179: Feel Burnt Out & Invisible in Your UX Job Search? How Emmanuel Re-Entered the UX Job Market After a Career Break

Podcast: Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody | UX, Product Design, UX Research · Sarah Doody from Career Strategy Lab

Opublikowano: 2026-06-15

Re-entering the UX job market after years away is harder than most people expect, especially when you're doing it alone. After 12 years at Constant Contact, growing from associate interaction designer to principal UX designer, Emmanuel relocated, took a deliberate career break, and then tried to re-enter a job market that had completely changed. He spent three months rebuilding his portfolio alone, then another three months applying and hearing almost nothing. His LinkedIn hadn't been updated since 2017. He burned out. In this episode, Emmanuel shares what finally got him unstuck...