USAJOBS 3.0: What Do You Think?
The much-anticipated rebuild of USAJOBS is happening today. Word on the street is that the new site will be live at 12 Noon ET. Once the new version is up and available, we'll likely post a screen shot below and offer a quick critique. In the meantime, I wanted to have a place here in the GovLoop forums to talk about it...so:
What do you think of the new USAJOBS 3.0?
UPDATE: Did you see the tutorials that help you with aspects of the site?
http://www.usajobs.gov/SpotlightsAll/SpotlightDetails?contentID=66
Thoughts on the presentation of it via screenshots in PDF? Cool to have video?
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GovLoop Resources:
- USAJOBS Agency Collaboration Group: A space for two-way collaboration between USAJOBS and its Agency customers. Please note: This group is not intended for job seekers/applicants.
- USAJOBS Integration Services Group: This group was created as a collaboration Area for USAJOBS Integration Services Providers.
- Jobs.GovLoop.com: We extract the top 10 gems from USAJOBS each week.
- Rock Your Resume: Find a job and want to apply? Get your resume reviewed by an expert.
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Permalink Reply by GovLoop on -
Some initial observations:
-Core look & feel is mostly the same although text and boxes feels smaller on home page. I'd make the search boxes bigger if possible
-On job opening pages - I like the tabs at top that jump down for various overview, duties, etc.
-On job openings page - I like that as you scroll down on the right the "dock" stay sup there with key info on saving job and applying
-Like the filtering of jobs - not sure if that was on right hand column before but I like it on left
-I'm interesting in geographic data - I heard there was going to be more geographic data about where jobs are but don't see it yet- I think that'd be awesome and would love to see it (this job is actually in suburb of Tampa or in McPherson square DC versus L'enfant)-I like specific pages like student jobs - has a lot more information and basic stuff that needed (you are probably a gs-7 if a recent undergrad) - http://www.usajobs.gov/StudentJobs
-Lot of complaints around USAJOBS is around back-end processes so it's good that lots of changes there.
-Intrigued by "More like this" button - I really like this concept
Some other ideas:-Would be awesome to have live chat or help. Worst part of USAJOBS I think for most people is that it's a black hole so any kind of human touch would be great. I see it already on USAJOBS FB page and people love interacting w/ a human
-Looking forward to seeing more updated to USAJOBS data feed - I think a lot of innovation can be fueled with a data.gov approach and allow folks to mash up the feed with other info and get more people interested in fed jobs. Perhaps an Apps for USAJOBS contest. Or ask people what they want to make site better (use ideascale or uservoice like recent dialogue on improving govt websites )
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Permalink Reply by Chris Poirier on -
Love the chat idea, there are always questions and this would be a huge step towards positive engagement with job seekers!
Dig the idea of a data feed and/or API for this so agencies could build apps, etc for recruitment, etc.
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Permalink Reply by 0qaop9gzksmli on -
Hmmm I would not want them to build a data feed and/or API as there are already some really good ones out there.......Hiring and Careers Tab by Smart Recruiters. What I would like to see is integration of the Linkedin button....e.g. apply here I would like to use that button and than my full resume with all the information.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Poirier on
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Good to know on "smart recruiters" but still think there should be an "in-sourced" government version and releasing the feed/api capabilities would enable the ability to make the "linkedin" type button.
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Permalink Reply by Joe Flood on -
Looks better. It made me create a new password when I logged in - not sure why I had to do that. I also have to redo my searches and make my resume searchable again - that's kind of an ugh moment.
On the plus side, it definitely seems faster and the job search function works better - there are more options and it's a better, reader-friendly layout with more white space.
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Permalink Reply by John Allen on
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New more powerful search engine required us to have folks redo their saved searches as they were geared tecnically to the old search engine - passwords had to be reset because we could not port over the encryption sceme used by the last site.
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Permalink Reply by David Reinbold on -
I was wondering that, as well. Thanks for clearing that up, John!
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Elliott Pope on
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I have tried several searches for my local and they no longer are pulling any locations close to me? Everything is coming up Washington DC area? Any input on this?
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Permalink Reply by Susan Thomas on -
@Thomas, On the flip side, I queried jobs for Washington DC (metro area) and jobs in Kansas City popped up in the sort.
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Krzmarzick on -
That's what I noticed...the speed. Definitely a faster user experience.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Poirier on
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look REALLY closely at your resume profile..mine looks like a bomb went off. rebuilding 90% of it right now..
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Permalink Reply by Susan Thomas on
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@Chris, I had the same experience. OPM should ask for its money back from the contractor who did this. Not good and I am sure many complaints will be forthcoming. I spent a considerable amount of time with "repairs" to my resume.
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