CalJOBS System Upgrade to Version 24 Sapphire

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN25-05

Issued: September 15, 2025

The CalJOBSSM system upgraded to Version 24 Sapphire on September 5, 2025. This version upgrade contains system enhancements helpful to all users of the CalJOBS system. Job seekers, employers, and staff will notice a variety of esthetic changes and a few new capabilities that make CalJOBS easier and more efficient to use.

Changes for All Users

The following outlines changes that apply to all users:

  • Left Navigation Menu Enhancements: The left navigation menu now features a refreshed design that enhances its visual appeal for a better user experience.
  • Enhanced Top Notification and Navigation Bars: Significant enhancements improve the Top Notification Bar and Navigation Bar. These changes deliver a clearer interface and streamlined access to key features for all users:
    • The Search field is relocated to a prominent, centralized position on the top bar for better visibility and accessibility.
    • Notification icons are moved to a more convenient lower left section, ensuring they remain easy to access.
    • The Pinned Links feature is also relocated to this new section from the body of the Dashboard allowing users to access it from anywhere on the site seamlessly.
    • A dedicated section is added to the right of the notification icons to house the new Breadcrumbs feature.
    • Clicking the up/down arrow to the left of the navigation icons, users can toggle icon labels on and off.
  • Updated Notification Panels: The notification panel now offers improved usability and functionality, including a new panel that provides convenient access to user pinned pages system wide.
  • Breadcrumb Navigation: There is a new system feature within the Top Bars Panel. The new breadcrumb navigation enhances all users’ system experience. This feature provides a clear and easy to follow path through the system to help users stay on track and quickly navigate back to previous pages or sections.
  • Enhanced News and Announcements Displays: The News and Announcements section now uses a card-style layout. Each card features an image title, brief summary, and links to full content. The number of items displayed is adaptable to users’ needs and the design is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) friendly.
  • New Look & Feel for Dashboard Widgets: The updated Dashboard Widgets now feature a modern, streamlined design with enhanced responsiveness and customization options. This refresh ensures a more engaging and user-friendly interface, providing improved functionality for all users.
  • Your Statistics Enhancements: The Your Statistics section on the Dashboard has been reimagined. This update includes personalized profile images and interactive statistic cards that highlight key user activities creating a seamless and efficient navigation experience.
  • Updated Carousel Control Component: The carousel controls on the Dashboard throughout the system are visually updated. The new layout organizes the existing controls into a single, stylized component centered below the carousel.
  • Standardized Pop-Up Window Form Page Headers: Form based pages that appear in pop-up windows across the system now have a standardized design to improve consistency and the overall user experience.
  • Modal Help Windows: Pop-Up windows have been replaced with modal windows to enhance users’ experience. This change improves accessibility, usability, and mobile compatibility by keeping help content within the same page for easier navigation.
  • Multiple Browser Windows: Allows users to enhance their workflow by managing multiple system windows or tabs within a single browser. Simply right click on any system link to open in a new window or tab. Users should be cautious to ensure they are viewing and updating the most current information.

Changes for Individuals

The following outlines changes that apply to individuals:

  • Enhancements to Path Sections of Dashboard: The system introduces an enhanced and streamlined design for the Paths This includes larger icons and a seamless edge to edge that automatically adapts to the individual’s color palette. Every Path now includes updated titles and descriptions. Individuals can toggle between a carousel view and grid view.
  • Personalized Job Matches Cards: The Suggested Job Cards section is renamed and revamped with a fresh design and improved functionality to enhance user engagement. These changes prioritize accessibility, usability, and customization for a better overall experience.

Changes for Employers

The following outlines changes that apply to employers:

  • Enhanced Job Order Creation: This enhancement simplifies job order creation for employers. By answering a few simple questions in the step-by-step wizard, employers can get their jobs posted and visible to candidates quickly.
  • Candidate Matches on Employer Dashboard: This new dashboard feature displays cards with summary information about candidates who may be a good match for an employer’s open and available job posting or most recent candidate search. By default, the panels show matches based on most recent searches. Alternatively, employers can select a specific job order from a drop-down list to find matching candidates.

Changes for Staff

The following outlines changes that apply to staff:

  • Drag & Drop Documents: The updated feature was added to the Document Management module for staff. Staff can simply drag and drop files directly from their desktop.
  • Enhanced Work Items Table Display: The Work Items case load table on the Staff Dashboard was updated with several design enhancements making it easier for Staff to manage their cases and group assignments.
  • Case Note Flagging: This update introduces a flagging feature for case note entries, allowing Staff to identify ‘Important’ notes. This new indicator displays both the summary and detailed views of the Case Note grid, and Staff can filter by it.
  • Limited English Proficiency Indicator: A new indicator was added for Staff when managing an Individual. It adds a language indicator symbol to the Individual Search Results table, allowing Staff to quickly identify individuals who may require language support based on the language selection in their registration page.

Training Webinars and Questions

The Version 24 Sapphire changes were covered in several training webinars conducted by the Central

Office Workforce Services Division, Statewide Training Unit. For staff who were unable to attend any of the scheduled webinar training sessions, a recording is available on CalJOBS in Staff Online Resources. If you have any questions about the training, please contact the Statewide Training Unit at Statewidetraining@edd.ca.gov.

If you have any questions regarding the changes made to CalJOBS due to the Version 24 Sapphire upgrade, please follow your local office policy for questions related to CalJOBS. Management Information System (MIS) Administrators, Workforce Services Branch (WSB) CalJOBS Single Points of Contact, and WSB Project Managers can contact the CalJOBS Operations Unit at CalJOBSAdmin@edd.ca.gov, or by phone at 1-916-653-0202.

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division