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Changes made December 6, 2024

Talent programs

  • Added the ability to bookmark candidates on the Interns and Recent graduates search pages.
  • Added warning content to Education page reminding users to enter valid degrees from accredited schools.
  • Added error message that appears when the date is incorrectly entered when joining a talent program.
  • Updated URLs for Help Center and recruiter help in footer of Talent program emails.

Administration dashboard

  • Added Reports page, giving system administrators access to a .csv file containing backend data on ATP feature usage.

Help center

  • Added left rail display, allowing easy navigation of release notes between years.

Changes made November 22, 2024

Campaigns

  • Added the ability for users to share feedback about their experience using Campaigns.
  • Added text to the BCC field in Campaigns messaging that informs the user that the field is required.

Sitewide

  • Top navigation bar no longer appears while creating or editing to reduce interface clutter.

Talent programs

  • Updated text describing how many hours Pathways interns must complete from 640 to 480.
  • Corrected URL in the footer of Pathways Recent Graduate invitation email.

Talent networks

  • Added the ability for users to share feedback about their experience using Talent networks.
  • Unpublished networks will no longer display for users with the agency administrator or agency general user roles.

Help center

  • Updated text describing how many hours Pathways interns must complete from 640 to 480.

Landing page

  • Moved Branded search card to the bottom of the card menu.
  • Updated display of candidate location preference to no longer include ALL.

Events

  • Revised backlink text from Back to Back to Event description, Back to Event logistics, and Back to Target audience.
  • Multi-agency option is no longer checked as default.

Changes made November 8, 2024

Sitewide

  • Users who log into ATP via USA Staffing and remain inactive for more than 35 days will have their account status set to inactive.

Campaigns

  • Added text alerting the user when they attempt to add the same person twice in the Add team members section.
  • Updated instructional text for messaging feature.
  • Updated Campaigns introductory text to include new features.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed bug preventing email from being generated when a user attempts to reactivate their inactive ATP account.
  • Fixed bug causing View and add team members new feature callout to fail to display in Campaigns when a user logs in for the first time.

Changes made October 25, 2024

Help center

  • Updated Contact us email addresses in JOA Playbook.

Events

  • Revised instructional text for career site events.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed bug preventing slider circle from resetting properly when selecting the back button in a browser.

Changes made October 11, 2024

ATP

  • Added Account created date column to manage users report.
  • Fixed broken links in the Help Center.

Changes made September 27, 2024

Branded search

  • Enabled email hyperlinks on branded search cards.

Talent programs

  • Talent programs Pathways intern or Recent Graduate candidates will now be removed from the Active list 60 days receiving an invite or re-invite email and displayed on the Archive list if they do not select Submit information in USAJOBS.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed bug causing an error message when attempting to send a list in Campaigns.
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect information to display in Series dropdown on Create new talent pool page.

Changes made September 13, 2024

Branded Search

  • Any Agency or Multi-agency branded search page that has been published will now display in the Associated branded search page dropdown.

Talent pools

  • Added response date column to talent pool report.

Help Center

  • Updated Help Center URL across all ATP emails.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed bug that caused parent organization to be unable to see child CGA talent pool requests.
  • Fixed 508 compliance issues for talent networks across ATP and USAJOBS.

Changes made August 30, 2024

Sitewide

  • Moved the ATP Help Center from GitHub to a new microsite.

Branded Search

  • 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.

Resume search

  • 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.