It starts the day you purchase. So if you join today for 6 months, you have 6 months of access starting today.

Your access to the program varies depending on which version of the program you choose, either 3 or 6 months. 

After your time is up, you’ll have the option to stay in the program and you’ll always have access to the alumni community – where our alumni often share that their teams are hiring and other opportunities! 

You will have the opportunity to join our live group coaching and critique calls which happen every week over Zoom where our team will answer your questions and help you strategize about specific situations in your career journey. These calls will be recorded so that you can listen later if you can’t attend live.

You will be able to submit work for critique every week. 

When you join the program you will receive access to an online portal where you can log in and access all the training materials, tutorials, templates, bonuses, and community. The materials are all on-demand and are not dripped out over time so you can do it on your own schedule and not have to worry about showing up to live lectures.

You will have the opportunity to join our live group coaching calls every week over Zoom where Sarah and our team will answer your questions and help you strategize about specific situations in your career journey. These calls will be recorded so that you can listen later if you can’t attend live. You will be able to submit work for critique every week.

Due to the digital nature of this program and the fact that it contains instantly downloadable templates, workshops and more, we do not offer any refunds for any reason.

Are you wondering if Career Strategy will work for you if you’ve already been working in UX and Product for a while?

The answer is – yes. Our program will help you with challenges specific to people like you. For example, as a mid or senior level UX person we’ll help you:

• Figure out the next step in your career 
• How to re-invent yourself in order to stay in the field you love
• Return to the field after a career break
• Decide between IC and manager or continuing to be a generalist or specialize (or vice versa)
• Wade through your MANY years of experience and figure out what to focus on in your portfolio etc 
• How to get promoted
• How to get a raise
• How to navigate a job search while also working full time
• Navigate a job search if it’s been a few years since you were on the market

Whether you’re a UX researcher, UX writer, information architect, product manager, or anything in between, the steps you must take to land your next job are the same.

The difference lies in what you will highlight in terms of your skills and experience and how that translates to your resume, LinkedIn, portfolio, job interviews, etc. 

Sarah has helped people from all disciplines and specialties in UX and Product Development land their dream roles, from researchers and writers to designers and managers … and everyone in between!

Are you worried that you’re not confident enough? Are you worried that your imposter syndrome and negative thinking will prevent you from taking full advantage of everything that Career Strategy Lab has to offer?

Here’s the thing, if you wait until you FEEL confident to join Career Strategy Lab, you’ll be waiting a long time. 

Confidence doesn’t just drop out of the sky.
Confidence doesn’t magically show up one day.
Confidence isn’t something that just magically bestows itself upon you.

Confidence comes from taking action, not the other way around.

In fact, if you keep putting off taking action, you’ll feel even LESS confident in a few weeks because you’ll keep beating yourself up and getting upset with yourself for still being in the same place or situation.

If you’re waiting to feel confident before you take a leap in your career or life, you’ll be waiting a LONG time.

Start TODAY, and in a few weeks, you’ll feel much more confident in a few weeks. You’ll look back to today and realize what you achieved, how you grew, and how different you feel.

Confidence is built through action. That’s why so many of our clients in CSL say their confidence increases within weeks – because they finally start taking action. 

Yes! Many of our clients join us proactively because they recognize that it’s far better to have your resume, LinkedIn profile, portfolio, etc ready to go so that you don’t have to rush if you find yourself in an unexpected layoff – or, if a great opportunity comes your way. 

The time to be updating your resume, portfolio, etc is not when you NEED them. When you wait to work on your career materials, you’ll likely rush and make mistakes. And mistakes in your resume, portfolio, etc will not create a strong first impression for recruiters, hiring managers, etc. 

Many people who are happily employed join Career Strategy Lab because they want clarity about the next chapter of their career. Some have reached a plateau, others are bored, and some want help figuring out:

• How to re-invent yourself in order to stay in the field you love
• Return to the field after a career break
• Decide between IC and manager 
• Figure out if you should continuing to be a generalist or specializing (or vice versa)
• How to frame your previous experience

We get it … investing in your career can feel like a chicken and egg scenario – you know this program will help you get a job, but you don’t have the funds to invest.

First of all, we obviously want you to be responsible with your money. We are not here to convince you to make unwise financing decisions. 

Money isn’t a popular topic to talk about. But when we don’t talk about it, it’s easy to fall into money mindset traps that hold us back. 

Here are 3 things to consider if you’re worried about the financing element of joining Career Strategy Lab:

1 – If you don’t join Career Strategy Lab, how much longer will you be unemployed? 

Every month your job search takes, it’s another month that you are either not earning a salary or that you’re stuck at your current salary. 

Often people join CSL after not getting hired after a job search that’s 4, 6, 8+ months. Then, after following what we teach, they get hired in 3 months. Of course, some take longer. But many tell us they wish they’d joined sooner because they could have been earning a higher salary sooner.

Think about it – if you don’t join CSL, it might take you 6 or more months to get hired. 

But, if you do join us, and you get hired in 3 months, that’s only 3 months until you are earning a higher salary. 

2 – Career Strategy Lab will more than likely pay for itself 
Let’s do some math. The cost of CSL is $3,600 USD (or $3,000 if you pay in full). 

On average in 2024, our clients are seeing an average salary increase of $27,575 USD.   

So, it’s more than likely that CSL will pay for itself. As one of our clients said, consider the big picture and look at the impact of compound interest.

3 – Can you leverage financing options, available through our trusted partner, Elective?

Due to regulations out of our control, there are different options available depending on where you are in the world. 

Yes, we offer payment plans and we offer financing options for people worldwide, options vary depending on your eligibility and location.

Due to regulations out of our control, there are different options available depending on where you are in the world. 

See the pricing section for details.

We don’t agree with job guarantees

We believe they’re unethical and often come with many strings attached.

We don’t make promises we can’t keep. The truth is, no one in the world can guarantee you’ll get hired except the person signing the offer

Job guarantees imply we can control all the variables in your job search, and we can’t. We also caution you to read the fine print of any program, and before you join, ask what they do to fulfill this promise.

We designed the experience of Career Strategy Lab’s job search accelerator into 5 sprints so you can see immediate results. 

In the first 30 days, you’ll achieve these 3 crucial results:

1. A career roadmap that will help you see where you are now, where you want to be in the future, and what’s stopping you. You may uncover skills or experience gaps – or, realize you’re more qualified than you think. 
2. A compass statement that, like an elevator pitch, will help you communicate your value to recruiters, hiring managers, etc. It will also help you make decisions such as whether you should learn a new skill, include a project in your portfolio, apply to a job, or even decide between multiple job offers.
3. An optimized resume & LinkedIn profile that will increase the number of interviews you get and attract the right recruiters on LinkedIn. You will stop second guessing your resume and LinkedIn and finally articulate your value with confidence.

We’ve made this whole process really simple, by breaking it down into 5 sprints so you don’t get overwhelmed or distracted.

And guess what, that confidence that you want, it comes from taking ACTION. So many people say they’ll wait to get started until they are confident. But if you wait until confidence to come down from the sky and change you – you’ll be waiting a long time. Confidence comes from taking action. 

No, the Career Strategy Lab is not a UX bootcamp or education program. It will not teach you how to do UX. If you are just starting out and are looking for a program to teach you how to do UX, then this program is not for you.

No. We do not offer income sharing agreement models for Career Strategy Lab.

You do have the option to use our 3 or 6-month payment plan and spread your payment out. Please note, this is a payment plan and you must complete all the payments.

In other words, the payment plan is not a subscription that you can cancel. When you enroll with our payment plan, you agree to pay all the payments.