Job Finder Application & Responsive Website
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The Product
The Job Finder app is designed to allow users to find jobs in the location they prefer and according to their sector. The user has the ability to create an alert list for specific jobs and can be notified immediately when a position that meets their expectations is found. Also, the user can register with his/her CV, so that when recruiters are looking for staff they can view user's profile.
The Problem
In big cities, where the job market is competitive, it can be tiring trying to find a job, especially with little previous work experience. Career Change is an online job search platform that focuses on helping people quickly and easily using a vetting algorithm that matches them to jobs based on their profiles and their serching jobs.
The Goal
Design an app that includes tools to help people find jobs and employers find them based on their profile.
My Role
UX designer responsible for the app’s design from conception to delivery.
Responsibilities
Conducting interviews, paper and digital wireframing, low and high-fidelity prototyping, conducting usability studies, accounting for accessibility, and iterating on designs.
The Research : Surveys and Interviews
I sent out surveys to university and college and Facebook groups as well as to my own friends. My survey asked participants the following questions:
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What things do you consider when choosing where to apply for a jo?
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How do you prefer to communicate with an employer for the first time?
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What job search platforms have you used to look for part-time jobs? Is there anything you like and/or dislike about the platforms you have used to look for part-time jobs?
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Have you ever faced any difficulties during your job search process? What kind?
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I received a total of 25 survey responses but I didn’t stop there. I interviewed 4 of those participants to get a better understanding of their thoughts and feelings about the job-hunting process. Slowly but surely, we were starting to see quite a few trends emerging in our research.
Affinity Diagrams for Job Seekers and Employers
To compile and visualize our user research, we took our participants’ responses and created 2 affinity diagrams — 1 for job seekers and 1 for employers.
User Persona
From these affinity diagrams, I devised 2 user personas that will represent my target users. These personas will guide me throughout my design sprint to ensure that Idesign for our users’ specific goals and needs.
My Site Map
With these features in mind, I created a site map to help us visualize the structure and organization of the content in the web app.
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Ideation
I did a quick ideation exercise to come up with ideas for how to address gaps identified in the competitive audit.
Digital wireframes
As I sketched low-fidelity wireframes, I used them to create a user flow that visually mapped out the path a job seeker would take to create a profile, search for jobs, apply to jobs and sign Up.
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Design Decisions and Features on mobile app
The high-fidelity prototype on the mobile app and the flow i followed.
Design Decisions and Features
The high-fidelity prototype followed the same user flow as the low-fidelity prototype, including design changes made after the usability study.
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User Flow
User flow on how to apply for the job and view his activity in the application.
Profile Set Up
Set Users Profile & Update Informations
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Registration Flow
High-Fideliti Prototype
Takeaways
Impact: Users shared that the app made job find procces very interesting and motivated the user to want to learn more. One quote from peer feedback was that " Finally, I think it's true what people use to say that opportunities should be created as they want them to happen by themselves, and I feel like I want to create my own sport."
What I learned: This project taught me that when it comes to design, quality is more important than quantity. I initially started with a much broader scope than was possible during the design process. Once I narrowed my scope, I was able to focus on making my designs top-notch and as strong as possible.
Next steps
1. Conduct another round of usability studies to validate whether the pain points users experienced have been effectively addressed.
2. Conduct more user research to determine any new areas of need.
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