Transition From IBRS The Journey Ahead

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Transition From IBRSThe Journey Ahead
A Briefing for Commanders, Managers, Labor
Partners and Applicants
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A Little History

• IBRS
• What?
• Why?
• How?
• When?
• Concerns Developed Over Time
• Interested and available candidates
• Generic announcements
• Applicants Expectations

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What We "Always" Wanted

• Standard Army Process
• Maximize Open Continuous Announcements
• Revise Announcements (OCA)
• Generic to specific
• Families vs. more specific
• Wide grade range to limited
• Multiple locations to targeted location(s)
• Automated IA capability

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Why Change?

• Standard Army Procedure
• Acceptable to customers
• Supportive of DA goals
• Customer Feedback
• Efficient
• Cost of maintaining multiple systems
• Support central processing
• Improved automation tools

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Change to what?

• IBRS
• Current OCAs
• All positions
• announced under
• OCAs
• Generic job families
• All grades (GS-1-15)

• HYBRID (combination of OCA Individual Anns)
• OCAs Individual Ann (may be
• used more than one time)
• Hard to fill high No OCA or if less
• turnover positions than 5 qualified available
• announced under OCAs candidates produced from
• based on historical OCA
• analysis CIVFORS
• data
• Generally series Position specific
• specific
• Limited to grade Grade or grade range(s)
• or grade range(s)

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• IBRS
• Current OCAs
• Entire West Region
• Open indefinitely
• Use supplemental
• data to indicate
• interest for all
• series locations
• Manual IA as
• requested

• HYBRID (combination of OCA Individual Anns)
• OCAs Individual Ann
• Generally by specific Generally specific
• location
• Open for up to 1 year Specific open/close dates
• Use self-nomination Use self-nomination
• process to indicate process to indicate
• interest for positions interest for specific
• covered by OCA position in announcement
• Automated IA (done No IA
• unless otherwise
• requested by manager)

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• HYBRID (combination of OCA Individual Anns)
• OCAs Individual Ann
• Issue automated IA N/A
• for all self-nominations
• before skills search,
• qualification
• eligibility
• determinations
• Cut-off date for Referral cannot be
• candidate pool issued until after closing
• is day CPOC begins date when all self-noms
• working referral. and resumes received by
• the closing date are
• processed.

• IBRS
• Current OCAs
• Issue manual IA to
• applicants who meet
• skills search,
• qualification
• eligibility
• determinations
• Cut-off date for
• candidate pool
• is day CPOC begins
• working referral.

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Where are we at?

• CPAC/CPOC Agreement
• Decision Matrix
• Draft Milestones
• Transition Plan
• Draft MPP
• Marketing materials
• Labor Relations status
• Target date

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What do we need?

• Automated IA
• Marketing
• Completion of II
• Completion of Transition Plan Tasks

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What Applicants Will Do?

• Pre-position Resumes
• Monitor the Web for Announcements
• Open Continuous
• Individual
• Self nominate
• Open Continuous
• Individual
• Respond to interest and availability inquiries
• Open Continuous
• Monitor the status - Answer

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Questions