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June 20, 2006 --
A collaboration involving five schools and seven departments
at the University of Virginia has resulted in a complete
revamping of the University Human Resources Web
site,
which launched June 19.
The redesign of the site incorporated
more than 100 suggestions offered by participants in five
focus groups that were conducted expressly to obtain ideas
for making the site easier to navigate.
“It was an awesome experience to work with so many
individuals around Grounds on this project,” said Gary Helmuth,
director of Information Management and Technologies for
UHR. “We are especially grateful for the work of
Nancy Tramontin and her Web Communications staff, who helped
us achieve a look and feel and functionality that is now
consistent with other U.Va. Web pages.”
The redesigned site contains five new features:
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“Explore U.Va. & Charlottesville” — an
overview of the region’s distinctive characteristics
to help with the recruitment of prospective employees who
may not be familiar with Charlottesville.
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Improved navigation scheme — a user-friendly system
for finding job openings, benefits information, training
opportunities and other information, such as forms employees
need to complete following a major life event, such as
a marriage or the birth of a child.
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Toolbox — with direct links to many of the functions,
services and most-used tools offered by UHR.
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Latest news, announcements and memos — with archived
links to older news and announcements for easy reference.
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“Search UHR” — powered by the Google™ search
engine.
“I believe visitors will like the changes they find on
our site,” Helmuth said. “We also welcome suggestions
from users for ongoing improvement. People can email them
to me at gdh5u@virginia.edu.”
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