• What we worked on:
  • Onboarding our team at PSD
  • Compiling baseline recruitment metrics
  • Set up and trialed an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) at PSD with some experimentation on processes
  • Built 2 demo products to compute public service salaries and proactively match applicants to relevant public service roles
• What we are planning next:
  • Reduce time-to-offer and time-to-fill: Test an MVP for computing salary offers
  • Reduce time-to-shortlist applicants: Test an applicant shortlisting tool
  • Expand ATS trial within PSD and other agencies to get more feedback, data, and iterate on process experiments
  • Release login, saved jobs, job recommendation and alerts, semantic search features for Careers@Gov Jobs portal

• Public beta launch on 1 Aug
• Search algorithm enhancements
• UI enhancements
• SEO enhancements
• Agency logos
• Instrumentation
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Search Console
  • CSAT widget
• Automated test coverage monitoring
• Stability improvements to fallback cache
• Monorepo migration
• Setup crawler infrastructure

• Establish partnership with PSD to work on Careers@Gov 2.0
• jobs.careers.gov.sg
  • Search bar to automatically highlight matching search terms to user
  • Filters for employment type and experience levels
  • Google Analytics with search click-through rates (CTR) instrumentation
  • Job description page
  • Optimise API payload size
  • Establish status monitoring
  • Revise theme to align with careers.gov.sg
  • Optimised site loading speeds and reduce shift
  • Automate downtime banners
  • Fallback caching when backend systems are down
  • Integrate with Human Resources Portal (HRP) APIs
  • Investigate search relevance
• ATS pilot
  • Investigate scaling and permissions model
  • Collate feedback from users
  • Pilot metrics

Hack for Public Good

• Frame problem statements
• Hackathon prototype with accurate search results and transparent job information
• Evaluate various ATS offerings
• Demos to agencies and stakeholders
• User testing and research