Research background

The purpose of this research report was to find out how the job seeking experience can be improved with a mobile phone application.

During the project, research regarding youth unemployment and existing solutions, was done. Furthermore, an employee of Jobcenter was interviewed, and questionnaires were made and handed out, in order to help verify the problem statement.

Design of the app

Three prototypes of the application were made. The purpose of the first two was to optimize the application, based on feedback received from testing. The last and final prototype was tested in comparison to the Jobindex application.

To ensure an effective user experience, it was decided to use simple
design functions and colors. A map showing jobs in the area was implemented in the application, which also gave way to the name Jobmapp, a portmanteau of the words job, map and app.
Due to limited time, a test version of the app was made in HTML and CSS and tested on a tablet.

Conclusion

We did several test to determine the functionality of this app. The results of these tests showed that Jobmapp worked very well in regards to speed, efficiency and ease of use.

My contribution

App prototype, graphics, report writing, test setup and execution
We were a group of five people.