Posts about general updates
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Making search filters more obvious on mobile
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Updating all school roles categories
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Making the service more accessible
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Improving the creating an account journey for jobseekers
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Changing the homepage to be the job listings page
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Stopping draft job listings from having a publish date in the past
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A/B test: position of similar jobs feature (desktop view)
We decided to keep the similar jobs feature at the bottom of job listings on the desktop view of the service
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A/B test: popular searches (quick links) on home page
The popular searches quick links were implemented because we deemed it unlikely that they would worsen users’ search experiences
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A/B test: Map-based search results
A/B test for map-based search results
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Sharing equality and diversity data
Sharing jobseeker equality and diversity data with schools.
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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
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Updating the search for a job form
Usability improvements to the search form on the service start page.
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A/B test: radius expansion links in site searches with no results
Radius expansion links helped users find vacancies without distracting them.
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Improving how users sign in
Addressing the high number of users failing to sign into our service
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A/B test: cookie opt-in banner designs
Offering explicit opt-out increased the opt-in rate.
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Teaching Vacancies as of June 2021
A snapshot of the service.
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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.
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Teacher’s application testing - rounds 1,2 & 3
Three rounds of testing with teachers to assess the usability of the prototyped application form.