Lesson 1 - Hiring Federal Employees: Merit Staffing

• Legal requirements that govern merit staffing
• Agency requirements
• Principles that undergird merit staffing
• Who has responsibility for the staffing process
• Staffing and the HR process

Lesson 2-Receiving the Recruitment Request

• Where do requests come from?
• What do requests include?
• What should I do with a request?
• Responsibilities of supervisors and HR staff

Lesson 3-Identifying the Staffing Processes

• Competitive Service
• Merit promotion/internal placement
• Noncompetitive procedures
• Time-limited
• Excepted service
• Selection for excepted service positions

Lesson 4-Filling Vacancies

• The recruitment process
• Rating Candidates
• Using the Quals Handbook
• Time-in-grade restrictions
• Time-after-competitive-appointment restrictions
• Overview of the ranking process

Lesson 5-Ranking Candidates

• Using competitive examining
• Using merit promotion procedures
• Analyzing the job
• Developing KSAs
• Measuring KSAs
• Preparing the certificate
• Issuing the certificate

Lesson 6-Interviewing Candidates

• Job-related questions
• Questions you should never ask
• Conducting the interview

Lesson 7-Selecting Candidates

• Working a certificate
• Reference checks
• Processing selection actions
• Preemployment/appointment packages

Lesson 8-Pay Issues for Recruitment, Salary Negotiation

• Federal pay systems
• Minimum rate
• Highest previous rate
• Superior qualifications appointment; special qualifications appointment
• Special salary rates
• Recruitment bonus
• Relocations bonus
• Making decisions