Overview
Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans are just that…designed for veterans. Knowing about these authorities and how to employ them can enhance your ability to bring qualified veterans to the fore and speed the selection process.
Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans are just that…designed for veterans. Knowing about these authorities and how to employ them can enhance your ability to bring qualified veterans to the fore and speed the selection process.
VRA eligibility applies to the following categories:
Eligibility applies to the following categories:
VEOA eligibility applies to the following categories of veterans:
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Current or former Federal employees meeting VEOA eligibility can apply. However, current employees applying under VEOA are subject to time-in- grade restrictions like any other General Schedule employee. "Preference eligible" under VEOA includes those family members entitled to derived preference.
Upon successful completion, the host agency and VA give the veteran a Certificate of Training showing the occupational series and grade level of the position for which trained. The Certificate of Training allows any agency to appoint the veteran noncompetitively under a status quo appointment which may be converted to career or career-conditional at any time.
38 U.S.C. chapter 31; 5 CFR 3.1 and 315.604
Though not specifically for veterans, the Schedule A authority for people with certain disabilities, 5 CFR 213.3102(u), is an excepted authority that agencies can use to appoint eligible veterans who have a psychological, intellectual, or severe physical disability.
Agencies can use this authority, at their discretion, to appoint an eligible veteran at any grade level and for any job (time-limited or permanent) for which they qualify. After 2 years of satisfactory service, the agency may convert the veteran, without competition, to the competitive service.
Additional information on the use of the Schedule A appointing authority for persons with certain disabilities can be found on the OPM website.