Posts about searching for a job

  1. Adding Teacher Reference Number (TRN) in our application form and candidate profiles

  2. Adding training and continuing professional development (CPD) section to the application form and candidate profiles

  3. Changing jobseeker accounts to GOV.UK One Login

  4. Updating all school roles categories

  5. Expanding the service to show all school roles when searching for a job

  6. Allowing hiring staff to list all school roles on the service

  7. Adding more working pattern options to jobs

  8. Invalidating locations from outside the UK when creating job alerts

  9. Updating the statutory induction year question in the jobseeker application journey

  10. Adding a visa sponsorship filter to the job search journey

  11. Showing if a role can offer visa sponsorship

  12. Allowing jobseekers to sort roles by distance

  13. Making our job roles on the service more specific 2

  14. Adding a right to work in the UK question to candidate profiles

  15. Making our job roles on the service more specific

  16. Improving the creating an account journey for jobseekers

  17. Adding more school type filters to the job and school search journeys

  18. Adding guidance for international teachers on search result pages

  19. Adding logos to job listings

  20. Changing the homepage to be the job listings page

  21. Filtering by jobs that use the application form (quick apply)

  22. Job listing page iteration

  23. Middle leader analysis

    Analysis of middle leader categorisation

  24. A/B test: subject filters

    Subject filters were implemented because users do engage with them when they are present, and because they will be necessary to enable future work of mapping search terms to filters.

  25. A/B test: collapse keyword & location fields into a pop up in search results for mobile users

    Collapsing these fields into a pop up reduced the proportion of searchers who found relevant results and significantly reduced the proportion who refined their search

  26. A/B test: move keyword & location fields to the top of search results for desktop users

    Moving the fields had no impact on search success, but encouraged searchers to refine searches using filters more often

  27. End-to-end application journey - round 3

    A round of usability testing, where we aimed to be ambitious with our prototype and think bigger for future development of the application feature.

  28. Reminding users about the application feature

    Signposting the applications feature for existing users.

  29. Application management features as of November 2021

    Looking at the application management features we tested in round three of the end-to-end application journey research.

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

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

  31. Sharing equality and diversity data

    Sharing jobseeker equality and diversity data with schools.

  32. Automatically detect gaps in employment

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

  33. Updating the search for a job form

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

  34. Scope expansion - jobseekers

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

  35. The use of filters when searching

    Optimising the usability and frequency of filter use when searching.

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

    Radius expansion links helped users find vacancies without distracting them.

  37. 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.

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

    A more obtrusive button distracted users from finding vacancies.

  39. 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.

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

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