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BECOME.ME 4.0

BECOME.ME 4.0

The latest App update

Next time you check in to the BECOME.Me app, you should be seeing the latest version, v4.0.

What's in the new release?

  • We've added a whole lot of new job descriptions and images.
  • We've refined the way that search results are scored and appear.
  • We've implemented a new fuzzy search that should help with creative spelling (there are so many ways to spell 'psychologist'!)

If you are using the search function inside the web app and getting unexpected results, we've put notes about search results in our Help Centre.

A reminder that the BECOME.Me app uses Bridges. A Bridge is a collection of jobs we have carefully selected to appear in response to certain keywords.

Here's the 'Sports' Bridge. It showcases the wide world of jobs within the sporting industries, from statistics to analytics, coaching to catering and nutrition to memberships, kit design, arena architecture and lots more.

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Periodically we review anonymous lists of words and phrases students are searching for in the BECOME app.

If we see a trend we may respond by curating a Bridge.

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Bridges are our way of showcasing diverse careers in popular career areas that are showing up in student searches, like sport, space, movies and popular computer games, entrepreneurship, and agriculture.

Bridges also enable us to catch and redirect provocative searches by students.

(Yes, students always test the boundaries.)

Try 'hacker' - click the red Bridge to discover there are certified ethical hackers (cool!) and lots of cyber crime specialists in sleuthing and security.

Green words along the lines between the Bridge (red node) and the jobs promote deeper exploration and discussion, which is the purpose of a Bridge.

So if you see a red node, it's okay to click it. It will present careers that are appropriate for students to see, as a way to respond to popular interest, as a result of a fuzzy or 'machine-matched' search term, or to redirect a cheeky prod into relevant, real careers.

Check out BECOME.ME v4.0

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