[for sourcers and recruiters]

There are multiple questions you’ll need to clarify before starting your UX search, but here are six essential ones that will serve as a base for your sourcing strategy:

1. What’s the level of the role
2. What the product you’re hiring for is about
3. What’s the purpose of the role
4. UI vs UX
5. Web vs mobile

Plus, some obvious things like location, years of experience needed, non-compete companies, etc.

<aside> ⚠️ The most common mistake of recruiters who just started working with design openings is treating them like it’s a technical role. Design is NOT about technology. You never put a tool name into your boolean search. You’d never put “Figma” or ”Sketch” into linkedin’s search bar.*

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*There are some exceptions, though. You might be using a really outdated or extremely niche tool, and you need to target only the ones experienced with it.

Two main sources of design hire(besides your network, your company’s candidate database, events, etc.) are:

• LinkedIn
• Behance, dribble (recommended for Visual, Graphic Design, Illustrator or UI-heavy Product Design roles)

Here we’ll focus on LinkedIn search. Behance and dribble are great but require lots of time and a clear understanding of the portfolio quality.