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WorksheetsNew Supervisor Training: Staffing
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Schedule A is a competitive service hiring authority used to non-competitively hire an individual with intellectual disabilities; severe physical disabilities; or psychiatric disabilities.
TRUE
FALSE
A job announcement is advertised for an Equal Opportunity Investigator in your division, and you are scheduled to be on the interview panel. You believe your first sister-in-law, who with significant experience conducting workplace investigations, would be a perfect fit for the position. What should you do?
Advocate for your sister-in-law in the selection process by passing along her resume to the selecting official or staffing specialist.
Serve as a reference for your sister-in-law. She is not a blood relative, so there is no cause for concern.
Recuse yourself from the selection process.
Your office has a position that must be filled immediately; however, there is no fully classified Position Description (PD). As a supervisor, what should you do?
Authorize the Staffing Specialist to fill announce the position without a PD; it can be developed later.
Delay filling the position until a position description can be developed and fully classified.
Use the Position Description for a similar PD since the title is not important.
Veterans’ Recruitment Appointments (VRA) can have an initial appointment up to GS-12.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following would qualify for Military Spouse Authority?
Spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty.
Spouse of a service member who is 30% percent disabled due to a service-connected injury.
Both of these.
At EEOC, once the certificate of eligibles is issued the selecting official has _____ days to make a selection.
7
30
15
Former Peace Corps or AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) are granted a one-year period to be non-competitively appointed to a competitive service federal position.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is NOT one of the Pathways Programs?
Recent Graduates
Presidential Management Fellows (PMF)
Schedule A
For merit promotion announcement certificates for positions covered by the CBA, Selecting Officials at their discretion may interview candidates. However, if an EEOC Bargaining Unit employee on a certificate is interviewed, all other EEOC Bargaining Unit employees on that certificate must be interviewed.
TRUE
FALSE
What should you do if you believe there is an error with a certificate that was issued?
Continue with the selection process and provide your concerns via a notation when the certificate is returned.
Notify the Staffing Specialist.
Nothing. Someone will identify any issues when the certificate is audited.
