1. Welcome to
Career site Usability
Presented by
Peter Gold and Andrew Marritt

2. The presenters
Peter Gold Andrew Marritt
(@petergold99) (@andrewmarritt)

3. Today’s format…..
• Listen only mode.
• 45 minutes.
• IM for questions.
• Limited offer.

4. The Agenda
• Global career site insights
• Understanding the user
• Designing for intent
• Simplifying to improve use
• How to get started
• Q&A
• Next steps

5. My background

6. Information isn’t just numbers

7. “The magic formula that successful
businesses have discovered is to
treat customers like guests and
employees like people.”
Tom Peters

8. Ethnographic methods for understanding users
* Also available as an
iPhone app

9. “If I had asked people what they
wanted, they would have said
faster horses.”Henry Ford
Henry Ford

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25. No way of being
notified if new jobs
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29. “Things should be as simple as
they can be... but no simpler.”
Albert Einstein

31. Simplify to the essential

32. Simplify to the essential
95% of the time this is what I use

33. Simplify to the essential
If these are pressed the remote
doesn’t seem to work
I’ve never used these

34. Simplifying makes it easier to understand

35. On mobile this is even more important

36. Great experiences are not created by chance
Real Users Direct Experience Real-Time Debriefs Rapid Recommendations

37. How to get started

38. Review the current state
Website Environment People Materials Mobile
Candidate
Needs
Awareness /
Consideration Engagement
Business
Strategy Application
Reputation Revenue
Selection
Brand
Onboarding
Conversion
Technology process X

39. “…perfection is finally attained
not when there is no longer
anything to add, but when there is
no longer anything to take away”
Antoine de Saint Expuréy

40. Do you have any
questions?

41. Next steps
• We are giving away 5 free assessments:
– Accessibility.
– SEO.
– Usability.
– Mobile.
www.hirestrategies.co.uk/usability