‘Non-advertising’ hiring up due to feds’ new appointments policy, data shows

Greater use of non-advertised staffing raises the potential risk of the 'who you know' factor playing a greater role in hiring and this analysis aims to assess this potential risk.

Public Service Minister Anita Anand, pictured at West Block, as she discusses the feds' response to COVID-19. The Public Service Commission has reported on an overall increase in non-advertised appointments to 34 per cent of hires in 2017-18 compared to 25 per cent in the previous fiscal year, writes Andrew Griffith. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW GRIFFITH

June 1, 2020

The new appointments policy allowing for greater flexibility in the hiring of federal public servants came into effect in April 2016, resulting in a greater number of "non-advertised" hiring compared to formal publicly advertised hiring processes and competitions.

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