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Handbook EL-312 - Employment and Placement - Contents
Handbook EL-312 - Employment and Placement
March 2024
Summary of Changes
Transmittal Letter
1 General
11 Overview
12 Responsibility
13 Multicomponent Employment and Placement Process
2 Recruitment
21 Planning and Coordination
22 Conducting Recruitment Activities
23 Sources of Recruitment
3 Examinations
31 General
32 Entrance Examination Process
33 Inservice Examination Process
34 Special Examinations
35 Rated Applications
36 Performance Tests
37 Review of Rating Requests
4 Processing External Vacancy Announcements and Veterans’ Preference Claims
41 Introduction
42 Announcement and Application Process
43 Examination Results and Notices of Results
44 Determining the Order of Applicants on a Hiring List
45 Other Applicant Processes
46 Reserved
47 Reserved
48 Veterans’ Preference
5 Suitability
51 Employment Eligibility and Suitability
52 Determining Eligibility and Suitability
53 Other Suitability Issues
54 Preemployment Interview
55 Eligibility to Work in the Postal Service
56 New Hire Investigations
57 Medical Suitability
58 Post Hire Suitability
59 Processing of Reappointments
6 Selection
61 Selection Preparations
62 Selection Procedures
63 Auditing Selection Actions
64 Official Personnel Folders
7 Assignment, Reassignment, and Promotion
71 Introduction
72 Bargaining Positions
73 Reserved
74 Nonbargaining Positions
75 Supervisor Selection Process
76 Bargaining Position Qualification Standards
77 Employment Restoration After Military Service
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
D1 Dual Compensation Administrative and Tracking Procedures for Postal Service Annuitants
D2 Tracking Dual Compensation Waivers
Appendix E
Appendix F