Posts

  1. A/B test: setting job alert working patterns automatically

    Setting working patterns automatically on new job alerts makes job alert emails less relevant to jobseekers

  2. Create a job - adding education phases

    Using the education phase to help organisations specify subject and key stages.

  3. A/B test: inline form designs for jobseeker account creation

    Experimenting with create an account form position and appearance.".

  4. Sharing equality and diversity data

    Sharing jobseeker equality and diversity data with schools.

  5. Second round of user research on listing education support roles

    Key takeaways from the second round of user testing with hiring staff on listing education support roles

  6. A/B test: requiring users to be more specific when creating a job alert

    Increasing job alert quality doesn’t need to sacrifice traffic volume.

  7. Automatically detect gaps in employment

    An iteration on how we ask for details about gaps in employment

  8. Updating the search for a job form

    Usability improvements to the search form on the service start page.

  9. Scope expansion - jobseekers

    A round of usability testing to better understand how those looking for a job in education support search for jobs.

  10. The use of filters when searching

    Optimising the usability and frequency of filter use when searching.

  11. A/B test: radius expansion links in site searches with no results

    Radius expansion links helped users find vacancies without distracting them.

  12. Improving how users sign in

    Addressing the high number of users failing to sign into our service

  13. Point and Polygon location searches

    A brief history of location search on Teaching Vacancies; how we transitioned from text based search to a point/polygon location system to provide more accurate search results.

  14. Improvements to the hiring staff dashboard

    Introducing job pages into our information architecture for hiring staff.

  15. Scope expansion - round 1

    Initial findings on how we might expand the scope of Teaching Vacancies to support the listing of Teaching Assistant roles.

  16. A/B test: cookie opt-in banner designs

    Offering explicit opt-out increased the opt-in rate.

  17. Teaching Vacancies as of June 2021

    A snapshot of the service.

  18. A/B test: jobseeker account creation from home page

    A more obtrusive button distracted users from finding vacancies.

  19. Local authorities: how they support schools with recruitment on Teaching Vacancies

    Local authorities can list jobs on behalf of schools in and outside their boundary, but they can’t receive or view any applications on Teaching Vacancies.

  20. End-to-end application journey - round 1

    A short discovery aiming to build our understanding of what the end-to-end teacher recruitment journey looks like for hiring staff.

  21. A/B test: an inline form to encourage job alert creators to create an account

    An inline form encouraged more job alert creators to create an account.

  22. Teacher’s application testing - rounds 1,2 & 3

    Three rounds of testing with teachers to assess the usability of the prototyped application form.

  23. A/B test: job alert banner placement

    Making the banner blue and sticky made it more visible.

  24. Removing barriers to access to multi-academy trusts (MATs)

    We enabled MATs to list jobs at schools in their trust and at the trust head office.