Federal Hiring +

1. Federal Hiring + Elements: 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 & 31

2. Topics • Federal Employment Opportunities (24) • Veteran’s Employment Initiative • Feds Hire Vets • Job Classifications • Competitive Service • Excepted Service • USA Jobs (25) • Go Defense (26) • Veteran’s Preference (27) • Special Hiring Authorities (29) • Veteran’s Recruitment Appointment (VRA) (30) • Mil2Fed Jobs • NAF Preference (31)

3. Of the U.S. Federal Government workforce, what percentage are veterans? 31.1% in fiscal 2016

4. Where are the Vets?

5. Why Federal Employment? • Wide range of available positions @ usajobs.gov • A comprehensive package of benefits • A variety of veteran preferences • Service Credit • Job Opportunity Announcements provide clear explanations of the job and requirements

6. Differences • Resumes • Application Process • Competition • Specific agency requirements

7. Veterans Employment Initiative Increase the employment and retention of veterans in the Federal Government. The establishment of a Veteran’s Employment Program Office (VEPO) in each of 24 Federal agencies within the Executive Branch. Creation of the FedsHireVets.gov website.

8. Veterans Employment Initiative

9. Job Classifications - WG vs GS

10. 2018 Federal Wage Scale

12. Federal Civil Service

13. Competitive Service • Must go through a competitive process (examining) • Written test, evaluation of education and experience, or evaluation of attributes necessary for successful job performance. • Category Rating • Jobs must be posted on-line • Veteran’s Preference does apply

14. Excepted Service • Certain agencies, jobs or classification of jobs are exempt from competitive service hiring requirements • Exceptions authorized by Federal Law, OPM authorization or Executive Order • Schedule A, B, and C • Jobs are not required to be posted on-line • Veteran’s preference DOES NOT apply unless stated otherwise

15. Veterans’ Preference Facts • Does not guarantee Veterans a job, but confers preference over other applicants • Not all Veterans receive preference • Must submit form SF-15 • You must have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions • Retirees are not included unless a you are a disabled Veteran or retired below rank equivalent of 0-4

16. Veterans’ PreferenceElement 27 Pg. 157

17. https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/vets/vetpref/mservice.htm http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/vets/vetpref/mservice.htm

18. Category System • Highest Qualified • Well Qualified • Qualified 2010 Federal Hiring Reform

22. Question How many types of Veteran’s Preference are there? What are they? What three preferences are 10 pts? What do they have in common beside 10 pt. preference? What are the names of the three categories for ratings?

23. Question How many types of Veteran’s Preference are there? 5 What are they? CPS, CP, XP, TP, SSP What three preferences are 10 pts? CPS, CP, XP What do they have in common beside 10 pt. preference? They are for disabled vets. What are the names of the three categories for ratings? Highest Qualified, Well Qualified, Qualified

24. Special Hiring Authorities for VeteransElement 29&Element 30 *

25. 30. VRA Pg. 162 • Veterans' Recruitment Appointment (VRA) is an excepted authority that allows agencies, to appoint eligible veterans without competition. If you: • are in receipt of a campaign badge for service during a war or in a campaign or expedition; OR • are a disabled veteran, OR • are in receipt of an Armed forces Service Medal for participation in a military operation, OR • are a recently separated veteran (within the last 3 years), AND • Separated under honorable conditions (this means an honorable or general discharge), you are VRA eligible.

26. 24. VEOA Pg. 151 • Veterans Employment Opportunity Act • To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, your latest discharge must be issued under honorable conditions,AND you must be either: • a preference eligible OR • a veteran who substantially completed 3 or more years of active service. • "Preference eligible" under VEOA includes those family members entitled to derived preference.

27. 29. 30% or More Disabled Pg. 161 • 30% or More Disabled Veteran allows any veteran with a 30% or more service-connected disability to be non-competitively appointed. • You are eligible if you: • retired from active military service with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more; OR • you have a rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs showing a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more.

28. VA Training Program VOC REHAB Training is tailored to the individual's needs and goals, so there is no set length. Upon successful completion, the host agency and VA give the veteran a Certificate of Training showing the occupational series and grade level of the position for which trained. 

29. Schedule A Though not specifically for veterans, the Schedule A authority for people with disabilities, is an excepted authority that agencies can use to appoint eligible veterans who have a severe physical, psychological, or intellectual disability.

30. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans/https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans/

31. Pg. 155 *

32. Mil2FedJobs • Maryland AJC • Helps match military jobs to a Federal Job Series • Great spot to learn about Federal Jobs *

33. Go-Defense – Element 26 http://godefense.cpms.osd.mil/

34. Hiring Preference in NAF Jobs Element 31 Pg. 90 & 164

35. NAF Job Preference • For InvolSeps and their family members • ONE TIME preference • Based on SPD code

36. What is NAF? • NAF $ is self-generated • Federal Employment • Flexible vs. Regular

37. NAF Jobs – Element 31 https://www.navymwr.org/usajobs/

38. Any Questions?