The CSAVR-IRS Connection

Presented byChristina Navarrete-Wasson

Acting Director, W&I Human Capital Office, IRS

Special Thanks

• Kathy West-CSAVR Business Program Director

• National Employment Team – NET for distribution of vacancy announcements

• The hard working field counselors who respond promptly to our resume requests

The Connection History

• Began in 2007 with CSAVR and AO

• Set up to obtain Schedule A resumes using the NETs 80+ Points of Contact

• AO was the first IRS office to establish a nationwide recruitment effort

• AO has worked with other IRS partners to expand recruitment efforts.

Benefits

• Finding employment for persons with disabilities

• Employers are meeting hiring mandated by Executive Order 13548

• An effective nationwide disability network

• Resumes are obtained in days – not weeks

Benefits

• Streamlined, Direct contact between management, AO and VR

• VR supplies immediate support for training needs and accommodations

• VR also provides VET program applicants

• AO provides post recruitment assistance

Successes

• Since 2008 – AO has received over 230 requests for resumes

• VR has provided nearly 700 Schedule A resumes

• IRS has hired 90 applicants

• This has occurred with hiring freezes in place since 2010

Successes

• Pilot program implemented in FY-2012 to pre-identify candidates for seasonal hiring in campus sites– 17 Candidates identified– 9 hired in GS-4 temporary/seasonal positions– 6 permanently hired and promoted to GS-6

positions

IRS Support is Multi-dimensional

• IRS Disability Office (IDO)

• Information Resources Accessibility Program (IRAP)

• Alternative Media Center (AMC)

• Course 33788 – Managing Employees with Disabilities

IRS Support is Multi-dimensional

• MOVED Program• Local Accessibility Coordinators (LACS)• Disability Mentoring Program• The Beacon• Information Center for Accessibility Needs

(iCan)• Veterans Employment Program• World Services for the Blind (WSB)

For more Information

Christina Navarrete-Wasson

Acting Director, W&I Human Capital Office

Atlanta, GA

404 338-8866  Office

240 271-4832 BB

Christina.L.Navarrete-Wasson@irs.gov