4 Processing External Vacancy Announcements and Veterans’ Preference Claims

41 Introduction

411 General

This chapter is about the process used to:

1. Announce Postal Service job vacancies to external applicants. See chapter 7 for more on Executive Administrative Schedule (EAS) job vacancies, and Handbook EL-304 for positions filled under the Maintenance Selection System (MSS).
2. Determine the order in which competitive job applicants are considered based on examination results (where applicable).
3. Adjudicate claims for veterans’ preference.