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Fix the Hiring Process

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It takes too long to hire employees even from internal sources. Options in the process allow organizations to prevent all candidates from applying need to be eliminated through manipulation of the process. Other suggestion to unify Federal hiring process will help solve this problem for all agencies; please support those ideas as well!

I've observed the hiring process take up to 8-12 months from development of job description to the job being filled and this is unacceptable; this is regardless of whether this is an internal of external fill. A project should be undertaken to reduce this process down to 1-2 months which would be much more reasonable.

Currently hiring organizations are able to manipulate applications by posting the job over a weekend and closing it very quickly. In this way they can brief candidates in who they are interested to apply and other candidates that don’t watch postings on the weekend will be unable to apply. Any policy which allows manipulation to limit or reduce the possible applicants can be used for unethical purposes and should be standardized. Postings should be left open for at least one or two weeks to allow candidates who might be on travel or vacation to apply. If postings require shorter open periods it would be required to have more public and organizational announcements for those positions.

Other hiring processes, which allow organizations to tailor a job description to a particular candidate’s experience, skills, and knowledge that nearly guarantee them the job, should be abolished. These can be eliminated by requiring organizations to develop job descriptions for their current employees and when someone is needs to be replaced, this description needs to be pulled off the shelf with almost no modification. When a new position and job description are established, it will need to reviewed by an anonymous third party panel to ensure there is no manipulation in the process. Anytime there is a candidate which meets 100% of the requirements, the descriptions should be flagged and reviewed by this panel for unethical business practices.

There are many other problems with this process so a comprehensive enterprise-wide Lean Six Sigma project should be undertaken to fix it.

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Submitted by Community Member 2 years ago

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  1. Community Member

    Also enforce "Prohibited personnel practices" where the hiring is rigged via the app process and cert. This is happening in my office for a GS14 spot where they know who they want to promote, but have to compete it. They need no Masters or PHd. but they need to know four software packages, two of which our IT guys don't even support etc.etc.

    By doing so, they:

    (4) deceive or willfully obstruct any person with respect to such person’s right to compete for employment;

    (6) grant any preference or advantage not authorized by law, rule, or regulation to any employee or applicant for employment (including defining the scope or manner of competition or the requirements for any position) for the purpose of improving or injuring the prospects of any particular person for employment.

    DISHONEST!

    2 years ago
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  2. Community Member

    May 11, 2010 Presidential Memorandum -- Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-improving-federal-recruitment-and-hiring-process

    2 years ago
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  3. Community Member

    There are steps currently being taken to improve the hiring process as indicated in the above post. However, I was told by my agency's hiring department, just a few weeks ago that selections of those that are deemed certified for the list of interviews, is contingent upon this particular agency's policy and not what is indicated in the Presidents Memorandum of May 11, 2010 or the information concerning the new hiring and selection process that is posted on USAJobs. In other words, it doesn't matter what the public is told about the changes and reform of the hiring system for the Federal Government, my agency continues to play favoritism and discriminate against non-veterans because it is their policy that counts, its not the law, its what they want to do. If a vet applies for a position, no other candidate makes it to the list no matter their creditials, education and experience. If just one vet applies, that individual is guaranteed that no matter their education or experience, they will be given the interview and the job. We do owe a lot to our veterans, however hiring them for these position and making bad hires, is insane and continues the cycle of nonproductivity that all Federal employees are made out to be.

    2 years ago
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  4. Community Member

    Offer the Federal Govt. employee overtime pay to the already cross-trained individuals in lieu of hiring more employees! DFAS Rome DOD is receiveing more positions streamlined in 2011-2012, don't hire 70 more employees, just offer your existing employee overtime pay! It cost the Federal Govt. too much money for every employee, and the existing employee is working for peanuts in comparison to other positions in our area!

    2 years ago
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