Online Automated Recruitment System Implementation


In Reply Refer To:							
February 3, 2000
Mail Stop 601

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MEMORANDUM



To:	All U.S. Geological Survey Employees

From:	Robert Hosenfeld
	Personnel Officer		(signed)

Subject:	Online Automated Recruitment System Implementation

Starting today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will begin using its new 
Online Automated Recruitment System (OARS).  OARS is a web-based product 
that allows us to automate the employment application and recruitment 
process thereby providing the best in customer service to you. 

For now, OARS will be used to advertise vacant positions with a recruiting 
area broader than the USGS, i.e., those vacancies for which we will accept 
applications from candidates within and outside the USGS.  For these 
advertised vacancies, paper applications will no longer be accepted and 
narrative Knowledge, Abilities, Skills, and Other Characteristics (KASOC) 
statements will not be required.  To apply for these positions, you must 
be registered in OARS with an application on file. 

For vacant positions where we are only considering USGS employees, we will 
continue to use USAJOBS as the advertising mechanism. Traditional 
application procedures will remain in effect for these positions until 
this spring when we will migrate the advertising of all vacancies to 
OARS.  

There are two ways to register and complete an online application in OARS. 

INTERNET:  Type www.usgs.gov/ohr/ . This link will take you to “Employment 
with the USGS.”  Click on “Job Openings.   This will open the welcome to 
OARS” splash page.   Simply click on the “Login to OARS” and 
you are ready to register, edit previously submitted information, 
and/or search vacancies. To search vacant positions, you must be a 
registered OARS user.

INTRANET:  Type www.usgs.gov:8888/ops/hro/ . This will take you to the 
Human Resources (HR) Employment and Information Center.  I recommend you 
bookmark this page and refer to it often.  The Human Resources Office uses 
this site to update benefit and HR program information; provide vital 
links to other HR sites; and, roll out the many new automated programs 
found within Survey City.  From this page, click on “Online Automated 
Recruitment System (OARS).”  This will open the “Welcome to OARS” splash 
page at www.usgs.gov/ohr/oars/   

Being registered in OARS and having an online application on file does NOT 
automatically provide you with consideration for vacant positions.  OARS 
can notify you when jobs are announced, provide vacant position 
information and allow you to apply (with your online application) for a 
position by answering the position questions attached to each vacancy 
announcement.

OARS has been designed with the user in mind.  It is easy to use, yet 
powerful enough to provide many employment services.  Should you have a 
question regarding the system, difficulty in registering or completing an 
application, the following staff members from the Human Resources Offices 
are available to answer your  questions:

	Sally Lyberger			730/648-7407
	Joanne Dack			303/236-5900 x 328
	Jane Babicz			650/329-4103
	Nancy Rusinko		770/409-7753

If  you have other HR questions, don’t hesitate to write to  
ask_hro@usgs.gov.  We look forward to the benefits this automated system 
will bring to the USGS and the public in support of our recruitment 
efforts.