June 8, 2026
Highlights this week
Smarter job matching, milestone refund and adjustment tools, and reliability fixes across onboarding, contracts, and messaging.New
- Matching readiness diagnostics — When a job returns no matches, the matcher now produces explainable diagnostics so AI trainers and employers get clearer feedback on why a job didn’t surface candidates. See Finding jobs.
- Admin milestone refund workflow — Authorized admins can issue false-start refunds against funded milestones, giving employers a supported path to recover funds when a contract doesn’t start as planned. See Milestones.
- Admin milestone amount adjustments — Authorized admins can adjust milestone amounts on active contracts, with notifications sent to both parties when balances change. See Milestones.
Updates
- More accurate job matching for language and specialized roles — The matcher better distinguishes language-driven data tasks, professional and advisory roles, and domain-anchored requirements, so AI trainers see jobs that fit their actual skills. See Finding jobs.
- Stricter specialized job gating — Strict and primary-only specialized jobs are gated more consistently, even when descriptions use broad or “preferred domain” wording, reducing noisy matches. See AI screening.
- External job ingestion validation — Sentinel pay validation on imported SME Careers jobs prevents malformed listings from reaching Find Jobs. See Finding jobs.
Fixes
- Phone verification errors — Phone verification now surfaces structured, actionable error messages instead of a generic failure. See Account setup.
- AI trainer resume autofill — Resume parsing and profile autofill recover gracefully from timeouts and parser issues during onboarding. See Profile setup.
- Ended contract compensation view — Compensation details on ended contracts load reliably for authorized viewers. See Managing work.
- First milestone refund invoicing — Invoice cleanup runs correctly after a first-milestone refund, keeping employer billing records accurate. See Invoicing and payouts.
- Messaging spam protection — Known scam senders are blocked before delivery and hidden from inboxes while evidence is preserved. See Job channels.
May 30, 2026
Highlights this week
Pay-per-label contract switches, clearer job discovery, and reliability improvements across core hiring and work flows.New
- Switch active contracts from hourly to pay-per-label — Employers can now change a live hourly contract to pay-per-label for future milestones. Existing funded milestones keep their original hourly terms. See Milestones.
Updates
- Find Jobs improvements — Job cards are easier to scan on desktop and mobile, with clearer descriptions, badges, and application status. See Finding jobs.
- Contract and messaging filters — Ended contracts are easier to spot and filter across contract lists, inboxes, and job messages. See Managing work.
Fixes
- Message edit expiry — Messages edited after the edit window now show a clear expiry notice instead of a generic error.
- Job search, profiles, and onboarding reliability — Job search, job details, employer dashboards, profiles, AI trainer onboarding, and resume autofill are more stable.
- Public job detail header — Public job detail pages now have cleaner header spacing and layout.
May 28, 2026
Highlights this week
Safer proposal messages, agency marketplace trials, provider invite access, and public job detail improvements.New
- Proposal message safety screening — Proposal and bulk messages are screened for abusive content before delivery, helping keep conversations safe. See Proposal Messages.
- Agency marketplace free trial — Agencies can self-serve a 30-day free trial to access the marketplace without entering payment details up front.
- Provider invite access — Employers can invite external annotation providers directly into a job, granting scoped access to candidates and deliverables without sharing their full workspace.
Fixes
- AI trainer dashboard stability — The AI trainer dashboard is more reliable when contract data is temporarily unavailable.
- Public job detail — Candidates now see clearer job status before applying.