The NOPHNRCSE Recruitment and Career Development Committee is proud to announce a new service to our NOPHNRCSE members. The Job Application Support Cadre will be available to review resumes, Optional Application for Federal Employment Form OF-612, and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) narrative responses to NRCS job applications. The Cadre will provide comments and suggestions on submitted application materials directly to the applicant.

All interested NOPHNRCSE members in good standing with five (5) years or more of career experience may volunteer to be a member of cadre. If you are interested in becoming a Cadre member or if you have any questions please contact the Recruitment and Career Development Committee Chair, Cori Calvert, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Anyone interested in serving on the Cadre must apply by December 17, 2010. For the application procedure please see the flyer below.

Application to become a NOPHNRCSE Job Application Support Cadre (.pdf)

It is anticipated that the Job Application Support Cadre will be ready to accept job applications for review by the first week of January.

How will the Cadre work?

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Receive job application review requests from Recruitment and Career Development Committee.
• Review knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) narrative responses to job applications.
• Review resumes or Optional Application for Federal Employment Form OF-612.
• Provide comments and suggestions on submitted application material to applicant.
• Only resumes, OF-612s, and KSAs for NRCS positions will be evaluated by cadre.

Procedures

1. At least two (2) weeks before closing date of open position, applicant sends application materials (resume, OF-612, and/or KSAs) to Chair of Recruitment and Career Development Committee. If KSAs are sent for review, original KSA questions must be included.
2. Recruitment and Career Development Committee sends an email to the entire cadre with the position and location of the applicant’s current position as well as the position and location of the applicant’s desired position. The name of the applicant is withheld at this time.
3. Cadre members have two (2) business days to respond to the Recruitment and Career Development Committee with their willingness to review the applicant’s application materials. When two (2) cadre members have volunteered to review, an email will be sent to all cadre members stating that no more volunteers are needed.
4. Recruitment and Career Development Committee supplies the provided application materials to the interested cadre members as well as the name of the applicant.
5. The Recruitment and Career Development Committee sends an email to the applicant identifying the name(s) and email(s) of the cadre member(s) who will be reviewing their application materials.
6. Cadre member has five (5) business days to review application materials. Reviewing cadre member emails comments and suggestions directly to applicant. No cc of suggestions or comments is needed to Recruitment and Career Development Committee.

Cadre Composition

• All interested NOPHNRCSE members in good standing with five (5) years or more of career experience may volunteer to be a member of cadre.

Timeline

• Business Day 1 – Applicant sends materials for review to Recruitment and Career Development Committee Chair.
• Business Day 2 - Recruitment and Career Development Committee Chair emails all cadre members with information as described above in second bullet point of Procedures.
• Business Day 4 – Cadre members have two (2) business days to volunteer to review application materials.
• Business Day 9 – Reviewing cadre member emails comments and suggestions directly to applicant.