There is a lot of recruitment going on at the moment for the Public Sector: Service Designers, User Researchers, Content Designers and Interaction Designers.
This is good! But they are struggling to get people because they want candidates with previous experience in the government. Or what recruiters and hiring managers often call “GDS experience” when in fact what they mean is more like “experience of the Service Toolkit“.
Looking at job ads, your value is usually judged by number of years on the job + tools you know and have experience with, but really… it should not be.
My own journey, meet-ups, various events, books and online courses – photo from UX Glasgow meet-up session pre-covidRead More »How to grow as a designer
I’m building a little tool with the GOV.UK prototype kit and assessment frameworks shared publicly. It’s under construction.You can try it here (it will ask you for a password, it’s assess)
Well, if you are asking, it probably isn’t. Accessibility is usually not that hard to achieve but you must have this in mind while creating your website, not as an after thought.
This post is for people who are new to digital accessibility and want to learn how to improve it.
Communities are vital in times of crisis. This is where people found their own solutions to help each others at the start of the COVID19 pandemic, way before public services could do anything for the citizens.
We need to engage with them but we need to do it the right way.
