Online Automated Recruitment System
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 15:53:14 -0500
To: "USGS Employees"
From: Eleanor Fisher
Subject: Online Automated Recruitment System
Date: December 1, 1999
To: All U.S. Geological Survey Employees
From: Robert Hosenfeld, Personnel Officer
Subject: Online Automated Recruitment System
Starting in January 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will begin the
implementation of its new Online Automated Recruitment System (OARS), a
cornerstone of Survey City. OARS is a web-based recruitment and merit
staffing system that takes advantage of the latest in technology and will
be the standard for filling USGS vacant positions.
OARS will place at your disposal the latest tools to complete an online
web-based application, be notified of vacancies as they come open, and
compete for these vacancies with a few simple key strokes or clicks of your
mouse. No more searching for vacancies, completing ever changing KSA
narratives, and wondering about the status of your application in the
recruitment process.
To provide you with basic information about OARS and our other web-based
Survey City initiatives, briefings will be conducted in Reston, Norcross,
Denver, and Menlo Park during January 2000. Briefings outside these
locations will be arranged throughout early calendar year 2000. Beginning
May 2000, all vacant positions will be filled utilizing OARS' paperless
technology. This means that employees who wish to apply for USGS vacancies
will need to enter their resume into OARS in order to be considered.
Therefore, it is extremely important that you plan to attend one of these
information sessions to understand how OARS will make it easy for you to
apply for vacant positions using OARS' technology.
In December, the headquarters and regional Human Resource Offices will
notify you of the specific times and locations of the upcoming briefings.
If you have a specific question about OARS and the upcoming implementation,
please don't hesitate to contact the HRO ask_hro@usgs.gov.