Hire Autism
Creating inclusive job opportunities.
Organization for Autism Research’s new Hire Autism job portal connects job seekers with employers to expand opportunities for those with autism.
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Strategy
Developing friction-free experiences for both the job seeker and the employer was paramount. We also needed a separate experience for community members supporting the higher mission of creating more opportunities for autistic people, a community often times connecting both employers and job seekers through their own independent efforts. Because there were theses three audiences to serve on this website, we provided intuitive ways for users to self-select their journey.
Keeping the job portal focused on serving these three primary audiences was the foundation of our high-level strategy from day one We provided a guided tour on top of the job portal in the web browser for first time visitors to receive detailed tips on how best to search for, or post jobs, within the portal. These features were the real-world application of a multi-audience design strategy developed during our discovery process with OAR’s Hire Autism team.
Our discovery process is based on the Framework for Innovation. The framework ensures that we are creating the right thing for you before we start to create that thing right.
We maintained a constant collaboration with the client to present updates for them to review and provide feedback taking into account the best user experience for their main audience.
Website Design
WordPress Development
The Hire Autism job portal is powered by WordPress. Given the complexity of the project, Scrum was adopted as an agile framework to help in the development process giving the Hire Autism team the transparency to review progress every two weeks and provide feedback as early as possible.
Geo search was implemented so the job seekers are able to find job postings near their preferred location.
Employer users are able to manage colleagues and all the information related to their company. It allows the employer users to log in with their own username and password.
We migrated the information from an outdated codelgniter powered system and implemented a mechanism to make the users’ password migration transparent so the users are able to log in using the same credentials they had in the old system.
The new Gutenberg editing experience was implemented so content editors can use pre-built components in the new pages without technical knowledge.
Personalized user profiles and accounts were implemented based on role. Users are able to manage their personal information, job posts, job alerts, company details from their own profile and account pages.
An integration with the Neon CRM was implemented, so all the user information is pushed to Neon. A Mailchimp integration was implemented to subscribe users to surveys when they download resources.
Email notifications were implemented for each step of the hiring process so job seekers and employers are kept informed about applications.
Managed Hosting and Website Maintenance
Providing a hosting environment tailored to the application it is serving is a unique integrated service New Target offers. Serious website developers need to have strong relationships with network and hosting engineers, and here we have them both on staff serving our clients in a truly integrated manner. For Hire Autism’s job portal, we’re providing a hosting environment in the New Target cloud as well as ongoing website maintenance and support to ensure the full stack of software from application to server level are up to date and performing optimally.
How we did it.
The cornerstone of your identity is an authentic brand story. We work with you to establish a clearly defined brand strategy for your goals – a strategy complementary to your brand’s visual voice.
The creative we design is heavily influenced by the framework for innovation. We design media not just to please our clients, but to engage and delight their customers, members, or constituents. We put people first.
We’ll help you select the right technology, and code it right. Our development team is passionate about using the right mix of open source, off-the-shelf, and hosted solutions to solve complex problems.
We understand clients have a choice of website hosting providers. Our service goes beyond stability, up time, and more to a personalized approach that meets you where you are today, and prepares you for your tomorrow
From search engine marketing strategies to social management to campaign activations and monitoring, we create bespoke digital marketing strategies for your audience.
