Tue, Sep 22, 2026
6:00 PM UTC (1 hour 30 minutes)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
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Tue, Sep 22, 2026
6:00 PM UTC (1 hour 30 minutes)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
212 students
Go deeper with a course

What you'll learn
What hiring managers need to see in your portfolio
How case study requirements have changed in this market
What you’ll need to get interviews and offers
Why this topic matters
You'll learn from
Jared Spool
Center Centre’s Maker of Awesomeness and UX career coach.
Everything in this Lightning Lesson comes straight from Jared Spool’s decades of career coaching for hundreds of UX professionals.
Through his work with design leaders worldwide, Jared has learned what hiring managers are currently looking for in new team members.
Crafting your résumé, portfolio, and case studies into compelling documents that attract hiring managers' and recruiters' attention is a design challenge.
There’s more to it than applying to every job that comes your way. You need a more selective strategy that focuses on your strengths. You need the hiring manager to think, This is the person we need to talk to. That will get you invited to the next stage of the interview pipeline.
Join Jared Spool as he explores what hiring managers hope to see in your portfolio.
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