Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

Careerleaf is a Toronto-based small-to medium-sized enterprise creating proprietary job board and recruitingsoftware as a service tools. Careerleaf places comprehensive business tools in the hands of job seekers, such ascustomer relationship management systems for job search. This is part of an all-in-one tool kit available to jobseekers on any Careerleaf-powered website. The Careerleaf platform empowers customers to run online careercommunities that reach beyond simple job listings, helping them compete with Indeed and LinkedIn, while alsoserving niche and regional markets. Consequently, employers improve the efficiency of their hiring andrecruiting processes, and enhance the candidate experience. The current proprietary software includes jobboards, recruiting suites, and the Tracklet - a virtual job assistant that allows users to pin jobs from any siteback to the Careerleaf powered job boards.As Careerleaf evolves to meet the demand of its consumers, there are a number of existing user interface (UI)elements that need to be re-evaluated to enhance the overall user experience (UX). While Careerleaf has beenextremely successful in both local and overseas markets, feedback has indicated opportunities to enhancecohesion across features, improve navigation and accessibility of key features, and improve overall efficiencyof the job application and candidate screening systems. Leveraging their expertise and leadership in interactiondesign, heuristic evaluation and human-centred design, the research team from George Brown College's Schoolof Design will collaborate with Careerleaf to undertake a holistic analysis of the overall UX to identify andremedy pain points, conduct usability testing and design and develop improved UI/UX. This will allowCareerleaf to solidify its position as a Canadian and global market leader for recruitment technology that servesmultiple user types through a user-centric interface.