U.S. Dept. of Justice Seeks Job Applicants with Disabilities

[Guest guest]

The information I have here was received from another list that I subscribe to,

I wanted to pass it along. I do not have contact information, but I am sure it

is easy to find with a search on the Internet.

U.S. Dept. of Justice Seeks Job Applicants with Disabilities

Attention job seekers with disabilities interested in working in the U.S.

Department of Justice: This is a good time to apply.

U.S. Attorney General Holder recently issued a memo calling on the

Department of Justice (DOJ) to hire and promote people with disabilities,

with the goal of making DOJ a model employer with a diverse workforce that

includes people with disabilities.

Although DOJs workforce of more than 100,000 people is comprised of many

law enforcement positions that have physical requirements, Holder asked

managers, supervisors, and hiring officials to work toward a 2 percent

hiring goal of people with disabilities. This includes physical,

psychiatric and intellectual disabilities.

The memo doesnt represent a change in policy, but rather a re-commitment to

existing policy issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

which encourages the recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of

persons with disabilities (among others). Holders complete memo to the DOJ

can be found at the end of this article.

Spread the word

[image: Olegario D. Cantos VII] *Olegario D. Cantos VII*,

Trial Attorney, Investigations Unit Disability Rights Section (NYA)

Civil Rights Division

U.S. Department of Justice

I strongly advise you to print and retain this memo for your records and to

share this important document with everyone in your respective networks who

wishes to seek employment in the Justice Department, urged Olegario D.

Cantos VII, a trial lawyer with the DOJ disability rights section and a

member of the Attorney Generals Committee on Employment of Persons with

Disabilities. Job seekers may include a copy of this memo in their

applications as a reminder to hiring authorities of the call to action

issued by the Attorney General.

Cantos also directed job seekers to the U.S. Office of Personnel

Managements Schedule A hiring authority, which allows individuals with

targeted disabilities to be hired non-competitively into all levels of

leadership following certification of disability and job readiness. (For

more on this, see the Federal Register document Excepted

Service--Appointment of Persons With Disabilities and Career and

Career-Conditional

Employment<http://www.opm.gov/fedregis/2006/71-072606-42246-a.htm>

..)