MyCareer’s Search For Excellence
July 28, 2008 by Geoff Jennings
Past Fairfax Digital CTO Seth Yates has covered the update to MyCareer’s search functionality here already.
Here’s my view. (since I took this home page search box snap shot, they have rolled back to include the sector/sub sector, location e.t.c drop down menus again) MyCareer have informed me that they are running a Test A and Test B search box.
They have gone with the new search suggest keyword technology. Yahoo are using this tool successfully.
Once you make your way to the search results page, you can’t help but notice the new ‘refine your search’ column. With such a nice simple keyword search box on the home page they let themselves down here. Should have kept it slick and given the advertisers the spot light with their job listings.
May I suggest MyCareer, that you keep up the innovation.
Seems they are switching between the two different search interfaces:
http://blog.sethyates.com/index.php/2008/07/29/mycareer-rolls-back-new-search/
Not a great roll out/back so far.
MyCareer is A/B testing the search box. We have not rolled back.
Upon coming to MyCareer, some people will see our keyword only search (the screenshot in your post). Others will see the full fielded search (with sector/subsector & location drop down menus).
This is very much intended behaviour and both versions are brand new – not rolled back to a previous search box version.
Thanks Jen
Will be interesting to see if you have enough support from the test data to roll out the keyword only search box permanently.