Guides and Tools - Appointment Framework
Staffing Manual
The Staffing Manual is a centralized and user-friendly resource of the PSC's staffing guidance.
Staffing Manual New!
For detailed information on specific topics, you can consult the specialized guides listed below, as well as the interpretations published in the PSC Staffing Interpretations Centre.
For specific information and assistance, contact your designated Staffing Support Advisor or visit the GCPedia page (accessible only on the Government of Canada network).
Guides
These guides are designed to assist human resources advisors and other stakeholders involved in implementing the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). These guides are intended to be works in progress. They will be updated periodically to remain as accurate as possible.
- Interim Guide on Alternative Recruitment Platforms New!
- Staffing and Modern Treaties New!
- Spotlight on Preference for Appointment
- Artificial intelligence in the hiring process
- Selection of employees for retention or lay-off: Guide for managers and human resources specialists
- Conditional job offers
- Staffing: Hiring Veterans
- Spotlight on diverse assessment boards
- Affirmation of Indigenous Identity Form
- Spotlight on area of selection
- Employment Systems Review
- Advertising an appointment process
- PSC Staffing Interpretation Centre
- Flexibility in Assessment
- Staffing options to support employment equity, and diversity and inclusion, under the Public Service Employment Act - Questions and answers
- Assessment of official languages in the appointment process
- Hiring from pools – Advertised or non-advertised appointment
- Performance Reviews in the Appointment Process
- Cyclical staffing assessment
- Staffing Oversight Reference Tool (SORT)
- Federal Public Service Inclusive Appointment Lens
- Employment Equity – Leveraging Staffing Options for Hiring Managers
- Student Bridging
- Reference List - Organizations' Relationship with PSC and the PSEA
- Self-Declaration Information
- Public Service Official Languages Exclusion Approval Order
- Guide to the Sub-delegation of Appointment and Appointment-related Authorities - Archived
Under review
- Selection for Retention or Lay-Off
- Guide on the selection of employees for retention or lay-off Important notice
- Guide on the selection of executives for retention or lay-off Important notice
- Selection of employees for retention or lay-off: Assessment module Important notice
- Testing in the Public Service of Canada
- Guide for Assessing Persons with Disabilities
- Guidelines for Fair Assessment in a Diverse Workplace: Removing Barriers to Members of Visible Minorities and Aboriginal Peoples
- Structured Interviewing: How to design and conduct structured interviews for an appointment process
- Structured Reference Checking: A User's Guide to Best Practices
- Best Practices for Unsupervised Testing
Other Links
- Resources on amendments to the Public Service Employment Regulations (accessible only on the Government of Canada network)
- Resources on amendments to the Public Service Employment Act (accessible only on the Government of Canada network)
- Information for human resources specialists: Alternative methods for second language evaluation
- PSC Information Kit
- Information for human resources specialists
- Building a representative public service