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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="7-204" title_number="7" title_name="Employment in the State Personnel Management System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Appointment in Skilled Service and Professional Service">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To recruit candidates for a position, an appointing authority shall prepare a job announcement for the position and conduct recruitment in accordance with the position selection plan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A job announcement shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a summary of the position description;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the minimum qualifications for the class and any selective qualifications necessary for consideration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the type of selection test that will be administered to those meeting the position’s minimum qualifications;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the location and deadline for submitting applications; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the duration of the list of eligibles derived from the announcement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For a vacant position under this subtitle, the appointing authority shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>if current employees or contractual employees in the unit may be eligible for the position:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>post the job announcement for at least 2 weeks before the deadline for submitting applications, in at least one centralized location in that unit that is accessible to all employees; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>use any other method reasonably calculated to give eligible employees notice of the vacancy; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>advertise the position vacancy at least 2 weeks before the deadline for submitting applications by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>making available a job announcement to all appropriate State agencies, based on selection limitations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>using any other method that is reasonably calculated to ensure a sufficient pool of applicants, including printed advertisements in newspapers and journals, paper and electronic bulletin board postings, and special notices.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
