Request Training Exercise
Now that you have completed the online portion of training for Request, it is time to log into the Training version of USA Staffing to practice what you have learned. Use this step-by-step guide to help you practice this lesson. Retain your notes to assist you with other lessons.
For this lesson you will need to select a Customer and Office that you have access to. To review your permissions in the system use these instructions: Reviewing your permissions - USAS. Contact your USA Staffing Administrator to get clarification on your permissions, if needed.
1. Select the Create Request button on the Requests tab of your dashboard.
2. Complete the Request Information page.
- Type or Generate a Request Number.
- Choose a Requesting Customer from the drop-down list. (If possible, select a customer that you have Hiring Manager and HR User access to so that in later exercises you can send the review to yourself.)
- Leave the Request Type as New Vacancy.
- Choose a Requester from the drop-down list. If your name appears as an option in this list, select yourself. If no option is available, please contact your USA Staffing Administrator to get one added or choose a different Requesting Customer. This field is populated based on Hiring Managers that have access to the selected Requesting Customer.
- Add a Position Description Number of 1234test with your initials after it.
- Enter a Position Title of Program Analyst.
- Leave the Pay Plan as GS.
- Type and select 0343 in the Series field.
Select 9 for the Grade. (You can either type directly in the box and select Enter or select it from the drop-down list.) - Do not add any Specialties.
- Type or select a Hiring Need Validated Date.
- Type or select a Request Personnel Action Date.
- Change the Position Sensitivity and Risk to Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk.
- Select Credentialing from the Trust Determination Process item.
- Select Confidential as the Security Clearance Required.
- Change the Travel Required to 25% or less.
- Check the box for Drug Testing Required, Telework Eligible, and Relocation Authorized boxes.
- Select Save.
3. Select the newly activated Location Information subpage.
4. Complete the Location Information page.
- Leave Set Number of Vacancies By as Announcement.
- Enter 2 for Total Vacancies.
- In the Locations box, type Fairfax and select Fairfax, VA. Select the Add Location button.
- Add a second location using the zip code 80301 and select Boulder, Colorado. Select Add Location.
- Select Save.
5. Select the Staffing Approach tab and complete this page.
- Check the Public or Status boxes under the USAJOBS Announcement Type. Remember that when you perform this step in the live site you will be basing your selections on your agency policy and procedures.
- Select the Office based on your permissions. You should pick an Office that you have access to so that you can complete the other practice exercises in this series. Refer to the top of this exercise for additional guidance.
- Leave all other options on this page as they are defaulted unless your agency policy directs you to select an alternative Workflow.
- Select Save.
6. Select Approve Request.
7. You now have a completed request. Record the information below so you can reference it for future lessons:
My Request Number: ____________________
My Vacancy Number: ____________________ (This is located in the Vacancy Created section of this page.)
Now that you have completed and approved your request, let’s try some other features in the Request area.
8. Select the History button. Select the History button again to close.
9. Select the Task Overview icon to display the task list. Select the X to close it.
10. Select the Help icon and select Review Online Help. It will open in a separate tab.
11. The help icon provides access to a contextual help page tailored to your current location within the system. To explore other topics, select the USA Staffing Online Help home link, where you can search for a complete list of help topics.
This concludes the lesson on Request.