Here is the latest news we have with respect to the new program within the Federal Public Service relating to the Priority Hiring of Veterans. I hope you will find this presentation both interesting and one that acknowledges what we have been striving for - the fair and equitable treatment of our Veterans

1. ROLLING OUT THE
WELCOME MAT
AMENDMENTS TO STAFFING IN THE
PUBLIC SERVICE RESULTING FROM
THE VETERANS HIRING ACT

2. THE VETERANS HIRING ACT
• Create opportunities for current and former
CAF members to continue working for
Canadians through the federal public service
• Provide hiring managers with greater access to a
pool of skilled candidates for the public
service
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3. THE MECHANICS
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Mobility
Preference
Priority appointments
Advertised
External
Advertised
Internal

4. PRIORITY ENTITLEMENTS
• Persons appointed ahead of all others if they meet the
essential qualifications
• Two types of priority entitlements and an order of
precedence
• Statutory – set out in the Public Service Employment Act
• Regulatory – set out in the Public Service Employment
Regulations
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5. PRIORITY ENTITLEMENTS
Medically released veterans who have been medically
certified able to work
• A new statutory priority entitlement when the medical
release is attributable to service
• Five-year priority entitlement
• First in the order of precedence
• Other medically released veterans – regulatory
entitlement extended from 2 to 5 years
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6. HOW IT WILL WORK
Framework has not changed
• Range of statutory and regulatory priority entitlements
• Consider persons with priority entitlement before initiating an
appointment process
PSC Priority System updated to reflect the new priority
entitlements
Approach has not changed:
• Entitlements registered in PIMS
• PSC refers persons with priority entitlement to job opportunities
• Persons with priority entitlement may also apply to
advertisements and self-refer to hiring managers
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7. CHANGES TO EXTERNAL
APPOINTMENTS
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Preference
Priority appointments
External
Advertised
Internal
Advertised

8. ADVERTISED EXTERNAL PROCESS
Preference for appointment applies after all
priority entitlements in an external advertised
process
• Veterans or survivors of veterans,
then Canadian citizens, then other applicants
• Must meet essential qualifications
• Other qualifications used to select among qualified
veterans or among qualified Canadian citizens
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9. ADVERTISED EXTERNAL PROCESS -
AFTER VHA
• Definition of “veteran” includes modern-day veterans -
any CAF member who:
• was honourably released after at least three years of service,
AND
• is not indeterminately employed in the public service
• Veteran is eligible for five years from date of release
• Confirmed in jobs.gc.ca by matching CAF service number, last
name and first name of applicant to a list of eligible veterans
provided by DND
• Information included in applicant file and searchable by HR
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10. PREFERENCE – AN ILLUSTRATION
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11. HOW DOES PREFERENCE WORK?
• No person with a priority entitlement is found qualified
in an advertised external appointment
• Eligible veterans in the area of selection
• Who provide a complete application in the allowed time and
• Provide information required to confirm eligibility (service
number matching)
• Participate in the assessment
• Found qualified on the essential qualifications
• Found qualified on any other qualifications
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12. PREFERENCE IN ADVERTISED
EXTERNAL APPOINTMENT
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13. CHANGES TO INTERNAL
APPOINTMENTS
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Apply SelectAssess
Apply SelectAssess
Mobility
Priority appointments
External
Advertised
Internal
Advertised

14. MOBILITY IN INTERNAL ADVERTISED
PROCESS
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Veteran Apply 
CAF member with
less than3 years
Apply 
CAF member with 3
yrs or more
SelectApply Assess
Date of
release from
CAF
5 years from
date of release
from CAF

15. ADVERTISED INTERNAL PROCESS
• Serving CAF members and veterans are eligible to
participate in internal advertised appointment processes
• Minimum of three years of service
• Not indeterminately employed in the public service
• For a period of up to five years after date of release
• Area of selection - only the employment equity criterion
applies
• Be found qualified to be appointed
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16. HOW DOES MOBILITY WORK
• No person with a priority entitlement is found qualified
• Veterans’ access to internal advertisements granted on the
jobs.gc.ca when their service number, last name and first
name are matched with the list of eligible veterans provided
by DND
• Area of selection does not apply – except the
employment equity criterion
• Must provide a complete application in the allowed time,
participate in the assessment, be found qualified, and selected
for appointment
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17. THE MECHANICS
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Apply SelectAssess
Apply SelectAssess
Mobility
Preference
Priority appointments
External
Advertised
Internal
Advertised

18. SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES
• Veterans with service-related injuries appointed
before all others
• Qualified veterans before other qualified
Canadian citizens
• Internal advertisements include the military
What does this mean for the federal public
service?
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19. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE
PUBLIC SERVICE?
• One integrated jobs.gc.ca for staffing
advertisements and notifications
• Launched April 1, 2015
• Policy on Advertising in the appointment
process
• All advertisements for an internal appointment
posted on jobs gc.ca
• Indeterminate, term, acting appointments
• Regardless of area of selection
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20. A RECEPTIVE ENVIRONMENT
• Communicate regularly with applicants about the steps
and expectations
• Public servants may not understand military terminology
and staffing practices
• Plain language descriptions of military skills and experience
http://www.forces.ca/en/jobexplorer/browsejobs-70
• CAF members and veterans may not understand public
service terminology and staffing practices
• Resources for plain language merit criteria
http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/es_all-eng.do?index=P
Relevant competency dictionaries on the internet
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