusses helping fellow freelancers get started on a project.

UX-specific Job Boards

• UXPA Job Bank
• UI/UX Jobs Board UX, UI, product design, research, and UX writing roles.
• User Interviews UX job board UX research, design, and research operations roles.
• UX Research Brief jobs Research and ResearchOps openings linked to employers’ careers pages.
• Working In Content jobs Content design, content strategy, and UX writing roles.

Calculators

• Total Compensation Calculator from CalcXML

Salary Information

• Glassdoor Salary Data (includes common UX job titles)
• UXPA Salary Survey (2024 data)
• User Experience Salaries & Calculator (2024) (MeasuringU, 2024 data). Open salary analysis and calculator; includes UXPA survey data.

Related Articles

• UX Hiring: Insights from a Design Recruiter (Nielsen Norman Group, January 2026)A design recruiter’s perspective on UX hiring and the candidate experience.
• Advice to Candidates on Successful UX Interview Loops (UXmatters)Advice on preparing for interviews and navigating a UX hiring process.
• Distinguishing Yourself as a UX Professional (UXmatters)Perspectives on communicating your strengths and standing out as a UX professional.
• Think of Your Career as a Climbing Wall, Not a Ladder (Life Hacker)A perspective on career growth through varied moves rather than a single upward path.