OMB Memorandum: Planning for the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget and Performance Plans, June 11, 2009

“…Specifically, we expect the following to take place over the next six months in order to begin the change process:

1. Map your current hiring process, using OPM’s End-to-End Hiring Process Mapping, from the time a manager identifies a need to hire until the person selected starts their first day on the job.
2. Review the job announcements for your agency’s top 10 occupations and have them written in plain language and reduced to no more than five pages.
3. Notify applicants of their status at four points through USAJobs.gov in a timely fashion –application received, application assessed for qualifications, applicant referred to selecting official (or not); and applicant selected (or not).
4. Engage hiring managers in all critical parts of the hiring process. Hiring managers should be involved in targeting recruitment, drafting job announcements, reviewing initial applications, interviewing applicants, and selecting applicants.