Release Notes

Data Centralization This release is the second and final step in a major change to how Jobs and Companies data is stored and managed in the system. Individual job postings and company records are no longer being stored directly in WordPress, in favour of a global centralized database that handles data across all local instances […]

Labour Market Insights Report Job Board Administrators The screens for managing Company, Job Posting, and Ta g records are being moved out of the WordPress backend and into the Portal. This release introduces the new screens which replicate existing functionality. The “old” screens are still being made available temporarily until the next release to ensure […]

Job Board & Map 2021 NOC Tagging Tools The Tag tool for Job Board Administrators has been updated to include support for adding 2021 NOC Tags to job postings. Important: For best effect, make your 2016 NOC selection first. If there is a directly matching 2021 NOC for the selected 2016 NOC, the 2021 NOC […]

Job Board New 2021 NOC Taxonomy The new 2021 National Occupation Classification (NOC) taxonomy has been incorporated into the backend of the system. New incoming job posts will now be scanned for 2021 NOC matches in addition to 2016 NOC matches. Historical job posts in each system will also be re-analyzed for 2021 NOC matches […]

Career Explorer Career paths are now “sticky” for improved usability. Click or tap on an Occupation bubble, and its career paths will remain visible until another bubble is selected. The Skills tab of the occupation profile on the sidebar has been improved. This tab previously showed a hard-coded list of skills for each occupation that […]

Career Explorer Decision Tree Tool This tool has received a visual overhaul, including improved mobile display on deeply-nested trees, as well as some additional improvements: Education Programs Job Board & Job Board Administration Improved wage detection. An improvement has been made to wage detection to pick up an additional method of expressing hourly wages. Improved […]

Job Board Job Map Job & Training Events Tool Portal All New Resume Builder Service Provider Tools Sector Library Job Board The region/city name has been added to all Jobs feeds throughout the tools: When managing individual Company Aliases, the Company lookup box now shows the slug (an internal identifier) next to the company name, […]

Job Board General Improvements Improvements for Job Board Administrators Portal General Improvements Improvements for Service Providers Reports Training & Education Tools Job Board General Improvements The Universal Indexers for SimplyHired and WowJobs have been retired. These are Indeed-owned properties, and Employers cannot post directly to these websites. An analysis found that they are entirely comprised […]

Job Board Jobs Newsletter Portal Sector Library Job Board Improvements to NOC tagging: The automatic NOC tagger will now check if the corresponding Job Title has been previously assigned a NOC from any Company from the same industry. This check takes place across all WE Data Tools instances. If it finds a match, it will […]

This release contains lots of updates and improvements, as well as a brand new add-on tool. New Add-On: Jobs Newsletter Improvements to All Tools Career Explorer Career Library Census Tool Decision Tree Tool Job Board Jobs Map Resume Builder Job Training & Events Tool New Add-On: Jobs Newsletter This new tool allows your website visitors […]

This is a small release with just a few updates: Job Board Improvements to out-of-region Company geocoding: When new companies are discovered and geocoded, the system will evaluate whether or not the returned latitude & longitude fit within the bounds of your service area. If the coordinates are outside of your service area, the system […]

All Tools All tools can now be embedded on third-party websites. If you have community partners or other stakeholders who would like to add your tools directly to their own websites, contact Justin Falconer for pricing details. Visits to embedded tools are tracked and counted in your engagement metrics. Embedded tools can be scoped to […]

Job Board The Geocoding tool for Job Board Administrators has been improved in cases where no clear latitude/longitude match is returned. The tool now shows a list of potential matches to a given lookup, and gives the Job Board Administrator the option to select one of these choices. Jobs Map You can now create links […]

Job Board New Universal Indexer: libro.ca/careers New Universal Indexer: eluta.ca Two new collections of Job Tags are now available A group of education related tags for automatic extraction of job education requirements. A group of employee benefits tags for automatic extraction of employee benefits, such as dental and vision coverage. Initial release of “required experience” […]

General Updates Heading styles and structures have been made more consistent across tools and pages for improved accessibility and SEO. A new configurable option is now available to prevent direct access to individual Company profiles. For those customers who would prefer that their visitors not be able to reach these pages directly, reach out to […]

New Tools: Training Board and Career Change Calculator Two new tools are now available: Training Board – Promotes locally-available training-related opportunities that are less than one year in duration. This makes searching for regional training opportunities easier. Both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations can post training programs on the website, so learners can search through programs […]