There are simply more jobs than IxDs right now. We're all engaged in solving interesting problems, and the world is exploding with yet more possibilities.
The fear I share with others is that we all face a serious professional issue if unqualified folks fill IxD shoes and cause industry to sour on our discipline. I'm thinking that facing outward and being more direct with industry is crucial for IxDA. Leaving aside the somehow too-touchy definitional question...which I believe is not as out of whack as some contend... I do believe that IxDA has to help us maintain standards and build out the fields of our shared expertise. As a member of the board, I want to make this happen. So, what are some of the best means we (IxDA) could employ to communicate the IxD message & self-definition with recruiters, HR departments, education, business leaders, etc.? Cheers, Liz On Feb 21, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Brett Ingram wrote: > Which brings me to the original question in this discussion thread. > What I haven't really seen anyone write is that the reason it is hard > to find designers might be because we are happily employed and not in > the market for a job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Director, IxDA / www.ixda.org CDO, Devise / www.devise.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
