[blindlaw] Schedule A hiring

[Jim McCarthy]

Others on this list should feel free to add to my comments on Daniel's
question as there are some real experts on the subject who subscribe. There
is no absolute requirement, so far as I know, for the federal government to
ever use Schedule A hiring authority. Agencies may have hiring goals for
individuals with targeted disabilities and there is a general executive
order, I think, expressing a hiring goal for people with targeted
disabilities. When an organization chooses to hire using Schedule A, that
org can bypass some of the usual requirements and those who are Schedule A
eligible have a priority. When one applies for a federal job, she can apply
using any of the statuses for which she is eligible, present federal
employee, American citizen seeking employment with federal government,
Schedule A and so forth, whichever is applicable to her. The recruitment
announcement expresses those which the hiring manager seeks. If the hiring
manager is not considering Schedule A, the fact that you are eligible to use
it will not improve your prospects or give any priority. One seeking work in
the federal government should applies for those jobs to which she is
qualified without reference to Schedule A. If you should get interviewed,
(and here is something I am not sure of) perhaps the agency can elect to
hiring using Schedule A and if so, that would speed up the hiring process.
Admittedly, that is something about which I am not sure. Note that if hired
under Schedule A, the probationary period is longer but the hiring entity
can shorten that by agreement. It has been my experience that Schedule A is
largely used when the hiring manager is actually seeking individuals with
disabilities in particular positions. I assume you understand the
requirements for use of the schedule A hiring authority, which are not hard
to obtain. If a federal agency wants to hire me to do a particular job and I
have Schedule A eligibility, that agency can hire me in a much less open
process than they must use in other cases. It has always seemed to me that
someone wanting to use that authority really needs to get to know the
disability hiring managers in the agencies for whom she would like to work.
Jim McCarthy 

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 12:05 PM
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Subject: [blindlaw] Schedule A hiring

Hello all,

I have a question regrind Schedule A hiring for entry-level attorneys in the
Federal government. Has anyone gone through the process and can offer any
advice? Does it give a significant bump in one's chances of landing a
position. I have never so much as interned with the Federal government, so I
am totally clueless about how the hiring process works.

Thanks in advance!




*Daniel E. Smyth*
J.D. Candidate, 2017
St. John's University School of Law
President | Student Bar Association
(917) 692-1978
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