Lost and Found: Why Career Pages Are Hard to Find.

A website’s navigation framework — especially the top navigation bar — is a key design element. It guides users through pages, helping them find what they’re looking for and what the website owner wants them to see. Talk to a UX designer, and they’ll tell you that navigation receives as much attention as any other aspect of a site.

Yet, there’s one page that’s often buried: the career page. While some sites make it accessible, many tuck it away under the About section or at the bottom in the footer, among a sea of basically useless links. So why do career pages often end up buried?

The answer lies in us. People actively searching for jobs are highly motivated; they’ll click through multiple links, navigate broken pages, endure redirects, or even subscribe just to reach job listings. This persistence is unlike any other interaction on a website. And the reason for this is simple:

• People looking to buy, rent, or read are driven by what they WANT.
• People searching for a job are typically driven by what they NEED.

Despite the time and resources invested in user-centered design, this trend highlights an essential truth about human behavior. We’re impatient when we want something, but when we need something, we’ll dig deeper to find it — even if it’s at the bottom of the webpage.