Petition · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Encourage company websites to add a "/jobs" page redirect.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Simplify & harmonise job searching on organisations' websites. Organisations might call 'jobs' by a variety of names: Careers, Vacancies, Recruitment, Employment, Work for us, Work with us etc. A /jobs redirect lets them call it whatever they like while making it easier to find for jobseekers.
I think a central push might encourage implementation. Currently organisations' websites are a bit piecemeal in terms of where they hide their vacancies page(s). Some don't have a dedicated page at all and instead put job adverts in 'news'. This seems a bit inefficient. It seems daft not to make it as easy as possible for those seeking jobs to be able to uncover them more easily. If voluntary it might not happen, hence suggesting a role for parliamentary persuasion.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The websites of individual companies is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
Timeline
| 24 Apr 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 May 2026 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Department
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Rejected
22 May 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 23 Aug 2026.