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If you are not yet a member of MAX, please follow the directions for registering so that you can benefit from the full range of hiring reform information, collaboration, and shared innovation in a “closed” Federal-employee only environment. Please go to for the latest information on hiring reform.Ĭollaborative Network/Community of Practice: OPM has established a reform-focused collaborative space for agencies on OMB’s MAX site, which we are calling Hiring Reform `10. The site will also provide policy, guidance and training materials to help agencies meet each of the requirements established by the President’s memorandum. It will have a section called “HR to HR” designed for human resources professionals to share information and highlight successful practices. Hiring Reform Web Page: This newly created site will contain the latest information, news, and media releases about hiring reform. Here are some examples of the kind of support OPM has planned over the next six months: OPM’s number one goal over the next year is to provide agencies a full range of support to help them meet the President’s ambitious recruitment and hiring reform objectives. The President’s initiative sets a new course with clear objectives and detailed guidance, followed by continuous two-way communication between your agency and OPM you will receive expert support at each step along the way.

Successful implementation of these reforms will help each agency achieve its objectives for the American people, but these reforms will not succeed without strong leadership from the top. Following on the President’s Veterans Employment Initiative of November 2009, this reform package honors the sacrifice and commitment of our veterans by safeguarding their rights under law. They rigorously adhere to the merit system principles upon which the civil service is grounded. These reforms take a commonsense approach to the overall hiring process. Monitoring agency efforts to improve the speed and quality of hiring and the satisfaction of managers and applicants with the hiring experience. Giving managers and supervisors a greater leadership role in recruiting and selecting candidates with support from their agency human resources offices and Initiating a vigorous Government-wide recruiting effort that makes it easier for Americans to apply for Federal jobs while also raising the bar on candidate quality Agencies have already taken significant strides to map their current hiring process, identify barriers and put in place action plans to streamline and improve the way they hire.īuilding on these efforts, the President’s initiative challenges agencies and OPM to focus on three key objectives to further reform the hiring process: It builds on a nearly year-long collaboration between OPM and agencies aimed at recruiting top talent and streamlining the hiring process, especially for mission-critical jobs. The Presidential Memorandum launches the Obama Administration’s flagship personnel policy reform initiative. The Memorandum is based on issues that you and your managers have brought to the attention of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and it is designed to help you and your agencies build the workforce you need to achieve your goals. President Obama’s Memorandum dated May 11, 2010, Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process,, is part of the Administration’s comprehensive initiative to address major, long-standing impediments to recruiting and hiring the best and the brightest into the Federal civilian workforce.

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