Vacancy Items - FY20
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Release 11.6 - 5/1/2020
- Added the COVID-19 system-level Mission Critical Occupation tag to the Vacancy Settings sub-page. Using this system level tag helps ensure consistent reporting within and across agencies. Also, USAJOBS uses this tag to include announcements in the following COVID-19 response page https://www.usajobs.gov/coronavirus. Visitors to the USAJOBS website will see an alert on the home page, all search results pages, and the Explore Opportunities tab directing applicants to these job opportunities. USAJOBS recommends users include the following text in the Duties (or any other appropriate) section of the announcement: “This position will support the Federal Government’s response efforts to COVID-19.” to ensure the announcements are properly included in Search results. Note: This tag is now available in Production and can be added to both new and existing vacancies. Users must remember to update their announcements on USAJOBS when adding the COVID-19 tag to an existing vacancy.
See: Available Tags
Release 11.3 - 2/7/2020
- Added a setting titled Require Veterans' Preference supporting documents for application submission in the Application Processing section of the Vacancy Settings page.
- When users with Edit Application Processing permission select this option in a vacancy collecting Veterans’ Preference information (Public or Status announcement AND with the Do not collect Veterans’ Preference setting disabled), the system will automatically check the following document types as Accepted on the Supporting Documents sub-page:
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (VA)
- Any document marked as Accepted in this way cannot be unchecked on the Supporting Documents sub-page. To remove the document as Accepted, this option would need to be unchecked in the Vacancy settings page. Resetting the Supporting Documents sub-page through the gear icon will not remove documents accepted based on this setting being enabled.
- When an applicant responds affirmatively to the Veterans’ Preference question and then navigates to the Documents page, the DD-214/ Statement of Service and/or Disability Letter (VA) will be considered required.
- This is designated by a red Required indicator.
- The document is listed at the top along with any other required documents.
- Finally, the applicant will not be able to submit their application until they associate a document with each required document type or change their Veterans’ Preference response.
- The DD-214 and/or VA letter are required based on the applicant’s response to the Veterans’ Preference question as follows:
- When users with Edit Application Processing permission select this option in a vacancy collecting Veterans’ Preference information (Public or Status announcement AND with the Do not collect Veterans’ Preference setting disabled), the system will automatically check the following document types as Accepted on the Supporting Documents sub-page:
| Veterans’ Preference | DD-214 | VA Letter |
|---|---|---|
| SSP | X | |
| TP | X | |
| CP | X | X |
| CPS | X | X |
| XP | X | |
| XP (Derived) | X |
- When applicants select a response that requires them to submit one or both of these documents, they will be presented with a message indicating so during online application process. For example, if an applicant claims CPS preference, the following message will display for their information.
- This new Application Processing setting option will be defaulted to disabled and it cannot be changed after the announcement has been released and open to USAJOBS. See the Vacancy Default Settings section below for details on setting a default value for this option by Office.
- Added a setting titled Require Eligibility supporting documents for application in the Application Processing section of the Vacancy Settings page.
- When users with Edit Application Processing permission select this option, the system will automatically check document types as Accepted on the Supporting Documents sub-page based on each eligibility marked as Accepted on the Eligibilities sub-page:
| Eligibility Type | DD-214/Statement of Service | Disability Letter (VA) | SF-50 | Separation Notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30% Disabled Veteran | X | X | ||
| Veterans Employment Opportunity Act | X | |||
| VRA | X | |||
| Career Transition Assistance Program | X | X | ||
| Interagency Career Transition Assitance Plan | X | X | ||
| Certain Former Overseas Employees | X | |||
| Current Agency Employee | X | |||
| Foreign Service Employees | X | |||
| Land Management | X | |||
| National Service (Peace Corps/VISTA) | X | |||
| Reinstatement | X | |||
| Transfer | X |
| Eligibility Type | Proof of Marriage | PCS Orders | Proof of Enrollment | Transcript | BIA-4432 | Disability Letter (Schedule A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointment of Certain Military Spouses | X | |||||
| Military Spouse Preference | X | X | ||||
| Pathways Internship | X | |||||
| Pathways Recent Grads | X | |||||
| Indian Preference | X | |||||
| Schedule A | X |
- Any document marked as Accepted in this way cannot be unchecked on the Supporting Documents sub-page. To remove the document as Accepted, this option would need to be unchecked in the Vacancy settings page. Resetting the Supporting Documents sub-page through the gear icon will not remove documents accepted based on this setting being enabled.
- When an applicant responds affirmatively to one or more eligibilities and then navigates to the Documents page, the appropriate document(s) will be considered required.
- This is designated by a red Required indicator.
- The document is listed at the top along with any other required documents.
- Finally, the applicant will not be able to submit their application until they associate a document with each required document type or change their eligibilities response(s).
- Documents are designated as required during the application process using the same business rules shown in the table above for each eligibility type.
- When applicants select a response that requires them to submit a specific document, they will be presented with a message indicating so during online application process. The following message contains all possible Required Documents based on all available eligibility types.
- When an applicant responds affirmatively to one or more eligibilities and then navigates to the Documents page, the appropriate document(s) will be considered required.
- This new Application Processing setting option will be defaulted to disabled and it cannot be changed after the announcement has been released and open to USAJOBS. See the Manage Vacancy Default Settings section for details on setting a default value for this option by Office.
See: Vacancy - Settings and Setting up a vacancy to collect conditional documents
Release 11 - 10/19/2019
- Added the following Announcement Type abbreviations to the Vacancy, Assessment Package, and Announcement header bars to make this information more readily available for users working in these areas:
- DE – Public
- ST – Status
- IMP – Internal Merit Promotion
Note: An announcement with multiple types will display all applicable abbreviations separated by a hyphen; for example, a Public and Status announcement will display Announcement Type DE-ST.
See: Vacancy