Executive Order Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military Spouses

Executive Order Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military SpousesExecutive Order Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military SpousesExecutive Order Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military Spouses Executive Order Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military Spouses, May 9, 2018President, www.resume-place.comMay 10, 2018Resume Place, inc. online forum and message hauptplatine for discussion of issues in the field of resume writing, career development and federal employment.YESTERDAY President Trump signs Executive Order to make it easier for military spouses to get jobs featuring improved focus on the Military Spouse Preference On USAJOBS for FEDERAL JOBSMilitarySpouseAppreciationDay milspouse MilitaryAppreciationMonthView this great Video from Yesterday at the Military Spouse Appreciation Event at the White House Happy Mothers Day Military Spouse Mothers who would like a federal career. This new Exe cutive Order was written for YOUTHE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERThis is a great day for Military Spouses who want a career while their spouse is Active Duty in the Millitary.Here are a few highlights of the new Order regarding Federal Jobs and USAJOBS ChangesSec. 2. policy. (a) Military spouses make critical contributions to the personal and financial success of our military families. Military Service of spouses, however, often impairs the spouses ability to obtain and maintain employment, and to achieve career goals.(b) It shall be the policy of the US to enhance employment support for military spouses.Sec. 3. Promoting Hiring for Military Spouses (a) To the greatest extent possible consistent with hiring needs, agencies shall, when filling vacant positions in the competitive service, indicate in job opportunity announcements (JOAs) that they will consider candidates under the military spouse hiring authority, in addition to candidates identified on the competitive or merit promotion certif icate for the position, as well as those candidates identified through any other hiring authority a JOA indicates an agency will consider.(b) Agencies shall actively advertise and promote the military spouse hiring authority and actively solicit applications.(c) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shall consider whether changes to 5 CFR 315.612 are appropriate to account for cases in which there are no agency job openings within the geographic area of the permanent duty state of the member of the Army Forces for which the members spouse is qualified.(d) OPM shall also periodically circulate notifications concerning the military spouse hiring authority and its eligibility requirements to each agencys Chief Human Capital Officer of the agencys equivalent officer.+++Within 180 days of the date of this order, OPM shall post to its website, and circulate to each agencys Chief Human Capital Officer or the agencys equivalent officer, information about the military spouse hiring author ity.+++That posting will include discussion of section 1131 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Public Law 114-218, which amended 5 U.S.C. 3330d(c) to eliminate the time limitation on noncompetitive appointment for a relocating spouse of a member of the Armed Services.(e) Within 180 days of the date of this order, OPM shall educate agencies concerning the military spouse hiring authority and ensure that human resources personnel and hiring managers are briefed on techniques for its effective use.Concurrently, within 180 days of the date of this order, OPM shall provide any additional clarifying guidance it deems appropriate to agencies on provisions of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, Public Law 111-292, and agencies shall ensure that human resources personnel and hiring mangers are briefed as needed on techniques for the effective use of telework.READ THE REST OF THE EXECUTIVE