Hiring Flexibilities

2. An evaluation of an applicant’s job-related competencies/KSAs using standard questions that are scored systematically using benchmarks for all interviews for a particular job.
3. Degree to which an assessment tool measures a job-related characteristic and how well it is measuring that characteristic.
6. Provides data to develop effective recruitment, qualification and assessment, and selection.
7. Indicator of proficiency that relies on course work completed by the applicant that is related to the competencies/KSAs needed to perform the job.
9. An evaluation of an applicant’s job-related competencies/KSAs using a series of questions or exercises that are administered in pen/paper or computer format.
12. Degree of consistency or stability of an assessment tool over time, in different situations, or across applicants.
13. Multipurpose Occupational Systems Analysis Inventory - Close Ended methodology.
15. Indicator of proficiency relating to school, home, community, voluntary or work experiences of the applicant that is related to competencies/KSAs needed to perform the job.

1. Most commonly used form of rating schedule in Federal Government that asks candidates to self-report their level of training and experience.
4. Evaluates an applicant’s job-related competencies/KSAs based on a work specific activity or simulation of a work activity.
5. Evaluates an applicants’s job-related competencies/KSAs, using multiple raters and exercises to evaluate each competency, such as role-playing.
8. Administrative Careers with America assessment tools available to agencies to fill positions covered by the Luevano Decree.
10. A competitive service position for a period of time not to exceed one year.
11. This authority hires without regard to veterans preference and rating procedures.
14. A job that lasts more than one year but less than four years.