How I changed careers: from policy work to user research

Suzanne Best, user research intern, tells us how she swapped policy and operational work for a new career in user research
Suzanne Best, user research intern, tells us how she swapped policy and operational work for a new career in user research
...past interns, who has just been promoted to a senior executive officer role, reflected that: “The Home Office user research internship programme has been fantastic. It’s given me the chance...
...qualification and research experience matched the job description and skillset, so I gave the application a shot. It was a demanding application process that tested me at every point. The...
...Soon after, I went on the GDS agile training course, which is where I was introduced to the government design principles. ‘This is for everyone’ – one of the principles...
...who uses our software to turn that application into a result. Being an important part of a team that creates simple and successful online user journeys gives me great job...
...and in the future. Over the past few years, we’ve been working to improve our ability to design and deliver digital services, and to modernise critical technology infrastructure to help...
...used the internet in my research, I’d never researched how people use the internet. Which is why I jumped at the chance of becoming a user researcher intern at Home...
It’s a really exciting time to work in Home Office Digital. We work on really important services, which affect people across the UK and beyond.
...on the other hand, have been working on an internal project, the single intelligence platform (SIP), which will modernise the collection, storage and use of data to identify and tackle...
...new job. Our services are things they have to do to get what they want. The ideal service would be one where the user doesn’t have to do anything at...
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