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Lena Kul, IleanaFive weekly insights to become known for what you know.
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What 36 Staff Product Design Job Descriptions Actually Say About AI
I read 36 staff product designer job descriptions.
No, I’m not looking for a job.
Why then?
Because I cannot handle people throwing out jargon.
Or designers being afraid of new requirements and feeling more pressured than ever....
If you can't answer this simple question, you should not hire anyone to your team.
Last month I sat down with more than 14 Heads of Design.
I asked them:
“How is your hiring going?”
Almost everybody answered:
“We’re looking for a Staff Designer.”
Or:
“We need someone AI-native.”
Or:
“Craft is the priority.”...
Why I walked away from building a €500K recruitment agency in my second year of self-employment.
A few weeks ago someone asked me:
“If recruitment business was going so well... why leave?”
It’s a fair question.
This year alone, while barely focusing on recruitment, I made over €150,000 through a handful of introductions.
I was pr...
Hiring isn't broken because of recruiters.
After 8 years in recruitment, thousands of interviews, hundreds of hires, and 5 years teaching more than 65,000 designers how to navigate hiring, I’ve stopped blaming individuals.
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Recruiters blame candidates.
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Candidates blame recr...
AI, Cringe, Design, and all other things that everybody can't stop thinking about.
I spend a lot of time online, getting to know voices that aren’t afraid of change.
There is always a new tool, a change on the market, a new policy. Some panic, but some ride the wave. People can adapt to anything, and some make the best o...
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Weekly insights on hiring, AI, authority, exceptional people, and building PATHS
Product Strategist, UX and AI Designer, Builder, Founder at Creative Glue Lab. Clarity and insights on how to build and design with and for AI.
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