the Google ux design certificate is released in 2021 and I took it in 2021 but since then
many things have changed so if you want to take the course this year let me tell you
the best way to take it so that you can save time and get a job sooner
first of all focus on course 1 to course five course one to course 5 will take you through
the entire process of ux design and you will do a personal project along these courses and by the
end you'll have a personal project to Showcase and you will also learn some Basics about figma
this might take one to three months depending on how familiar you are with UI ux design and also
how fast can you gather participants for those two rounds of user testing if you feel like UI
ux is your thing and you are very serious about transition into UI ux design then also suggest to
practice figma along the way because the two major reasons I see people are not getting a
job after ux certificate is because first bad UI design skill through figma and second no
real world project how to practice figma well you can just simply try to take screenshots of
apps and then try to copy those interfaces or you can watch my figma tutorial playlist and then try
to practice along with it I'm also developing a figma course that will be launched later this year
and use figma don't use Adobe XD Google course will teach you multiple softwares for example in
course 6 it specifically tells you to use Adobe XD but my suggestion is to not use Adobe XD instead
use figma Adobe acquired figma they are killing their own Adobe XD baby and they've made it very
clear and once you have a personal project to Showcase from course one to course 5 I suggest
you to put it in your portfolio you can practice building your portfolio using the template that
Google provided but that is not the best template to use and instead I suggest you to use notion
just follow this video of mine to build the first version of your portfolio it will save you a lot
of time comparing to using a website builder but it will also be a Web format comparing to
the Google template which is a slideshow and as soon as you finish course 5 if you feel like you
are very confident about your ux skill already because you have graphic design background or
UI design background then I suggest to focus on finding a client a real world project instead
of taking course 6 and course 7 the certificate itself doesn't matter it's not job guaranteed just
by showing that you have a certificate doesn't mean anything so don't take the course for the
certificate take the course for the skills however if you feel like well this is your
first time taking any courses relate to UI or ux then I suggest you to do another personal project
following course six that will be a responsive website but again use figma and as soon as you
feel like oh I feel a bit more confident about my skills right now you shall spend all your
time focusing on finding a real world project or an actual client it is fine if it's unpaid to be
honest because even doing an unpaid work for two months will save you much more time compared to
just keep finding a paid client that will take you maybe years and how to find a real world client
when you only have personal project you might not like the answer but the answer is networking I've
said it so many times if you don't know how to network instead of asking me just read this book
I'll Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi learning how to network is probably the most life-changing
experience I've ever had and I also want to challenge you to think that networking
is a skill that you can learn networking is not dependent on the personality of yourself
and we are doing the client project keep in mind that there is no one process for ux design the
Google certificate will teach you only one process of ux design and it's a very optimized process
and by optimized I mean ideal look if every company every product can follow the Google
process then I think 50 of the product will end up being much better than what it is today but
the unfortunate truth is that the Google process is too ideal because it has many rounds of user
testing however most companies and most projects don't have enough resources to provide you that
many rounds of user testing ability also most companies Overlook the importance of user testing
so your job we are doing the client project is to convince them to connect you with five potential
users out there so that you can have one-on-one conversation or user testing sessions but if your
client declined on your request it is your job to figure out secondary research methods to make
design decisions and then you'll realize that wow you have to work within a lot of constraints and
then collaborate with a lot of people when you are doing the client project make sure to also
connect with engineering and product before you start designing anything the design in the actual
client project is a collaborative process it is not that you are in charge of the entire design
your client probably also have a solution in mind so throughout this process you will learn how to
navigate between different stakeholders how to set up meetings or even use like fig Jam sessions and
this is why client projects or real world projects is often a must to get a full-time job in a very
nice tech company two to three months into this client project regardless whether this client
project actually got built or not and regardless this client projects actually finished or not most
projects don't really have a Finish Line by the way put that into your portfolio and this time
instead of using notion build it through a web Builder like Squarespace or webflow the link is
also in this description you might spend a lot of time just to get around with these Web building
tools but these Web building tools will grant you a personal domain name in an actual website that
looks more professional and of course also polish up your resume I have tutorials here and of course
use smaller platforms like indeed to look for the jobs instead of using LinkedIn use LinkedIn mainly
for personal branding but don't use LinkedIn as the primary source of job search because
everyone is using LinkedIn in the jobs on LinkedIn are often advertised and has huge competition
I also want to tell you that transitioning to ux is more like a marathon than like a Sprint
so here are some stats by the time I'm recording this video 50k people gave a rating on the first
Google course but only 2K people gave a rating on the seventh course just by this simple stats you
can see how little people actually go through the entire course and finish all seven courses
I'm not telling you that you have to finish all seven courses to get a job but I'm telling you
that a lot of people quit along the way because Google certificate is not a program that has
actual person behind it pushing you to submit your assignment and giving you feedback if you
need those you probably need to go to a boot camp I have discounts for other boot camps out
there if that's what you need if you want to keep taking the Google certificate plan ahead
find the accountability partner find a friend who's also taking the course definitely do some
time management I want to highlight this again I've talked to many of you the major two reasons
that people don't get a job after taking Google certificate is first you don't have a real world
project and second the UI in your portfolio is too bad and for this reason I'm developing a
figma course tailored to aspiring UI ux designers and I would love to have some of your feedback to
learn about your need so check out the first link in the description and for those of you
to fill out this questionnaire I will also make sure to provide you a discount whenever
my course is launched you might also get a free mentoring session I hope this video helped you
if you like this video you'll probably also like this video of mine follow me for more ux design
product design UI design related content I am Aliena and I will see you in this video
cheers