NSN Personnel - Orange County Affirmative Action Plan - IX-C - 4-18-95

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d. Personnel provides counseling to employees on promotional opportunities and encourages minorities and women to participate in career progression and development activities. e. Personnel provides a 24-hour job information line available to Orange County employees for their use in seeking promotional opportunity information. 3. External Recruitment a. If internal recruitment does not yield a final candidate, Personnel initiates the external recruitment process at the hiring department's request. External recruitment continues for a minimum of 10 workdays. b. In the external recruitment process, Personnel communicates the availability of openings through: - Posting the opening on the Employment Opportunities Bulletin in the Personnel Department. - Listing the opening with the Employment Security Commission. Advertising in newspapers, including those targeted toward the minority population, and other special advertising such as in trade periodicals. - Distributing the announcement to other appropriate recruitment sources including potential sources yielding qualified applicants who are minorities and women. Among other things, Personnel maintains a list of community contacts to whom opening announcements are mailed. -Listing the opening on the County's job information telephone line. All opening announcements or advertisements include an equal opportunity employer statement. c. To apply for an opening, an individual must complete an official County application and submit it to the Personnel Department by the posted closing date. Applications are only accepted for positions open for recruitment. d. An individual interested in a position not open for recruitment may complete and submit a Position Interest Card. When a position in that class or related class becomes available, Personnel informs the individual so that he or she may apply for the opening. The Position Interest Card is active for six months. -9-