Employee Resources
Career Transition Resources
The reemployment priority list (RPL) is the mechanism agencies use to
give reemployment consideration to their former competitive service employees
separated by reduction in force (RIF) or fully recovered from a compensable
injury after more than 1 year. The RPL is a required component of agency
positive placement programs. In filling vacancies, the agency must give
RPL registrants priority consideration over certain outside job applicants
and, if it chooses, also may consider RPL registrants before considering
internal candidates.
Two types of career transition programs exist. One is for employees before
they separate, called the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP). The
other is for interagency assistance before and after separation,
called the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP). For more information please
refer to the Employee's Guide to Career Transition.