Job search is a indian based online job portal which focuses on helping job seekers to connect and grow together with minimum skills required.

1. Job Search App
Jayakumar Krishnamurthy

2. The product:
Job search is a indian based onlne job portal
which focuses on helping job seekers to connect
and grow together with minimum skills required.
Project overview
Project duration:
Mar 22 - Apr 22

3. The problem:
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy's monthly time
series data revealed that the overall unemployment rate in
India is 7.6 per cent in March 2022. The major causes of
unemployment in India is Lack of vocational skills. Job
Search here helps candidates find ideal jobs and also
suggests proper courses to upskill and get superior jobs.
Project overview
The goal:
Design an App that will improve the chance for job applying
candidates to get a job or get upskilled to match the profile
and do get a chance to shine.

4. My role:
UX designer leading the app and responsive website design
from conception to delivery.
Project overview
Responsibilities:
Conducting interviews, paper and digital wireframes , low
and high-fidelity prototyping, conducting usabilty studies,
accounting for accessibility, iterating on designs, detemining
information architecture, and responsive design.

5. Understanding
the user
● User research
● Personas
● Problem statements
● Competitive audit
● Ideation

6. User research: summary
I used data gathered from the internet to develop questions, which were then used to conduct user interviews. Most interview
participants reported feeling badly about not getting jobs which promises their future or help them move to the next stage.
The feedback received through research made it very clear that users would be open and willing get upskilled and find a job
that suits them the most and if they had access to an easy-to-use guide it could help them set their job and help them build
their future.

7. Persona 1: Arjun
Problem statement:
Arjun is a Freelance web
programmer
who needs a guiding platform
because he is looking for a job or
skills to develop that could help him
build his future.

8. Persona 2: Rafiya
Problem statement:
Rafiya is a Full-time web researcher
who needs a guiding platform
because she is looking for a job or
skills to develop that could help build
her future.

9. Competitive Audit
An audit of a few competitor’
products provided direction on
gaps and oppurtunities to address
with the Job Search app.

10. Initial Ideation
I did quick wireframe ideations to
come up with ideas to address the
screens and features.

11. ● Digital wireframes
● Low-fidelity prototype
● Usability studies
Starting
the design

12. Digital wireframes
After ideating and drafting some
paper wireframes, i created the
primary designs for the Job search
app. These designs concentrated
on giving personalized guidance
to users to help gaining upskills
and an appropriate job
This part lets
user know the
recommended
jobs
users can check pre
requisite skills for
jobs

13. Low-fidelity prototype
To prepare for usability testing,
I created a low fidelity prototype that
connected the user flow of searching for
job and courses to upskill yourself.
Link to prototype

14. Usability study: parameters
Study type:
Unmoderated usability study
Location:
India, remote
Participants:
4 participants
Length:
50-60 minutes

15. Usability study: findings
Users wanted to filter jobs
according to their
preference type
Job Type New skills Notifications
People wanted to know the
choices of upskilling before
applying for a job
Users wanted to get
notified about when they
applied for a job or they’re
being asked for certain skill
level upgrades
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16. ● Mockups
● High-fidelity prototype
● Accessibility
Refining
the design

17. Mockups
Based on the insights from
usability studies, applied design
changes.
Before usability study After usability study

18. Mockups
I also made additional design
cahnges according to usability
study.
Before usability study After usability study

19. Mockups

20. High-fidelity
prototype
The high fielity prototype followed the
same user flow as the low fidelity
prototype including design changes
made after the usability study.

21. Accessibility considerations
Clear labels for interactive
elements that can be read
by screen readers.
Initial focus for all the
screens especially home
screen and search screen
on personalized
recommendations help to
define the core task and
actions of user
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22. ● Information architecture
● Responsive design
Responsive Design

23. Sitemap
With app designs completed i
started working on sitemap for
responsive website and ensured
a cohesive and consistent
experience.

24. ● Takeaways
● Next steps
Going forward

25. Takeaways
Impact:
Users shared that the Job Search app not only
provided information on job but also the
guidance toward the skill on excellence to be
fit and upskilled to each and every user.
What I learned:
Going through each step in the process, i
learnt that this has helped me to comeup with
equitable and useful solution to the users

26. Next steps
Conduct research on how
stressful is the flow and
feature on user
Add more educational
resources tp learn
Provide rewards to users
who successfully acheive
the goal
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27. Let’s connect!
Thank you for your time for reviewing my work on the job search app.
Email: Jaykrishnavj@gmail.com