{"id":13548,"date":"2019-05-21T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T11:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migqxjzty5-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=13548"},"modified":"2022-03-21T17:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:30:50","slug":"adzuna-wins-best-public-sector-project-award-at-the-national-technology-awards-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/adzuna-wins-best-public-sector-project-award-at-the-national-technology-awards-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Adzuna wins &#8216;Best Public Sector Project&#8217; award at the National Technology Awards 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adzuna is delighted to announce that the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/findajob.dwp.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find a Job<\/a>\u2019 service has won the award for \u2018<em>Best Public Sector Project<\/em>\u2019 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/nationaltechnologyawards.co.uk\/winners19.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Technology Awards 2019<\/a>! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Find a job&#8217; is the government\u2019s new digital service that connects millions of jobseekers with thousands of employers online, and through job centres, around the UK. It\u2019s one of the most used digital services in government, with 1.2 million registered jobseekers making 4 million visits each month, and is also a key part of the government\u2019s digital agenda to provide easy online access to government services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adzuna worked in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DWP Digital team<\/a> to deliver the core applications and infrastructure for the service, from contract award to service delivery,<\/span>\u00a0within an impressive five months timescale.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collaboration brought together Adzuna\u2019s core job search product and market leading industry knowledge with the user- and data-led design expertise of DWP Digital. The result is a flexible, large-scale service that is improved iteratively, based on data and research. The service is operated by Adzuna\u2019s in-house product team in collaboration with DWP Digital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Technology Awards celebrate innovation and pioneers within technology and the \u2018<em>Best Public Sector Project<\/em>\u2019 award recognises technical innovation that helps to drive public services forward. With hundreds of entries into this category, and nine strong projects shortlisted, the Adzuna and DWP teams are thrilled to have won and receive recognition for the huge effort that has been made to improve the experience for the 1.2 million job seekers and 100,000 employers registered with the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Hunter, co-founder of Adzuna, comments: \u201c<em>This award provides a great platform for us to share how Adzuna is disrupting job matching and creating value in the GovTech space. We hope our involvement will open up new opportunities to leverage our user insights, AI-driven data, and industry expertise to propel us in our mission of using the incredible power of technology to help match jobseekers to better, more fulfilling and relevant jobs to keep Britain working<\/em>.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all of the hardworking people and teams involved!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adzuna is delighted to announce that the \u2018Find a Job\u2019 service has won the award for \u2018Best Public Sector Project\u2019 at the National Technology Awards 2019! &#8216;Find a job&#8217; is the government\u2019s new digital service that connects millions of jobseekers with thousands of employers online, and through job centres, around the UK. 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