COURSE CONTENTS

Lesson 1: Identify Resource Needs

• Review your organization in light of organizational mission
• Decide whether the existing organization structure works
• Identify your human resource needs

Lesson 2: Plan Position/Unit and Describe Positions

• Plan for any necessary changes using the human resources needs you’ve identified

Lesson 3: Obtain Approval to Fill

• Determine what approvals are necessary
• Determine what documentation is necessary to obtain approvals

Lesson 4: Submit Recruitment Request

• Prepare documentation for recruitment request
• Decide which approvals must be obtained for the request

Lesson 5: Identify Recruitment Factors/Sources

• Use minimum qualification requirements to determine recruitment needs
• Determine knowledges, skills, and abilities for positions
• Understand the appointing authorities used to fill federal positions
• List possible recruitment sources

Lesson 6: Conduct Recruitment

• Describe types of recruitment activities and when they can be used
• Explain the supervisor’s role in recruitment activities

Lesson 7: Rate and Rank Candidates

• Explain how the best-qualified candidates are determined
• Describe how veterans’ preference affects the staffing process

Lesson 8: Receive List of Eligibles

• Review the applications to prepare for interview
• Develop job-specific, fair, and specific question to be asked during the interview

Lesson 9: Conduct Interviews

• Identify questions that should not be asked during the interview
• Describe steps in completing a successful interview
• Review notes and record findings related to you selection recommendations

Lesson 10: Select Candidate

• Identify the criteria for making objective job-based selection decisions
• Document selection decisions
• Decide what to do if your initial decision doesn’t work

Lesson 11: Determine Pay Levels

• Outline the ways pay can be set upon appointment
• Describe the issues that must be considered when setting pay
• Evaluate your options when setting pay for a new employee

• Test