Air Force Single Staffing Tool streamlines hiring process Published Oct. 27, 2010 By Mike McKito 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- In his Presidential Order, President Barack Obama directed that all federal employers must meet government-wide mandates to simplify the hiring process. Effective Nov. 15, the Air Force will begin using the Single Staffing Tool standardized process to hire people at Sheppard and most bases across the Air Force. "The purpose of the Single Staffing Tool is to streamline the hiring process," said Natalie Dilli, 82nd Force Support Squadron human resources specialist. "Our goal is to reduce the time between a vacancy being identified to when a body is physically at work to 80 days." The SST is resume based. Managers will no longer receive a career brief for internal applicants and a resume for external applicants. All applicants will have equitable consideration. All Air Force job vacancies will be listed on the USAJOBS website http://www.usajobs.gov where all internal and external applicants applying for a government job will be required to submit a resume. The Air Force Personnel Center will screen all of the resumes to determine who meets the eligibility and qualification requirements. AFPC will then send the requesting manager a single list with all of the qualified internal and external applicants. If an individual has several series for which they are qualified, they can store up to five resumes for up to a year on the USAJOBS website. The employee creates the resumes to highlight their skills and abilities. Doing it this way means they don't have to change their resume each time they apply for a different job. Another benefit of the SST process is that the person is kept informed during the application process. "The SST system notifies the applicant with status notification points such as: application received, applicant qualified or not qualified, applicant referred or not referred, and applicant selected or not selected," she said. To ease the transition to SST, the civilian personnel office expects to receive business cards from AFPC to distribute, with information from writing resumes to how to apply for jobs. Applicants who need assistance with their resumes can call the Airman and Family Readiness Flight at 676-4358. The SST process applies to all bases except Luke Air Force Base, Fla., Hurlburt Field, Fla., and all Air Force Materiel Command bases. Anyone interested in applying for jobs at any of these bases will continue to use the AFPC website http://www.afciviliancareers.com until they transition to the new system. Call the Total Force Service Center at (800)525-0102 with any questions regarding the SST process. Call the base's Civilian Personnel Office at 676-6677 for information specific to Sheppard. Air Force Personnel, Services and Manpower public affairs contributed to this article.