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facebook Job Fair

facebook Job Fair. The Social Job Hunt John Golding, Jakub Fiedorowicz, Samuel Zats. The Problem: Job Search. In the United States: 4,194 colleges & universities 16,900,471 enrolled students #1 reason students attend college “Score the first job”. Contextual Inquiry Findings:

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facebook Job Fair

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  1. facebook Job Fair The Social Job Hunt John Golding, Jakub Fiedorowicz, Samuel Zats

  2. The Problem: Job Search • In the United States: • 4,194 colleges & universities • 16,900,471 enrolled students • #1 reason students attend college • “Score the first job” • Contextual Inquiry Findings: • 1) Job database sites are “overwhelming”, “too general”, “inefficient” • 2) Career center is “limited”, “never updated”, “seasonal” • 3) Career fairs and sessions are “impersonal”, “too short”, “competitive”

  3. The Solution: facebook Job Fair • “As of 2004, 85 % of allowed college students use facebook” – TechCrunch.com • Integration and exposure of the facebook platform • A single database accessible by all college and university students • Job recruiter can targets by specific campuses, majors, programs, qualifications • Searches are personalized based on specific user interest and experience • Casual communication between recruiter and hunter through facebook • Potential for collaboration and social networking during job hunt process

  4. Recorded Demo

  5. Implementation • Data stored in 4-table MySql database • Active posts, temporary posts, user info, app. data • Application server talks to databases to perform most tasks: • Submitting a new post • Searching for posts • Viewing individual posts • FBML is sent to Facebook for final translation to HTML

  6. User Study – Methodology Target of Job Fair? EVERYONE! – Need to design User Study for collecting variety of information and data • User 1 – Post listing + Search for the listing • Camtasia recording • Semi-structured interview • User 2 – Search specific listing • Flow tracking • Likert scales questionnaire • User 3 – Find internship + Post listing • Direct Observation • Survey

  7. User Study – Data & Conclusions The search process: both search criteria and search results display. • Time to search for a post: User A: 4 min 16 seconds User B: 5 min (user gave up mid search)‏ • On a scale of 1 (easiest) to 5 (most difficult) rate the difficulty of the search: User A: 3 (noted lack of advanced search options)‏ User B: 4 (noted lack of advanced search options and dissatisfaction with search results page)‏ Both users clearly troubled by the searching process. • On a scale of 1 (very dissatisfied) to 10 (very satisfied) rate the search process and search results page: User C (search): 3 User C (search results): 5 • Conclusions: • Need to increase search options and redesign search result presentation • Strong satisfaction with posting process • Lack of separation between job hunter and recruiter

  8. User Study – Design Changes I The Searcher versus The Recruiter. All users commented on a lack of differentiation between a user searching for a job and a recruiter posting.

  9. Design Changes II Search criteria and advanced options Cal Jobs

  10. Design Changes III Search results display page Less description, more information

  11. Design Changes IV Search results display page Ebay: search for an iPhone

  12. Design Changes V Search results display page Ebay: search for an iPhone Options to organize your search

  13. Future Work • Search criteria, advanced search, search results organization • Saved preferences • Profile adaptation, complex search algorithm • Expand application process, resume uploads, cover letter uploads • For the recruiter, resume and employee search • Company forums • Friend’s jobs, Enhanced collaboration • Local recruiting information and resources

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