Job listing refers to the act of the federal contractors transmitting their job openings to the local Employment Service Delivery System (ESDS) closest to the location of the job. Specifically, under VEVRAA, covered federal Government contractors are required to provide their job listing information in a format that the appropriate ESDS permits. For example, if the ESDS requires electronic transmission in a web-based format, the federal contractor must provide its listings in that manner. If the ESDS will accept job listings by alternative means, whether it be electronically, by facsimile, or by mail, then the federal contractor, or its agent, may provide job listings in any of the allowed formats.
Additionally, with any job listing the federal contractor must indicate: (1) it is a federal contractor that desires “Priority Referrals” of Protected Veterans for its openings; (2) the contact information for the federal contractor’s official responsible for hiring at each hiring location in the state; and (3) updated information, if any, in any subsequent job listing.
For example, some local offices receiving VetCentral job feed emails from DirectEmployers listing a federal contractor’s available jobs will forward those emails to their registered veterans first (i.e. “Priority Referral”) before later “posting” the jobs to the state job bank. Alternatively, some local offices, after sharing VetCentral emails with the registered veterans (“Priority Referral”), print them out and later simply make them available to others.
Exceptions
Exceptions to the VEVRAA job listing requirement include executive and senior management positions, positions that will be filled from within the contractor’s organization, and positions lasting three days or less.
Job Listing ≠ Job Posting
“Job listing” must not be confused with “job posting.” A job posting is when state entities receive job listings from federal contractors, and these listings are subsequently posted on the respective state job bank. DirectEmployers both “lists” its Members’ jobs and thereafter, “posts” them on the state workforce agency job bank as an additional courtesy for its Member companies to assist their recruitment efforts. Federal contractors are not obligated to directly post on state job banks, provided they comply with the requirement to list their job openings through approved methods.