Department of the Interior U'S' Fish

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Department of the InteriorU.S. Fish Wildlife
Service

• Outreach to Persons with a Disability

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FWS Annual Goals

• Achieve and sustain a level of persons with a
  disability that is equal to or greater than the
  federal sectors 7.
• FY09 hire a minimum of 27 persons with a targeted
  disability in an effort to stride toward the
  federal sector 2 goal

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Strategies to Meeting Goals
Full Circle Involvement
Accommodations
Management
Human Resources
Outreach/Recruitment
Diversity Program Coordinators
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Outreach/Recruitment

• Veteran Programs
• Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
• Employer Assistance Recruiting Network (EARN)
• State Vocational Rehabilitation Centers

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Veterans Programs
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Veterans Programs

• Department of Veterans Affairs -Vocational
  Rehabilitation Employment (VRE) Program
• -Coming Home to Work (CHTW)
• -Non-Paid Work Experience (NPWE)
• Department of Defense
• -Military Transition Assistance Programs
• -Operation Warfighter (OWF)

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Top Level Support

• Assistant Director Budget, Planning and Human
  Capital briefed all Assistant Directors and
  Regional Directors.
• Director Human Capital briefed all Deputy
  Directors, Assistant Regional Directors, and
  Regional Human Resources Officers

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Coming Home to Work

• Targeted group - OIF and OEF veterans
• DCR staff attend monthly workshops at VA
• Talk to potential applicants receive resumes
• VA pays a stipend for 90 days can be extended
  upon request.

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Non-Paid Work Experience

• Targeted group - all Vocational Rehabilitation
  Employment (VRE) eligible veterans
• DCR staff attend monthly workshops at VA
• Talk to potential applicants receive resumes
• VA pays a stipend for 90 days can be extended
  upon request.

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Operation Warfighter (OWF)

• Opportunity for Service members on medical hold
  to rehabilitate outside of the hospital
  environment.
• Service members receive military salaries and
  therefore are not compensated by the agency.
• The program is open to the Active Duty, National
  Guard, and Reserve components.
• Hours and duration are flexible

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Outreach to OWF Candidates

• Monthly OWF Events
• OWF Database
• Career Fairs
• Weekly Formations
• Sponsor Events
• Establish Rapport

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OWF Event
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Military Homefront Connections
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Hiring Heroes Career Fair
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Sponsored Event
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Establish Rapport

• OWF Program Manager
• Transition Employment Assistance Management
  Service (TEAMS)
• Office of Personnel Management Veterans Outreach
  Liaison
• Events Coordinator Executive Services

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Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)

• HR Officer annually sends out student recruitment
  notifications to managers and supervisors, which
  includes the WRP.
• Regional Diversity and Civil Rights (DCR) offices
  work with managers and supervisors to locate
  students with a disability through the WRP for
  summer hires and as a targeted recruitment source
  for other vacancies.
• Regional DCR offices use the WRP searchable
  database to pull resumes.

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Employer Assistance Recruiting Network (EARN)

• Regional DCR staff work with EARN to develop
  information on the needs of a particular job in
  order to match potential applicants.
• Regional DCR staff assists managers and
  supervisors with posting jobs on the EARN
  database.

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State Vocational Rehabilitation Centers

• Regional DCR staff establish rapport with
  representatives at several locations within a
  particular regional area
• Conduct training or briefings at workshops
• Send vacancies to representatives receive
  resumes
• 90 days can be extended, NTE 26 weeks

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Special Hiring Authorities

• Look at what these managers are using to meet
  their goals and to avoid extensive processing
  time for hiring.

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• U.S. Fish Wildlife Service
• Human Capital
• Branch of Equal Opportunity Diversity
• Inez Uhl
• [phone]
• BEOD email fw9 r9 beod_at_fws.gov