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320 Recruitment

321 General Provisions for Recruitment

321.1 Anticipating Recruitment Needs

The installation head must anticipate recruitment needs in time to ensure that qualified persons are available for appointment. The installation head must consider the number of anticipated vacancies, the size of the current register, and the status of the suitability determinations of eligibles.

321.2 Obtaining Recruiting Materials and Publicizing Job Opportunities

Examination announcements are available from the National Test Administration Center (NTAC). District managers and installation heads must ensure that job opportunities are given widespread publicity in the area where they are expected to recruit new employees. See Handbook EL-312, 222, Recruitment Materials, for details.

321.3 Administering Entrance Examinations

See Handbook EL-312, 32, Entrance Examination Process, and 35, Rated Applications, for guidance on administering written and rated examinations.

321.4 Reopening Entrance Examination to Replenish Register

Districts maintain registers for a particular installation or group of installations, including information about register adequacy. District-level Human Resources officials must maintain adequate registers to meet needs in the job areas for which they normally hire. See Handbook EL-312, Chapters 2 and 3, for procedures for reopening examinations and requesting announcement materials from NTAC.

321.5 Review of Rating

Applicants may request reviews of their examination ratings. See Handbook EL-312, 37, Review of Rating Requests, for more information.

321.6 Register Preference Factors

The Postal Service grants veterans' preference for Postal Service employment. See Handbook EL-312, 48, Veterans' Preference, for specific procedural guidelines.

321.7 Register Maintenance

The district maintains registers for filling positions in an installation or group of installations. Entrance examination results are used to create the registers used to fill jobs. A separate register exists for each examination. See Handbook EL-312, Chapter 4, for specific procedures for establishing, maintaining, and using registers.

322 Special Employment Programs (Employment of Individuals With Disabilities)

See Handbook EL-312, 235, Employment of People With Disabilities, and Handbook EL-307, Reasonable Accommodation, An Interactive Process, for more information concerning the employment of people with disabilities.