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Getting a UX Internship during a Global Pandemic
How I did it, and the lessons I learned along the way
Many programs require internship hours in order to graduate, but how does that work during a pandemic? How do you find a job breaking into a new field looking for someone to take a chance on you when experienced employees are being let go? How can you convince a company to take a financial risk on a student intern when there is already profit shortage worldwide which has impacted employment drastically even for the most senior positions?
These were all questions I spent many months asking myself. The best way to navigate the problem was to think of it as a design challenge.
The Problem Space
Finding a job is already a full-time job in itself. Looking at this from a design thinking perspective, I had to break down the problem space into the following:
Saturation: The job seekers market is just as saturated as it was during the last major recession, meaning competition will be much higher than normal.
