On December 1, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Associate Director, Workforce Policy and Innovation, Veronica Hinton sent a memo titled “New Talent Pools (Shared Certs) Feature for USAJOBS’ Agency Talent Portal.” The memo outlines a new tool via USAJOBS to assist the hiring process, allowing HR specialists at agencies to find candidates for jobs more easily. You can view the full memo here.

The new tool, the Talent Pools feature, can be found on USAJOBS’ Agency Talent Portal (ATP). According to an OPM flyer, a talent pool is “a list of qualified candidates who are already on an approved shared hiring certificate and ready to be hired. These candidates have opted-in to share their federal application with other federal agencies who are hiring for similar positions. You can use talent pools to find candidates that fit your hiring need.” Talent pools give your agency access to qualified candidates who are already on a hiring certificate and interested in similar jobs at any agency. You can quickly review their resumes and speed up the hiring process if the hiring certificate matches your positions.”

For more information, please view the full memo at: https://fedmanagers.org/fma/fi...