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

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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

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23. Proposed Design

24. Proposed Design improved flow

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27. Proposed Design filter bar

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29. Proposed Design locations

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32. Proposed Design disciplines

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35. Proposed Design other filters

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37. Future Features to consider for job discovery

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39. presented on December 15, 2015 by Lucy Chen