2. Allow federal departments and agencies to determine that recruitment shortages exist and directly hire candidates without ranking.(19) By fall 1994, the director of OPM should forward draft legislation to Congress to allow OPM, and departments and agencies, to establish categories in which candidates can be directly hired to coincide with the establishment of decentralized, agency-based hiring systems. Federal departments and agencies will have the authority to directly hire candidates without ranking when recruitment shortages exist after considering the following factors, as applicable: --- the failure of recent efforts to recruit high-quality candidates for similar positions, --- recent turnover in similar positions, --- labor market factors that may negatively impact the ability of the agency to recruit high-quality candidates for similar positions now or in the future, or --- special qualifications needed for the position that are in short supply. OPM should establish additional categories where candidates may be directly hired, for example, persons with targeted disabilities, candidates with outstanding academic qualifications, or other categories as appropriate. Endnotes 19. Title 5, United States Code, sec. 1302; 3304; and 3361.
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