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Job details page. First thoughts, its very white with a lot of text. Can some colors be added to differentiate sections? This could be in the form of backgroun

Job details page. First thoughts, its very white with a lot of text. Can some colors be added to differentiate sections? This could be in the form of background colors for different sections, perhaps borders. There's multiple ways to do this, but basically something that draws my eye to the most important points, such as job description and job details. Google map on page doesnt seem to serve a real purpose and just takes up space. Is it really necessary? Posted date seems to list a date range. This is confusing as I'm not sure how old this job posting is. Posted by is highlighted but this seems to be rather insignificant info. There are more important things on the page to highlight. When I look for a job, I care about job description, salary, location and job type. On the apply for job page, the subject is prefilled but it makes no mention of the specific job posting. What happens if I have multiple postings? How can I tell which emails are for which posting? This page should restate some of the info from the previous page. At a minimum it should include company name. Rather than having a text field for resume, you should offer option to upload a resume. I would be wary of putting my resume in there as I will lose all formatting and it'll look terrible. Resume details page Same advice as job details page. Contact info links are confusing and really dont tell me what is supposed to happen. Can the call to action be improved with an image perhaps or more descriptive text? For the free send message, is login or registration really required? Not sure if I would send a message due to the inconvenience of having to register. If this can be dropped, great. if not, think about offering something that lets people login using a google acct or facebook, etc...

dennisgorelik 16y ago
1) I changed text colors to make logical blocks. I also rearranged order of fields according to the priorities you suggested: http://www.postjobfree.com/Job.aspx?id=69531a3762d0430cb06150599409ccc1 http://www.postjobfree.com/Job.aspx?id=69531a3762d0430cb0615... http://www.postjobfree.com/Resume.aspx?id=4c6bea8dec2e45a4b649d89f5c17911f http://www.postjobfree.com/Resume.aspx?id=4c6bea8dec2e45a4b6... Does it look better or you had something else in mind? Does it make sense to use something like Crazy Egg to find out what's the most popular attribute on the page and rearrange fields accordingly? 2) Google Maps snippet gives user instant hint about the location. I have couple of users explicitly mentioned that having maps on PostJobFree was nice. Nobody complained even when I asked if the map was unneeded distraction. Google Analytics indicate that for every nine (9) Job page views there is one click on the map. Does it look like useful feature now? 3) "Posted Date" is a date range, because it includes original posting date. Does it make sense that way?
- perucoder 16y ago
  It's a small improvement, but in my opinion, I think the site would do better with a more complete overhaul of the design, rather than just making tweaks. I think the biggest general problem is that the pages are just one big mass of information. Very little white space or different background colors to highlight different sections of the site. On one page, you have search boxes, similar jobs, the specific job details, job description. Take a look at some web design sites such as http://webcreme.com/ http://webcreme.com/ You can get some good ideas from looking at other people's designs. The Google Maps thing is nice, but is it really necessary? I was looking at it from the point of view of someone searching for a job. If I live in Miami and see a job posting for a position in Sarasota, its nice to see the mp but at the same time, I probably already know where Sarasota is in relation to Miami and about how far it is as well. So the question is, is this info useful? Or could the page be enhanced by using this space for something else. Sometimes, less is more and providing too much info to the user can backfire. The Google analytics info can be looked at two ways. Yes, 10% of your users are clicking the map, which is good. But you could also look at it like this, 10% of your users are clicking a link which causes them to leave your site. The date range still doesn't make sense because the field is called Posted Date, which implies one specific date when the job was posted. Most people will know what the current date is, so displaying this info to them is really unnecessary.
  - dennisgorelik 16y ago
    1) Are you suggesting to move elements from Job page or add background color or both? 2) Would you expect web site performance improvements if the changes you are suggesting would be implemented? If you expect improvements -- what kind of improvements and would it possible to measure them? 3) With posting date -- there could be more than one posting date. Recruiters re-post there jobs. The end of date range is not current date, it's the date when was this job was re-posted last time. 4) When users click on Google Map -- they not necessarily leave PostJobFree. Usually they just scroll the map.
    - perucoder 16y ago
      1. Both 2. The suggestions I made would make the site more visually pleasing, easier for users to find info, more professional appearance. 3. OK, I understand why its there now. 4. Its a judgement call on this one. I'm saying remove based on my experience.
dennisgorelik 16y ago
Unfortunately registration cannot be dropped from ContactResumePoster page http://www.postjobfree.com/ContactResumePoster.aspx?id=4c6bea8dec2e45a4b649d89f5c17911f http://www.postjobfree.com/ContactResumePoster.aspx?id=4c6be... The reason -- scammers and spammers. If it's easy to send a message without registration -- spammers immediately abuse it. On the other hand, I may allow to enter email and message without registration, but do not deliver message to the resume poster until recruiter confirms her email. Would that make sense?
dennisgorelik 16y ago
Unfortunately registration cannot be dropped from ContactResumePoster page http://www.postjobfree.com/ContactResumePoster.aspx?id=4c6bea8dec2e45a4b649d89f5c17911f http://www.postjobfree.com/ContactResumePoster.aspx?id=4c6be... The reason -- scammers and spammers. If it's easy to send a message without registration -- spammers immediately abuse it. On the other hand, I may allow to enter email and message without registration, but do not deliver message to the resume poster until recruiter confirms her email. Would that make sense?

dennisgorelik 16y ago

1) I changed text colors to make logical blocks. I also rearranged order of fields according to the priorities you suggested: http://www.postjobfree.com/Job.aspx?id=69531a3762d0430cb06150599409ccc1 http://www.postjobfree.com/Job.aspx?id=69531a3762d0430cb0615... http://www.postjobfree.com/Resume.aspx?id=4c6bea8dec2e45a4b649d89f5c17911f http://www.postjobfree.com/Resume.aspx?id=4c6bea8dec2e45a4b6... Does it look better or you had something else in mind? Does it make sense to use something like Crazy Egg to find out what's the most popular attribute on the page and rearrange fields accordingly? 2) Google Maps snippet gives user instant hint about the location. I have couple of users explicitly mentioned that having maps on PostJobFree was nice. Nobody complained even when I asked if the map was unneeded distraction. Google Analytics indicate that for every nine (9) Job page views there is one click on the map. Does it look like useful feature now? 3) "Posted Date" is a date range, because it includes original posting date. Does it make sense that way?

perucoder 16y ago
It's a small improvement, but in my opinion, I think the site would do better with a more complete overhaul of the design, rather than just making tweaks. I think the biggest general problem is that the pages are just one big mass of information. Very little white space or different background colors to highlight different sections of the site. On one page, you have search boxes, similar jobs, the specific job details, job description. Take a look at some web design sites such as http://webcreme.com/ http://webcreme.com/ You can get some good ideas from looking at other people's designs. The Google Maps thing is nice, but is it really necessary? I was looking at it from the point of view of someone searching for a job. If I live in Miami and see a job posting for a position in Sarasota, its nice to see the mp but at the same time, I probably already know where Sarasota is in relation to Miami and about how far it is as well. So the question is, is this info useful? Or could the page be enhanced by using this space for something else. Sometimes, less is more and providing too much info to the user can backfire. The Google analytics info can be looked at two ways. Yes, 10% of your users are clicking the map, which is good. But you could also look at it like this, 10% of your users are clicking a link which causes them to leave your site. The date range still doesn't make sense because the field is called Posted Date, which implies one specific date when the job was posted. Most people will know what the current date is, so displaying this info to them is really unnecessary.
- dennisgorelik 16y ago
  1) Are you suggesting to move elements from Job page or add background color or both? 2) Would you expect web site performance improvements if the changes you are suggesting would be implemented? If you expect improvements -- what kind of improvements and would it possible to measure them? 3) With posting date -- there could be more than one posting date. Recruiters re-post there jobs. The end of date range is not current date, it's the date when was this job was re-posted last time. 4) When users click on Google Map -- they not necessarily leave PostJobFree. Usually they just scroll the map.
  - perucoder 16y ago
    1. Both 2. The suggestions I made would make the site more visually pleasing, easier for users to find info, more professional appearance. 3. OK, I understand why its there now. 4. Its a judgement call on this one. I'm saying remove based on my experience.

dennisgorelik 16y ago

Unfortunately registration cannot be dropped from ContactResumePoster page http://www.postjobfree.com/ContactResumePoster.aspx?id=4c6bea8dec2e45a4b649d89f5c17911f http://www.postjobfree.com/ContactResumePoster.aspx?id=4c6be... The reason -- scammers and spammers. If it's easy to send a message without registration -- spammers immediately abuse it. On the other hand, I may allow to enter email and message without registration, but do not deliver message to the resume poster until recruiter confirms her email. Would that make sense?

dennisgorelik 16y ago