Alicia is a Product Design Director for IT Products at Rippling - the platform that frees smart people to work on hard problems! She has been a designer across industries, including higher education, academia, insurance, pharmacy, e-commerce, and technology, and is an Adjunct Instructor at Columbia College, where she focuses on how to prepare for moving from college to what your life as a designer will be like. She co-organizes the Ladies that UX Chicago meetup, where she brings conversations like accessibility, ethics in design, and emotional intelligence to the community. In this episode, we talked about: How to get a job after being unemployed for a yearHow to see if a company is a good fit for you using organizational designTips on career strugglesUX driven transformationHow did Alicia get into designAlicia’s role at RipplingWhat is Rippling and how does it serve people? Links:  Connect with Alicia https://twitter.com/mika_jo https://www.rippling.com/ https://adplist.org/mentors/alicia-joy-warren  Hiring: Product Designer: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5035370003?gh_jid=5035370003 Lead Product Designer: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5201191003?gh_jid=5201191003 UX Researcher: https://www.rippling.com/careers/5035351003?gh_jid=5035351003