Resources: Professional Development
Developing Your Career
Looking for help planning your career? These links contain good information on professional development and job hunting.
- Links to salary surveys maintained by the STC Usability SIG
- Resources on Ethics in HCI and Usability
- Information architecture curriculum (AIA)
- Curricula for human-computer interaction (SIGCHI)
- Mentoring basics
- Mentoring process and roles
- Sign up to find a mentor or become a mentor
Continuing Education
If a degree or just professional updating is in your future, here are some links to programs.
- UPA Annual Conference offers professional tutorials and workshops as part of its annual conference.
- Academic Programs in Usability on the STC Usability SIG site
- Shared course curricula from Penn State
- Related resources - Case Studies and documentation
Developing the Profession
The UPA Professional Development Committee has several projects in progress:
- Body of
Knowledge
A project to develop a comprehensive Usability Body of Knowledge, defining the knowledge underlying the usability profession, with pointers to methods, knowledge, and skills that are important for usability professionals. - Code
of Conduct
This project developed the Code of Conduct, approved in September 2005, and serves as the Ethics Advisory Committee for UPA. - Certification
for Usability Professionals
A 2001-2002 project to investigate the current climate for certification of usability professionals. This work led to the current Body of Knowledge project.
Curriculum
Looking for help planning your career? These links contain good information on professional development and job hunting:
- Links to salary surveys maintained by the STC Usability SIG
- Resources on Ethics in HCI and Usability
- Information architecture curriculum (AIA)