Help Center

What's new with ATP

Changes made August 30, 2024

Sitewide

  • Moved the ATP Help Center from GitHub to a new microsite.
  • Changed name of Tagline field to Introduction in branded search creation page for clarity.

Changes made August 16, 2024

Sitewide

  • Updated ATP training events to display additional event details as a preview in the right rail of the page.

Changes made August 2, 2024

Sitewide

  • Added Pathways Recent Graduates Talent Program to ATP's talent programs, enabling agencies to view, recruit and convert candidates who have successfully completed the Pathways Recent Graduate Program.

Changes made July 19, 2024

Sitewide

  • Updated language in ATP user invitation email.

Campaigns

  • Updated all email addresses to function as hyperlinks.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed bug preventing reply feature from functioning in Campaigns.

Changes made June 21, 2024

Sitewide

  • Added the ability for users to change their additional email for messaging in ATP.

Changes made June 7, 2024

Agency administrator dashboard

  • Added "See more" page that displays CGA talent pool action history.

Talent programs

  • Updated default view for Pathways Program Officer, which now displays the PPO management page in the event a user has been assigned multiple ATP roles.
  • Updated functionality to prevent duplicate titles from being saved.

Bug fixes

  • Corrected error in Campaigns that prevented users from messaging a single candidate.

Changes made May 24, 2024

Sitewide

  • Added the ability for users to view all ATP administrator roles within their agency, including agency administrator, branded search manager, shared certificate coordinator and talent pool managers.

Landing page

  • Added "Add to Calendar" function to list of ATP Training events.
  • Updated talent pools and talent programs tile layout.
  • Updated filter labels for (GS) General Schedule and (Wg) wage grade.

Agency administrator dashboard

  • Added the ability to view CGA talent pools requested by the user's agency.

Changes made May 10, 2024

Resume search

  • Added a new Saved Search feature that enables users to receive updated lists of candidates matching their search parameters.

Talent pools

  • Updated look and feel of talent pool tabs for ease of use.
  • Updated instructional language helping users share a talent pool.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug causing system-generated talent pool emails to be delivered too soon.

Changes made April 26, 2024

Sitewide

  • Updated UTC time zone displays across the Agency Talent Portal (ATP).
  • Added agency administrator dashboard which displays branded search pages, as well as updates to talent pools copied, shared and created within the user's agency.
  • Fixed error preventing display of additional pages of available talent pools.

Talent pools

  • Added automated email reminder for shared certificate coordinators to share Talent Pools with their agency and mark candidates as selected.
  • The Share candidates button will now be enabled after the agency respond-by date to ensure candidates have time to update their responses.

Resume search

  • Added saved search feature to enable users to receive updated lists of candidates that match their search parameters.
  • Updated slide range in search bar parameters to align with candidates last updated USAJOBS profiles.

Changes made April 12, 2024

Sitewide

  • Updated UTC time zone displays across ATP.
  • Updated icons across the Agency Talent Portal (ATP) from Font Awesome iconography to USWDS.
  • Updated content on CAC registration page to reflect CAC/PIV card.
  • Fixed error causing 508 accessibility issue.

Talent pools

  • Talent pool display will now automatically update status for candidates who fail to respond.
  • Share candidates button will now be enabled only after all candidate responses are captured.

Changes made March 29, 2024

Talent pools

  • Shared Certificate Coordinators (SCC) may now send talent pool candidates an email soliciting interest in a position. Responses will automatically display within ATP.

Campaigns

  • Added a new Notes section to collect and display information exchanged between HR staff and candidates.
  • Updated view of candidates within a campaign to display as a list or grid view.

Changes made March 25, 2024

Talent programs

  • Released new Talent Programs feature to allow agency users to browse Pathways interns eligible for conversion to federal positions. More Talent Programs will be added to this list periodically.

Changes made March 15, 2024

Sitewide

  • Agency administrators can now unlock users at child agencies.
  • Fixed error preventing agency administrators from accessing profiles at agencies within their hierarchy.

Talent pools

  • Updated agency response time for HHS from 5 days to 3 days.

Branded search

  • Updated alignment of filters on Branded Search pages.
  • Moved save campaign functionality to above resume search filter.

Events

  • Event creators may now approve events up to the final day of an event.

Changes made March 1, 2024

Sitewide

  • Fixed bug causing error when using USAStaffing sign-in method.
  • Added embedded one-pagers which provide helpful information the Agency Talent Portal (ATP), branded search and ATP events.

Branded search

  • Added "Internal to agency" filter to branded search page type.

Campaigns

  • Updated display on candidate cards to include pay scale and highest grade.
  • Updated "Unavailable" tag.
  • Updated the format of the "Last update" field.

Events

  • Users can now approve an event up to 11:59 PM ET the day of the event.

Resume search

  • Updated search functionality to include "Current" and "Desired" when searching by state.

Talent pools

  • Removed "Viewing XX-XX of XX users" from talent pools dashboard display.

Changes made February 16, 2024

Sitewide

  • Fixed incorrect hover text for "My Account."

Talent pools

  • Talent pool managers and shared certificate coordinators can now link to the agency user view.
  • Created new page to display edit talent pool functionality.
  • Users can now edit the PDF URL for a published talent pool.
  • Updated location of link to "Agency user view" from "Copied CSA pools" tab on talent pool dashboard.
  • Added ability to create talent pools with Remote or Negotiable locations.

Campaigns

  • Fixed error preventing hover text for "Unavailable" from displaying.

Changes made February 2, 2024

Sitewide

  • Updated language on sign-on page from "PIV/CAC card" to "CAC/PIV card."
  • Updated icons.

Administration

  • Administrators can now manually remove a user's Agency Talent Portal (ATP) invite.
  • Fixed an error that prevented users from viewing ATP roles when managing users.

Events

  • Added confirmation visual when a draft is saved.

Talent pools

  • Added ability to create talent pools with Remote or Negotiable locations.
  • Users may now edit talent pool location, adding Multiple, Remote, or Negotiable locations.
  • Updated system emails to include Multiple, Remote, or Negotiable locations for a talent pool.
  • Updated talent pool details and dashboard to display multiple locations for a talent pool.

Changes made January 19, 2024

Talent pools

  • Added "Location" to Available CGA pools tab.
  • Fixed error preventing users from deselecting the star on candidate cards

Events

  • Removed "Is this a publicly available event" language from event creation.

Changes made January 5, 2024

Sitewide

  • Removed listserv information from right rail of landing page.

Events

  • Redesigned both USAJOBS and Career site event creation pages.

Campaigns

  • Updated functionality of “Saved” tag to prevent tag persisting after campaign has been archived.

Changes made December 22, 2023

Sitewide

  • Added ATP training events.
  • Added ability to save ATP training events to a personal calendar.

Campaigns

  • Corrected error displaying duplicative hiring paths on candidate cards.
  • Fixed bug preventing Shared Certificate Coordinators from being able to download reports.

Changes made December 9, 2023

Talent pools

  • Fixed an error preventing the Talent pool dashboard from displaying properly.

Branded search

  • Revised instructional text and added a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section.

My account

  • Added validation and instructional text to the phone number field.
  • Added validation text for optional Additional messaging email.

Changes made November 27, 2023

Talent pools

  • Fixed an error that prevented the display of approved CGA talent pools.
  • Added the ability to export report under Agencies-at-a glance page.
  • Changed default CGA Talent pool location text from “Varies” to “Negotiable.”

Resume search

  • Added ability to search by WG pay band.
  • Updated order of hiring paths on candidate cards.

Changes made November 13th, 2023

Sitewide

  • Additional email for messaging will now display as static text after the user's email is confirmed.

Campaigns

  • Updated navigation to display full list of search results after adding a candidate to a campaign.

Resume Search

  • Updated candidate cards to expand list of hiring paths via a "Show more" link when candidate has 10 or more hiring paths chosen.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue preventing ATP Events from posting to landing page.
  • Fixed an issue preventing the display of edit options when creating talent pools.

Changes made October 27th, 2023

Sitewide

  • Changed button text on ATP Events from "Sign up" to "See more details.”
  • Removed underlines from landing page link text.
  • Added icons to Help, Sign in, Sign out, and My Account links.

Talent pools

  • Added Cross-government Action (CGA) talent pools to expand available talent pools.
  • Added alternating color rows to talent pool tables for ease of reading.
  • Added validation text to hiring certificate issue date.
  • Added instructional text to shared certificate coordinator view of Copied CSA pools.

Changes made October 13, 2023

Sitewide

  • Fixed an error where Agency Administrators did not see the correct roles.

Campaigns

  • Updated the Messaging feature so users can now send emails using a group email address.

Talent pools

  • Revised the content of the approve and deny modal when requesting access to a CGA talent pool.
  • Removed the display of hiring paths from the candidate card.
  • Added validation to the Certificate issue and expiration date fields on the Create talent pool page.
  • Updated the listed order of talent pools.

Changes made September 29, 2023

Talent search

  • Changed the My copied talent pools tab to Copied CSA pools tab.
  • Redesigned the table for CGA talent pool requests to be a sortable table.

Branded search

  • Revised the navigation and breadcrumbs.

Changes made September 15, 2023

Talent search

  • Launched Cross-Government action (CGA) talent pools.
  • Updated the blank state view of talent pools.
  • Added validation text for the Certificate issue date and Expiration date.
  • Updated the Share candidates button on the Candidates page.

Training events

  • Added validation text for the event title field and fixed grammatical errors.

Changes made September 1, 2023

Sitewide

  • Added ATP specific training events to the homepage.

Changes made August 18, 2023

Sitewide

  • Added the ability to invite multiple users at once to ATP.

Campaigns

  • Added a new feature to Remove unavailable candidates from a campaign.
  • Added the ability to disable sending messages to Unavailable candidates in a campaign.

Events

  • Updated the Create event form to include a field for a Branded search URL. Events can now display links to a branded search page.
  • Added the ability to create a career site event.

Branded search

  • Fixed an error so we can display a branded search page with more than one agency.

Talent pools

  • Updated the Share candidates information message banner explaining how to share candidates.

Changes made August 4, 2023

Campaigns

  • Updated the Campaign actions button to display it's drop-down when a user clicks the arrow.

Resume search

  • Added the ability to search resumes by zip code.

Changes made July 21, 2023

Branded search

  • Removed the borders around the top two sections of content to standardize the design.
  • Updated the instructional text in two areas.

Events

  • Updated the Career site events links to static text on published events.

Messaging

  • Added a new confirmation email for users who submit an event.

Talent pools

  • Updated the Talent pool dashboard link in the breadcrumb navigation.
  • Removed archived talent pools from the available pools view.

Changes made July 7, 2023

Talent pools

  • Revised the instructional text for the shared certificate coordinator view of the Available talent pools tab.

Changes made June 23, 2023

Talent pools

  • Updated the instructional text on the Candidates page to include the option to mark a candidate as Failed to respond.

Changes made June 9, 2023

Events

  • Updated the event type categories in ATP and USAJOBS.

Changes made May 26, 2023

Sitewide

  • Updated ATP Login.gov instructional text to clarify you can use any of the three sign in options.

Events

  • Updated the email an event creator receives after submitting an event to specify the turn around time is three business days instead of 72 hours.
  • Added the ability to create career site events in ATP and display them on the career sites.

Changes made May 12, 2023

Sitewide

  • Redesigned the main navigation in the header.
    • The top right corner navigation contains links to Help, My Account and Sign In.
    • A new primary navigation bar across the top has links to the main ATP features including Branded Search, Search Resumes, Talent Pools, Campaigns, Events and Administration.

Events

  • Updated the Events description on the landing page to include both USAJOBS and Career site events.
  • Updated the Create event form to include validation for the Event URL field.
  • Revised instructional text on Event preview and submit page.

Campaigns

  • Added a standard greeting to all new messages.

Talent pools

  • Added a link to download a report for talent pools.
  • Added a new page for the agency user to view Available pools as read-only.
  • Revised the instructional text for when there are no pools available for the agency user view.
  • Added a Failed to respond radio button to the Manage candidates page.
  • Revised the hover text for the Share candidates button to include the failed to respond option.

Changes made April 28, 2023

Sitewide

  • Added Talent pools to the main navigation bar.
  • Changed the background color on pages.

Events

  • Added a progress bar to the Create career site event process.
  • Added buttons to remove and edit career site events.
  • Created confirmation emails that will go the event site coordinator when they submit an event and when their event is approved.

Changes made March 31, 2023

Sitewide

  • Released the new talent pool feature to help agencies share and find talent using lists of qualified candidates who are already on approved Competitive Service Act certificates of eligibles.
  • Created multiple user roles specifically for talent pools.

Changes made February 17, 2023

Sitewide

  • Added a link to the JOA playbook on the signed-in landing page.

Events

  • Updated the event card to make the event title a link to the live event details page on USAJOBS.gov.

Changes made February 3, 2023

Sitewide

  • Updated the footers for all system generated emails to be consistent.

Campaigns

  • Replaced the ellipsis icon in the heading with a Campaign actions button and drop down with links to the different actions a user can take within a campaign.

Events

  • Updated the event creators' email to include a link to contact the event creator.
  • Added functionality to automatically archive events in draft status beyond 30 days.
  • Changed title from Agency-branded Search to Branded Search.

Search resume

  • Updated the resume search filters to include preferred work schedules and appointment types.

Changes made November 29, 2021

Manage users

  • Added an alert that displays when a user tries to do a bulk action (taking the same action on multiple users – for example unlocking more than one user) without selecting anything.
  • Updated Manage users to continue showing the search bar when no search results are found. This will let a user continue their search from the same page.
  • Added an alert when a user unlocks a user's account telling them an email has been sent.
  • Added an ellipsis at the end of long emails so they don't overflow into the agency name within the candidate card.

Search resume

  • Updated the location Search to include two checkboxes: Current and Desired. The Current location search is based on a candidates' current location. The Desired location search is based on a candidate's desired work location.

    • The default will be Current location.
    • Users can select one or both search options. If a user unselects Current and doesn't select anything, the system will search using the candidate's current location.
    • This new feature will allow a user to search by a radius of 0 to 200 miles from the selected location.

  • Added a radius search with a default of 25 miles.

    • A user can move the slider to their desired radius.
    • The system will search by the zip code the candidate has in their USAJOBS profile.
    • If a user searches by a location that doesn't match to a longitude and latitude, the radius slider option will not display, and the system will search for an exact match based on the location name.

Campaigns

  • Updated the date format to MM/DD/YY. This new format will display for the created date and the last updated date.

Changes made November 12, 2021

Sitewide enhancements

  • Added the new statuses to the excel spreadsheet.
  • Updated the existing agency dropdowns to include agency acronyms. The user must include ( ) around the acronym. Example: (OPM) not OPM.

Events

  • Added an agency dropdown selector to the Host Organization field.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue that was causing a candidate to show up twice in search results.
  • Fixed an issue so a user no longer gets an error message when they click Forgot password.

Changes made October 29, 2021

Sitewide enhancements

  • Updated the field validation for the email field. When a user enters a non-federal email they will see the following message: “You must include a valid government email address.”
  • Added a success alert to display when a new user invite has been sent.
  • Fixed multiple 508 compliance issues.

Changes made October 1, 2021

Manage users

  • Added filters so an agency administrator can search by user status: Active, Account locked, Invited, Invited-expired, Access removed.

    • The filters will work as an “Or” and will update search results as each filter is selected.

  • Added filters so an agency administrator can search by ATP role: Agency General User, Event Coordinator.

  • Added a Clear all filters button so a user can remove any filters they have selected.

  • Removed the status from the excel spreadsheet when a user exports to excel.

  • Added validation to make sure the email in a user's profile is a valid government email. The validation will also check when a user updates their email.

Other updates

  • Updated the new user flow—revised the heading Change your password to Create your password.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue so users no longer see the wrong candidate information when they click on a name in their search results.

Changes made September 17, 2021

Sitewide enhancements

  • Created a field in the data base to track how the user signs in—this will help to have a more accurate status on the Manage users page. We will use the most recent sign in method to determine a user's status.

    • Example: If a user signs in using their PIV/CAC they will not see “Account locked – password expired”. However, if they sign in again using their email and password, they will see any status that is related to this sign in method; password expired, no activity, 3+ failed sign in attempts.

  • Updated the design of Manage users.

    • Removed the active, inactive and pending tabs and now display all information about each user on the same page using a card style.

  • Added an Agency filter so a user can search other users by agency. If the user only has permissions for one agency that agency will be pre-filled for the user.

  • Added field validation on Edit profile for the first, middle, last name, agency and email fields.

  • Added user data in the right rail; status, invited date, last activity date and authentication method.

  • Added bulk actions so a user can select multiple users and perform the same function for all of them at once. For example: reinvite, unlock or remove access.

Changes made September 3, 2021

Events

  • Updated the approved date to reflect most recent approval date. Example: If a user edits a previously approved event, the approval date will reflect the most recent date.

Search results

  • Added a Current agency filter to search results—a user can filter their results by the current agency listed in a candidates USAJOBS profile.
  • Updated the search feature so a user can add multiple agencies.
  • Added an agency tag to display when an agency is selected as a filter.
  • Updated how filters work—when more than one filter is selected, it will operate as an “or”.
  • Updated the Complete your account information page:
    • You can now edit the First and Last name fields.
    • Added field validation for character limits and when a field is required.
    • Made the Telephone field required.

Campaigns

  • Updated the Export to Excel feature to change the Given name field to First name.

Changes made July 23, 2021

Sitewide enhancements

  • Updated the date display to show the time zone of a user's location. For example, if a user is in the Central time zone, the dates will display as Central time.
  • Made several content edits to use sentence case instead of title case:
    • Changed Invite New User to *Invite new user”* on the new user form.
    • Changed the Sign In to Sign in on the home page.
    • Changed Sign In to Sign in on the 3 ways to sign in page.
  • Removed all pending users from the Pending list for user's who:
    • Have no ATP account associated with the email.
    • Have no first and last name in the profile.

Changes made June 25, 2021

Sitewide enhancements

  • Changed “Federal Government” to “federal government” in the tagline on the home page to comply with the Office of Communications guidelines.
  • Removed ATP access to IE users and created an error page specifically for IE users, telling them to switch to Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari to use ATP.

Campaigns

  • Changed “Rename Campaign” to Rename campaign to use sentence case per content style guide.
  • Updated the logic in the Last updated date feature so the date is updated when a job seeker adds a new searchable resume in both the candidate card and the candidate profile.
  • Changed the link label “Delete list” to Remove list.
  • Added an Unavailable tag to candidate cards—this will display when a candidate's resume has expired.
  • Disabled the candidate name when the Unavailable tag is presented—users will see the candidate name but will not be able to click on it for more details.
  • Added a tooltip to the Unavailable tag that reads “Resume and profile no longer searchable.”
  • Added the validation text “You must include a valid email.” to the email field when adding team members to a campaign.
  • Moved the menu in the candidate card so it does not cover adjacent candidate details.
  • Adjusted the spacing in the header within an active and archived campaign page.

Events

  • Updated the text on the ‘no events' page that displays when a user has no events to explain what events are and what happens when you create and post an event.

Authentication

Sign in page

  • Added a Show password toggle to the password field—this lets users display their password when they type it in during authentication.
  • Updated all instances of Sign in to use sentence case.
  • Revised the last sentence to include “email” to read “contact your agency administrator or email recruiter-help@usajobs.gov.

Register PIV page

  • Added the “show password” toggle
  • Added “Enter your Agency Talent Portal password” to make it clear which password the user should use to register their PIV.

Change and create password page

  • Added the Show password toggle.

Manage users

  • Changed the “Role” field to “ATP role”—this will help prepare for future “Career site role” field.
  • Changed the Edit Profile button to use sentence case so it reads Edit profile.
  • Removed the requirement to provide a phone number in a user's profile.
  • Added field validation to the first and last name fields to make sure both fields are provided.
  • Added field validation to the Invite new user form for maximum character limit and missing required information.

Changes made June 11, 2021

Campaigns

  • Added a tooltip to the new Team members tab. When you click the Team members tab or the Got it button in the tooltip, the tooltip will disappear.
  • Top aligned the content in the candidate card to make it more visually appealing.
  • Added subtext and a character counter to the Add to campaign modal within the candidate profile.
  • Updated the content in the Add to campaign modal to read “Create or select a campaign to add this resume to. Campaigns are groups of candidates you're interested in or resumes you want to review later.”
  • Added validation text to the Campaign title field within the Add to campaign modal—the campaign title must be between 2 - 100 characters.

Archived campaigns

  • Updated the title on the Messaging tab to say, “Activate this campaign to message candidates.”
  • Updated the button label to Activate campaign—on click the campaign will become active and you will go to the Active campaign listing.

Export file

  • Changed the field from “Role” to “ATP role” and added three new roles:

    • Is Recruiter
    • Is HR Specialist
    • Is Hiring Manger.

If the user has selected any of these reasons, the field will show True, otherwise the field will show False.

Changes made May 28, 2021

Campaigns

  • Removed the (+) to add team members to a campaign and added the Team Member tab. Within this tab, the user can see all team members who are part of a campaign and add new team members.

  • Added a character count to the Campaign title field.

  • Added validation messages for minimum and maximum required characters to the Campaign title field.

  • Updated the Desired location display to:

    • Only show city and state. For example, “Arlington, Virginia” instead of “Arlington, Virginia, United States”.
    • Only show the state when a user selects all of the cities in a state. For example, “Indiana”, instead of “All Indiana”.
    • Only show United States when a user selects every state within the United States. For example, “United States” instead of “All United States”.
    • Show All for a country when a user selects a country outside of the United States. For example, “All Germany” instead of “All, All, Germany”.

  • Updated the display of the candidate card to wrap long candidate names.

  • Updated the following modals to meet USDWS standards:

    • When a user clicks Delete list in an active campaign.
    • When a user clicks Remove access within a user's page in the Manage users section.

  • Updated the user flow for Add to campaign—the user will be sent to the candidate's profile page on the candidate tab.

  • Removed the Back to campaign link when a user is in a candidate's profile.

  • Locked the tabs in Active and Inactive campaigns when a user has multiple lists that require a horizontal scroll bar. This keeps the tabs visible throughout the user experience.

Events

  • Updated field validation in the Associated job announcement(s) field to check for a valid JOA control number.
  • Updated field validation for the Event name to check it is between 10 and 70 characters.

Search resumes

  • Added yellow highlights to keywords in a PDF version of a resume.
  • Sectioned resumes into 3 equal parts and weighted those parts for a more accurate search result.

My Account and authentication

  • Added a new optional field I want to use ATP because I'm a with the following responses: Recruiter, HR Specialist, Hiring Manger. This will help us better understand our users and will help us make improvements to the site. This will also appear on the revised Complete your account information page.
  • Renamed the Required details page to Complete your account information.
  • Removed the subtext “Please provide the following information in order to access your Agency Talent Portal account”.

Changes made May 14, 2021

Events

  • Increased font size to 16px for the Event description.
  • Revised the validation text to be consistent and clear on the Event description and Event logistics page.
  • Added text wrapping, so long descriptions and overflow text do not display beyond the given space.
  • Updated the look and feel of the event modals to meet USDWS standards.

Campaigns

  • Updated the agency table and implemented new access restrictions for agencies.

    • Department Administrators will now see all agencies under the department. Example: DoD will now see all children and grandchildren relationships (AF- 11th wing). Air Force will now see all elements under them.

  • Updated the look and feel of the candidate profile page within search and campaigns:

    • Removed search boxes.
    • Moved candidate name, location and last updated information to the top of the page—this makes it easier for the HR user to see candidate information as they navigate to different tabs.

  • Updated the minimum and maximum character field validation for renaming a campaign.

  • Added text wrapping for long campaign names.

  • Added validation text in the Add job announcement modal.

  • Updated the display to only show 10,000 search results. Anything over 10,000 results will display as 10,000+ (1 of 10,000+ results).
  • Fixed multiple 508 issues.

Changes made April 30, 2021

Sitewide enhancements

  • Added a Join the ATP Listserv call-out and link on the home page.
  • Updated the candidate profile within search to use a tab design and layout—this now matches what the user sees on a candidate profile within a campaign.
  • Updated the Job announcement modal and Remove campaign modal to use the U.S. Web Design Web System standards.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug prohibiting the We no longer support Internet Explorer banner from displaying. The banner now displays when a user is using Internet Explorer to access ATP.

Changes made April 19, 2021

Candidate profile and Campaigns

  • Added tabs to the candidate profile: Candidate and Campaigns. The Candidate tab displays information about the candidate, including a resume. The Campaign tab includes a list of campaigns the candidate has been added to.
  • Updated the navigation and UI within the candidate profile.
  • Added an Activate button to Archived campaigns, so a user can reactivate a campaign.
  • Updated the ability to rename a campaign using the new USDWS modal design.
  • Moved the Export to excel feature to the Campaign menu.
  • Updated the link label View to Download for resumes in Word. Changing the label makes it clear the user has to download the document before they can view it.

Other changes

  • Removed old ATP feature toggles (this is a change on the back end).
  • Updated the Terms and Conditions in both the right rail and the footer to comply with POAM.
  • Updated multiple modals to the new USDWS modal design.
  • Changed the display of the Last updated date and time to reflect the user local time zone.
  • Made changes to support future release of a messaging feature.

Changes made March 9, 2021

Search enhancements

  • Updated the Series filter to include parent and child series.
  • Added the ability to add multiple Series for a search.
  • Separated U.S. Citizen from the Hiring Path filter and made its own filter.

Other enhancements

  • Updated the look and feel for Location name.
  • Updated the look and feel for Preferences.
  • Removed the Resume User role.
  • Upgraded old General Users to a new General User role.

Changes made February 19, 2021

Campaign enhancements

  • Added a drop-down menu in the individual candidate card to allow the user to move the candidate to another list when they are not able to use “drag and drop” functionality.
  • Updated the look and feel of both active and archived campaign boards.
  • Updated the look and feel of the List menu – replaced Remove list with Delete list.

Other enhancements

  • Added a filter in Search for education level.
  • Updated the look and feel of the Event creation process.

Changes made February 5, 2021

Campaign enhancements

  • Redesigned the Add list feature to make it clear how to add a list to a campaign.
  • Added a pop-over menu to a campaign so users can add a job announcement to their campaign.
  • Added the ability to archive a campaign.
  • Created a List tab within a campaign and moved all lists under this tab.

Search enhancements

  • Highlighted the search terms in a resume builder resume.
  • Added ability to search on state abbreviations (i.e. TX for Texas) when a user does not use the auto suggest (i.e. typed full state or copy and pasted)
  • Removed continents from the search suggestion list.
  • Updated the instructions presented to the user when there are no search results.

Other enhancements

  • Added My Account to the drop down under the users name that will allow users to change their name and phone number.
  • Updated the “hint text” in Events so it is more clear which field being used and updated the content clarify how to format URLs.
  • Updated the modal styles for consistency.

Changes made January 22, 2021

Search enhancements

  • Added the ability to filter by Grade (GS Scale only).
  • Added the ability to filter by Last Updated (when a candidate edited/created/applied, etc) date.
  • Updated text for Clear All filters.
  • Removed the Resume uploaded date from the profile detail.
  • Implemented stop words to refine the Search results.
  • Added synonyms for state and territory abbreviations in Search.
  • Moved the job title on Builder resumes.
  • Updated the search tips on the Search landing page.
  • Indexed additional fields in the Profile.

Updates to Events

  • Added fields for online location options and event types to the Events logistics page.

Updates to Manage Users

  • Added ability to export agency users to an Excel spreadsheet.
  • Added ability for HelpDesk Users to edit profile fields.
  • Added cancel button to manage user tasks.
  • Updated the username sign in text to email.

Changes to the user experience and user interface

  • Updated the way Events display.
  • Replaced job seeker with candidate.
  • Updated required and optional instructions for form fields.
  • Updated the padding around the mass save banner
  • Updated the wording on the Search results page.
  • Updated the Forgot password label for email sign in.
  • Updated the session expiration message.
  • Updated the Series tag.
  • Shortened the Location field on the card that displays for a candidate.
  • Moved all hiring path icons to one line in cards.

Changes made January 8, 2021

Site-wide enhancements

  • Upgraded Elasticsearch to 7.10.X.

  • Added new search filters including:

    • Travel and relocation
    • Series
    • Work schedule

  • Improved the Campaign experience.

  • Made several user interface and user experience updates.

Changes made December 11, 2020

Site-wide enhancements

  • Updated the Add to Campaign experience.
  • Added the ability to save several candidates at one time to a campaign.
  • Updated the search results Sort by to default to Sort by relevance.
  • Updated the user interface and experience across the site.
  • Updated the Profile details page.
  • Fixed several bugs.

Changes made November 16, 2020

Site-wide enhancements

  • Updated the entire site to meet the USWDS 2.0 Web Design standards.
  • Fixed several bugs.

Changes made September 18, 2020

Site-wide enhancements

  • Added ability for system administrators to update a user's name, email and agency.
  • Fixed several bugs.
  • Added a new category Information Session to the Event Type field.
  • Updated the landing page.
  • Updated the Help Center icon to link to the ATP Help Center.

Changes made September 4, 2020

Site-wide enhancements

  • Updated the landing page.
  • Displayed Role Permissions drive content.
  • Created event coordinator invite user email template.
  • Updated the URL for the help center icon on the landing page.
  • Updated the How to create ATP profile text.

Changes made August 21, 2020

Site-wide enhancements

  • Updated the Events calendar.

  • Updated the Event description contact information field.

  • Created a view to display all Expired Events list on the Events page.

  • Created an Event Coordinator role.

  • Moved the Search Resume filter to the right side of the page.

  • Added a new filter option for Status.

  • Enhanced the Certificate registration flow.

  • Updated authentication methods.

    • Decoupled ATP from Seeker Portal.
    • Enhanced PIV authentication.
    • Enhanced UN/PW authentication.
    • Enabled SSO for USA Staffing users.

Changes made August 7, 2020

Site-wide enhancements

  • Removed all ATP references from USAJOBS and Open Opportunities, because ATP will have its own authentication process (coming soon!).
  • Enhanced Campaigns to require all campaigns to have at least 1 member assigned to it.