Job Search UI

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1. Job search for new grads.
2. The scope of the exercise is assumed to be a college job board. This design focuses on the student side and is mainly based on University of Waterloo students. With further research, this can be used by multiple universities.
3. Scope Discovery Research Application
4. Improvements • job application flow • usability • job discovery
7. Stakeholders include students, employers, and the university. Users Goals Groups Habits
8. Users Goals Groups Habits Find qualifiable jobs relevant to fields and interest in an efficient manner.
9. Users Goals Groups Habits • Know exactly what positions to apply for • Open minded; browse through
10. Users Goals Groups Habits
11. Customer Journey 1. Discovery 2. Research 3. Application
12. Discovery • Communicate with friends, HR reps, professors, etc. • Read about industries • Go to events • Job boards • LinkedIn • Contacts
13. Research • Google • Networking • Consulting with peers and mentors
14. Application • Resume • Cover letter • Portfolio • Job application ...repeat
15. Users Goals Groups Habits No hard deadline Checks daily for new postings Uses filters frequently –Specific to broad –Broad to specific Browse –Distrust in the filters
16. Goal of Design • Improves discovery of relevant jobs • Improves usability to let the user be more efficient • Assist with user’s decision to apply
17. 1. Inconvenient to see new postings 2. Flow is awkward 3. Filters not deemed reliable by users 4. Terms and filters not intuitive Current Issues
18. Inefficient usability 1. Inconvenient to see new postings 2. Flow is awkward 3. Filters not deemed reliable by users 4. Terms and filters not intuitive Current Issues
19. W Design Process
20. Design Process user-centered approach
21. Empathy Map Personas Customer Journey
23. Proposed Design
24. Proposed Design improved flow
27. Proposed Design filter bar
29. Proposed Design locations
32. Proposed Design disciplines
35. Proposed Design other filters
37. Future Features to consider for job discovery
38. ? Questions
39. presented on December 15, 2015 by Lucy Chen