That A simple way to find jobs that match your skills Demo for V.P. Biden, Secretary of Labor Perez, and CTO Smith October 21, 2014 The Job-for-That team Aliya Rahman, Code for Progress Bobby Joe Smith, Code for Progress Jike Chong, SimplyHired Logan Powell, U.S Census Bureau Whitney Quesenbery, Center for Civic Design Download the file to read the demo script in the notes pages
There's a Job for That - presentation
Nov 22, 2014
In July 2014 we met at a White House Data Jam – a workshop that brought together a large group of people to explore how government data could be used to help Americans find jobs:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/07/11/vice-president-biden-use-open-data-and-innovation-help-americans-find-jobs
Unlike many of the teams, we did not know each other before that day, but we were all interested enough to put together a demo. We got to give a demo of our work to Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, and CTO Megan Smith on October 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/VP/status/524696725131235328
Aliya Rahman and Bobby Joe Smith of Code for Progress did the front end coding. Jike Chong from Simply Hired did the data analysis and API. Whitney Quesenbery, Center for Civic Design worked on the semantic analysis and plain language. Logan Powell from the US Census Bureau helped with contacts and project management.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/07/11/vice-president-biden-use-open-data-and-innovation-help-americans-find-jobs
Unlike many of the teams, we did not know each other before that day, but we were all interested enough to put together a demo. We got to give a demo of our work to Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, and CTO Megan Smith on October 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/VP/status/524696725131235328
Aliya Rahman and Bobby Joe Smith of Code for Progress did the front end coding. Jike Chong from Simply Hired did the data analysis and API. Whitney Quesenbery, Center for Civic Design worked on the semantic analysis and plain language. Logan Powell from the US Census Bureau helped with contacts and project management.
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There's a Job for ThatA simple way to find jobs that match your skillsDemo for V.P. Biden, Secretary of Labor Perez, and CTO SmithOctober 21, 2014
The Job-for-That teamAliya Rahman, Code for ProgressBobby Joe Smith, Code for ProgressJike Chong, SimplyHiredLogan Powell, U.S Census BureauWhitney Quesenbery, Center for Civic Design
Download the file to read the demo script in the notes pages
If you are looking for work...
... you may struggle to find the jobs that match your skills.
There's a Job for That starts fast.No login. Low bandwidth. Simple interface.
One simple question in each step.
Questions quickly narrow downthe app to the right type of work
Plain language is critical to help job seekers find a good match.
Skills have been "translated" into simple, everyday questions
The questions include qualifications plus skills and preferences.
There's a Job for That can be a front end for more formal jobs profiling tools like ONet.
The questions come from an analysis of millions of job listings
The changes in color signal the section of the app.
The app returns a mix of jobs...showingthe kind of work available in the area.
Job descriptions links lead to the host jobs site.. in this case, Simply Hired
There's a Job for That!
What's under the covers? Requirements extracted from real job listings. Analysis to curate and group. Plain language questions for
Qualifications Knowledge Skills
A smart algorithm that stays up to date to show the most desired skills for jobs right now
There's a Job for That!
Making jobs information easy A simple site
Works on a mobile device
Written in plain language
Matching people's skills to the jobs available today.
There's a Job for That!
Next steps Test the concept in job centers
This will take partnerships A team to continue the work Access to staff and job seekers User research to fill out and refine the plain
langauge questions
There's a Job for That!
A simple way to find jobs that match your skills.
Try it: http://theres-a-job-for-that.herokuapp.com
There's a Job for That!
Thank you. Aliya Rahman & Bobby Joe Smith, Code for Progress
Jike Chong, [email protected]
Logan Powell, U.S Census [email protected]
Whitney Quesenbery, Center for Civic [email protected]
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