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More resources: former librarian Alexis Logsdon wrote an incredibly helpful series of posts on planning your career transition.
Before you start applying for jobs, think about how you’d answer the question “tell us about yourself” in 1-2 minutes at the start of an interview. Tie your past work and interests to the thing that you want to do next. That is the story that you will tell your interviewers, your network on LinkedIn, and most importantly yourself as you’re moving through the job hunt process.
Resource: how to tell your story and enter the UX field from Michele L’Heureux
What artifacts do you have that can help you tell your story?
Ask friends and friends of friends for informational interviews. People are so very generous!