Empowering Excellence
Newsletter | Fall 2024 | 2nd edition
Did you know: Conditional offers
Hiring managers can make conditional offers to candidates in a range of circumstances, including on-the-spot hiring at career fairs, or to hire a student awaiting graduation.
See our guidance on conditional offers for considerations and details.
Improving second language testing
We're working on implementing a self-serve automated test scheduling system by March 31, 2025, to improve efficiency and user experience. In the meantime, we're drawing on operational improvements and innovation in assessment to improve wait times for oral language testing.
Fall workshops on staffing irregularities
The PSC's Investigations Directorate is pleased to offer awareness workshops tailored to staffing advisors and managers. Sign up for one of our PSC English Investigations Awareness Sessions (accessible only on the Government of Canada network), and explore ways to prevent, detect and address the most common irregularities, including cheating, favouritism and fraud.
Expanding the Specific Name Referral Pilot
In July we expanded this pilot, which launched in February 2024, to 19 more departments and agencies. We aim to extend it across the public service next year, subject to its continued success. The pilot enables managers to request specific students from the Federal Student Work Experience Program inventory based on one of these 3 criteria:
- hiring a member of an employment equity group
- hiring in a remote location
- hiring for a specialized field
Explore sources for your hiring needs
Planning to recruit? Find skilled and diverse candidates easily by taking advantage of our pools. Consult the GC Hiring Managers Hub (accessible only on the Government of Canada network), where you'll find candidates ready for EC, BI, PG, PM and AS roles, and more information on other talent sources and recruitment services. Please note that some of our pools will be closing on November 29, 2024, as we focus on leading programs.