Staffing and Assessment Services Branch

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What can we do for you?

We offer a range of external staffing, EX resourcing and assessment services, with offices in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver.

Recruitment Services

Our recruitment services include:

• advice in the development of broad recruitment strategies, to help your organization attract qualified applicants from outside the public service;
• screening of applications based on criteria determined by your department;
• access to time-saving, targeted inventories or specialized recruitment of:
  • policy leaders
  • internal auditors
  • post-secondary graduates for specific career streams
  • human resources professionals
  • Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) students
  • employment equity group members and bilingual persons with identified skills.
• development of partially assessed applicant pools for a variety of positions (e.g. pre-tested pools of applicants meeting requirements for clerical positions);
• assistance in identifying pertinent media sources and developing print advertising for placement in newspapers, trade journals, etc;
• expertise in establishing appropriate areas of selection for external processes;
• participation in a variety of community outreach activities to attract highly sought-after applicants to the public service;
• use of jobs.gc.ca, the Government of Canada’s single window for advertising job opportunities in the public service;
• expertise in the use of merit criteria to support the use of the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS);
• testing of candidates in large urban centres;
• a personalized approach to finding applicants to meet your needs.

For more information on these services, please contact the individual identified for your region.

Executive Resourcing Services

The Staffing and Assessment Services Branch is a leader in the development and delivery of public service-wide executive group (levels EX-1 to EX-3) resourcing, including:

• advice to deputy heads and hiring managers, as well as to members of, and aspirants to, the EX group;
• advice on the most effective and appropriate internal and external staffing strategies and tools to assess EX competencies;
• information on interdepartmental talent pools and initiatives to increase representation of members of employment equity groups;
• management of the resourcing process;
• recommendations on EX resourcing strategies and appointments;
• brokerage of candidates.

For more information regarding Executive internal and external staffing services, please contact Brian Hamilton at 613-947-7691 or visit the Executive Resourcing Web site.

Assessment Products and Services

The Staffing and Assessment Services Branch offers a full range of assessment products and services for internal and external staffing as well as development. These products and services include:

• consultation services to answer all your assessment related questions;
• tailor-made assessment solutions to meet clients’ selection and development needs;
• second language testing;
• SELEX and other EX selection tools as well as a range of instruments for the staffing of support, officer level and managerial positions;
• EX counselling services.

For more information regarding assessment products and services please call 613-992-9741 or visit the Personnel Psychology Centre website.