Hiring Decision Tool

Directions: Complete this survey to help you match potential hiring flexibilities with your agency's needs. Review each statement and choose yes or no. When you are finished, select the Submit button to see which hiring flexibilities to consider.

Hiring Decision Tool
1) Do you have a need for talent with technical skills in the areas of: information technology, acquisitions, cyber security, or medical occupations and…
a) A critical hiring need?	Yes	No
b) Practical workforce experience?	Yes	No
2) Are you seeking candidates with a track record of Federal Government service?	Yes	No
3) Could the position be filled with an applicant who has a severe physical disability, psychiatric disability, or intellectual disability?	Yes	No
4) Do you have positions that could be filled through formal training/developmental programs and…
a) Do you have the time to develop your workforce by hiring students or recent graduates?	Yes	No
b) Are these entry-level positions?	Yes	No
5) Do you have a need to bring in talent from state government, academia, or non-profits, for cross-fertilization of ideas?	Yes	No
6) Is the position to be filled at the expert level with responsibility for mentoring junior level staff?	Yes	No
7) Are you looking for candidates with advanced degrees (masters, doctorate, or professional) to help the Federal Government take the lead with solving scientific and technological challenges?	Yes	No
8) Do you have a critical need to fill a short-term job or need to fill a continuing job pending completion of examining, clearances, or other procedures?	Yes	No
9) Are you looking for candidates with international experience or cross-cultural understanding on issues ranging from health, education to business development?	Yes	No
10) Are you looking for tech talent/digital services experts to work on forward facing, high tech projects?	Yes	No
11) Do you have a need to fill non-permanent positions to work on projects of limited duration?	Yes	No
12) Does the candidate have superior qualifications or does the agency have a special need for the candidate’s services?	Yes	No
13) Does the candidate have a Federal rate of pay that could be used to set pay above his or her entitlement?	Yes	No
14) Is the position you are recruiting for likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive?	Yes	No
15) Has a current Government employee applied for a position that is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive and the employee must relocate to accept the position?	Yes	No
16) Does the highly-qualified candidate for the position you are filling have a Federally insured student loan?	Yes	No
17) Are the skills and experience that the candidate possesses necessary to achieve an important agency mission or performance goal?	Yes	No