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Our Mission
Our purpose is to provide statewide leadership in recruiting a skilled, diverse workforce for Oregon state government. We focus on providing innovative solutions for improving the state’s recruitment process, creating and implementing a viable and sustainable succession planning process to provide workforce bench strength, and increasing representation of minority candidates in recruitment pools at all levels.
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| Veterans' Preference in Employment |
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Senate Bill 822 was passed by the 2007 Legislative Assembly to revise ORS 408.225-235 and ORS 659A.885, which provide qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment.
On March 1, 2008 we adopted a permanent administrative rule concerning this subject, OAR 105-040-0015.
Here are the important changes made that affect our business processes:
Initial Application Screening
Five preference points, for eligible veterans, can now be used multiple times within the 15 year time limit.
Ten preference points, for eligible disabled veterans, can still be used multiple times and are not limited to initial hire or a 15-year period; they do not expire.
Application Examinations
Scored Application Examinations: If an agency uses, after an Initial Application Screening, a scored Application Examination to determine whom to consider further for Appointment, the agency will add (based on a 100 point scale) five preference points to a Veteran's score and add 10 preference points to a Disabled Veteran's score.
Unscored Application Examinations: Unscored Application Examinations done by application sorting into levels based on desired attributes, or other criteria to determine those in an applicant pool to be considered further for Appointment will be accomplished by:
(a) Advancing the application of a Veteran one level within a sorting process or;
(b) Advancing an application of a Disabled Veteran two levels within a sorting process.
Interviews
Preference in unscored interviews: A Veteran or Disabled Veteran is provided preference in unscored interview processes through an assessment conducted by the Appointing Authority or authorized delegate of the Veteran’s or Disabled Veteran’s merits. A Veteran or Disabled Veteran who meets all or substantially all of the agency’s purposes in filling the position will continue to be considered for Appointment.
Selection
When a Veteran or Disabled Veteran has been determined to be equal to the top applicant(s) for a position upon completion of the Application Examination process, then the Veteran or Disabled Veteran shall be ranked more highly than non-veteran applicants and, a Disabled Veteran shall be ranked more highly than both non-veteran and Veteran applicants.
Follow up
If an agency does not appoint a Veteran or a Disabled Veteran applicant, upon written request of the Veteran or the Disabled Veteran applicant, the agency shall provide in writing, the agency's reasons for the decision not to appoint the Veteran or Disabled Veteran.
If you have any questions please call Mark Rasmussen, Sr State HR Management Consultant, at (503) 373 7066.
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| Identity Theft Protection |
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Senate Bill 583 was passed by the 2007 Legislative Assembly to protect personal information from identity theft, creating the Oregon Consumer Theft Protection Act. The law took effect October 1, 2007.
As a result, DAS Statewide Recruitment has made the following changes to the Appl/Cert system:
- The Certificate of Eligibles (also known as a "cert") no longer shows an applicant's Social Security Number, Ethnicity or Gender
- Application and Examination Notices no longer show an applicant's Driver's License Number or Ethnicity
- The J280 screen has been modified to allow applicants to be dispositioned by name rather than by SSN.
More information on these changes can be found in our recent Identity Theft Protection and Recruiting Practices Transmittal (doc); and a full version of the bill can be found on the Department of Consumer and Business Services web site.
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| Changes to the State Jobs Page |
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Effective November 2007, all job announcements now display in Working in Oregon (WIO). The posting of jobs to WIO is automatic and seamless, and requires no additional work on your part. The WIO site will provide us with more exposure to jobseekers, and the use of WIO prepares us for the piloting of the State Recruitment System within iMatchSkills®.
The data transfer from TeamSite to WIO occurs every thirty minutes. Therefore agencies will need to ensure their job announcements contain accurate information before publishing. The current web address, www.oregonjobs.org remains functional.
If you have any questions regarding how this process will impact your day-to-day operations, please feel free to contact Sheri Nees at (503) 378-8347.
More information on these changes can be found in Transmittal IRK003 (doc).
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