FAST Headhunter - Mobile Recruiting Apps Design Concepts Challenge

Welcome to "FAST Headhunter - Mobile Recruiting Apps Design Concepts Challenge". Our client is looking to build an iOS specific mobile application for recruiter and candidate management. The goal of this challenge is to design the best mobile UI (iOS!!) experience for this concept. At the end of this challenge, we are looking for an easy to use mobile application that is focused on embracing iOS best practices and user experience.

Challenge Timeline and Rolling Checkpoint:
- Challenge Starts at 00:00 AM EST 11/13/14
- Challenge Ends at 3:00 PM EST 11/16/14

Rolling Checkpoint Review ($50)
- Adam Morehead (adroc) will provide a design review if you submit your initial designs by 10:00 AM EST 11/15/14
- Within the hour we will provide design feedback/guidance - You must watch the forum for your feedback!
- All qualifying checkpoint submissions will win $50

Concept Description
Design a Mobile Recruitment Application for iPad and iPhone 6 - this app is an application for recruiters to find information about the current vacant job position in their company and to find candidate information from the community of overall candidates. This application also will help recruiters to perform assessment on candidates and to find quick information about the candidates in the interview process.

User Scenario 
- As a retail store manager, I am commuting to work on the train and want to get a jump on my day, so I launch my recruiting app on my iPad. From my home page, I need to see a dashboard that contains such details as positions open in my store, new applicants in my area, my store interview calendar, my own personal interview calendar, as well as a visualization of where previously interviewed candidates are in the process of being hired. Seeing my interview day or week at a glance, with other calendar entries blocked out helps me plan my day. 

- In another part of the app, I’ll want to view all the open positions within my company, not just at my store. There, I could either apply for a new position or share a position with someone I know via email or perhaps private message on social channels. These positions can be sorted and filtered in multiple ways

- Another part of the app is where I can look at the entire candidate pool of people who have a profile on my candidate community. I can search for keywords or maybe even do a candidate search based on a x mile radius of my store or a city. Visibility into their social presence such as LinkedIn would be a plus. When I find a candidate I may want to pursue, I want to add them to a Favorites list which I can later engage them for an interview.

- Finally, one of the key areas of the app is where I conduct my interviews from. There I see all the scheduled candidates, I can begin the interview process, ask selected questions, see other people’s feedback on the candidate, and can take all my notes on assessing the candidate for the position. The feedback on candidates is super important and I can collaborate with others on the interview record, which should later allow me to create a job offer right from the app. 

- As a great add-on, I would like to see push notifications come across on the iPad when an interviewee arrives and registers at the front desk. From that notification, it would be great to be taken to the candidate profile, which would contain a link to the upcoming interview. 

Mobile Storyboards
- Your design needs to conform to all current iOS design standards (very important!)
- Though the iPad application is the focus here, it will need to be adapted to iPhone as well, preferably iPhone 6 Plus scaling. 
- Design screens for multiple devices:
* PRIMARY - "iPad Air 2" landscape display (2048-by-1536 px)
* "iPhone 6 Plus" portrait display (1080-by-1920 px)
- This is a native iOS application

Suggested Screens :
IMPORTANT!! we really want to embrace and make this shine as an iOS specific design. Make sure to follow iOS specific guidelines in your design!!

00. Navigation Solution
- Provides us a clear navigation concept for this application.
- Please design a navigation solution that would be easy/engaging for a the application user!

01. Dashboard Screen (iPad Landscape and iPhone Portrait)
- This is the default screen that will be seen by the app user when he/she launch the application.
- Provides summary of information for the following items :
* Latest Job Position open in my store
* New applicants in user app area
* My store interview calendar 
* My own personal interview calendar
* Visualization of candidates process of being hired.
- User app should have an ability to see informations in period of time, day, week, year, particular date, from date to date range (filter maybe?)
- Make sure not overcrowded the dashboard, think of some navigation that able to split the view, carousel? expand/collapse tab? etc?
- Think and explore how this screen needs to be create!!

02. Full Jobs Position Screen (iPad Landscape)
- This screen will provide user application some information about full open positions in his company, not just in particular branch/store. 
- User application should have ability to apply for new position in the company. 
- User application also need to have ability to share some open position to someone he knows via email or perhaps private message on social channels.
- This screen needs to provide some filter and sorting functionality in multiple ways (date, type of jobs, branch, etc). 
- Think and explore how this screen needs to be create!!
 
03. Candidate Community Screen (iPad Landscape)
- This screen will provide user application some information about all candidates pools in the candidate community.
- User can search for keywords or maybe even do a candidate search based on a x mile radius of my store or a city.
- Visibility into candidate social presence such as LinkedIn would be a plus.
- When user find a candidate that he may want to pursue, He can add them to a Favorites list which he can later engage them for an interview.
- Think and explore how this screen needs to be create!!

04. Details Candidate Screen (iPad Landscape)
- This screen will show candidates detail information to the user application.
- User can navigate to this screen after select one of the candidate from community screen of from notification (check 03 and 06 screen for navigation process).
- Needs some information presented about candidate progress for being hired if the candidates already engaged to selection process.
- Needs to provide information details about candidates profile, basic info about candidate biography and Curriculum Vitae, Job experience, skills (maybe in graph?)
- Think and explore how this screen needs to be create!!

05. Candidate Assessment/Interview Screen (iPad Landscape and iPhone Portrait)
- This application also will help application user to perform assessment to candidates.
- User should be able to see all the candidates in their interview schedule.
- User can start/begin interview process with the candidates (phone/video calls?)
- Ability to ask some questions (provide list of questions and checklist?)
- see other people's feedback on the candidate and can write some notes on assessing the candidate for the position
- The feedback on candidates is super important and user can collaborate with others on the interview record, which should later allow user to create a job offer right from the app. 
- Think and explore how this screen needs to be create!!

06. Candidate Attend Notification Screen  (iPad Landscape)
- We would like to see push notifications come across on the iPad when an interviewee arrives and registers at the front desk. 
- From that notification, it would be great to be taken to the candidate profile, which would contain a link to the upcoming interview. 
- Think and explore how this screen needs to be create!!

07. Presentation Screen 
- Please create Presentation screen in ratio 16:9 format. 
- See attachments of great presentation screens!
- We will using your design in the client presentation on Monday!

Branding Guidelines
Font: Up to you - keep it simple and follow Apples design guidelines
Color: White Space, Gray, Blake and choose from these guidelines (Color and Typography)
Design Style: Design it like an Apple designed application (see attachment) 
Orientation: Landscape (iPad) and Portrait (iPhone)

Design Considerations 
- Focus on the design being a great mobile experience - the application should be designed for iPad (primary) and iPhone.
- Give importance to the overall layout and think on how a user would interact with the content on the page.
- iOS (see a theme here.. we really want everyone to embrace and learn the iOS design guidelines!)

Target Audience
- Middle Level Management Person!! Manager, Assistant Manager, etc.

Check out these iOS reference link about latest standard for designing UI/UX for iOS8:
- Details make the experience. These details make it brilliant 
- iOS Human Interface Guidelines
- Designing Great Apps
- The iOS Design Guidelines
- Learn iOS Design
- iOS8 Design
- ios 8 ui design guidelines

Judging Criteria
- How well you design the mobile application concept!
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design.
- Design and User Experience.

Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.

Submission File
Please upload PNG images in a zip file with all requested contest requirements stated above. Number your files (01, 02, 03, etc) this will help review them in order.

Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator and saved as layered PSD/AI files. 

Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors. We may ask you to update your design or graphics based on rolling checkpoint feedback.