{"id":32372,"date":"2015-02-04T19:55:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/?p=32372"},"modified":"2015-02-04T19:59:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:59:30","slug":"handbook-el-312-revision-vacancy-announcements-and-veterans-preference-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/handbook-el-312-revision-vacancy-announcements-and-veterans-preference-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Handbook EL-312 Revision: Vacancy Announcements and Veterans\u2019 Preference Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/USPS_HQ-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"USPS_HQ\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-wp-pid=\"21923\" \/>Effective February 5, 2015, the Postal Service\u2122 is revising Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement, section 421, with updates to external vacancy announcement policy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>421 is revised with minor editorial changes.<\/li>\n<li>421.1 is revised with minor editorial changes.<\/li>\n<li>421.2 is revised to state that external announcements must be posted for a minimum of 5 calendar days instead of 5 business days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 Processing External Vacancy Announcements and Veterans\u2019 Preference Claims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>42 Announcement and Application Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>421 Announcing Vacancies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>[Revise the text of 421 to read as follows:]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Guidelines for posting external vacancy announcements, including those requiring entrance examinations, are in 421.1 through 421.4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>421.1 When to Announce Vacancies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>[Revise the text of 421.1 to read as follows:]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Announce vacancies when necessary to meet Postal Service staffing needs. When you are authorized to fill a vacant position externally, use the competitive selection process (see Chapter 2). The hiring official starts the process to post the vacancy. Post external vacancies on www.usps.com\/employment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>421.2 Announcement Period<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>[Revise the text of 421.2 to read as follows:]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Human resources is responsible for ensuring that external announcements are posted on www.usps.com\/employment for a minimum of 5 calendar days.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">USPS.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective February 5, 2015, the Postal Service\u2122 is revising Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement, section 421, with updates to external vacancy announcement policy: 421 is revised with minor editorial changes. 421.1 is revised with minor editorial changes. 421.2 is revised to state that external announcements must be posted for a minimum of 5 calendar days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/handbook-el-312-revision-vacancy-announcements-and-veterans-preference-claims\/\"><span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right\"><\/span>&nbsp;Continue reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":27795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6179,2149,4457],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}