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Briefs WPAFB hosts rapid improvement event
Blood drive for Air Force civilian hiring initiative
The next American Red Cross Blood Tammy Lyons, chief
Drive at Edwards is 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Aug. of Air Force Materiel
5 in the Chapel 1 Annex. Both walk-ins Command’s
and appointments are accepted. Time Personnel Support
slots go by very fast so try to schedule Division, captures
your appointment quickly by contact- the ideas of the
ing Staff Sgt. Robert Torres at robert. group brainstorming
torres.18@us.af.mil or Senior Airman for ways to improve
Dominique Lyles at dominique.lyles@ the civilian hiring
us.af.mil. You can also self-book on- process during a
line at the American Red Cross website: meeting between
http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-do- members of
nation using sponsor code: “Chapel1.” Headquarters
DOD Civilians may be granted up to AFMC,
four hours of excused absence to cover Headquarters Air
travel time to and from the donation cen- Force Personnel
ter, actual donation and any recuperation Center, installation
time. Maximum excusal time should civilian personnel
not exceed four hours except in unusual RI¿FHVDQG
circumstances. The excused absence
must be consecutive, beginning when Directorate
the employee leaves the work area, or
prior to their arrival if the donation ap- of Personnel
pointment is at the start of their normal
workday. Supervisors will not allow em- employees within
ployees to donate blood, return to work
and then charge the last four hours, or AFMC, July
balance of hours, of the work shift to ex- 7KH\
cused absence based on blood donation
accomplished earlier in the day. Ques- also discussed
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Labor-Management Relations Specialist
or call 661-277-3840. Air Force photograph by Wesley Farnsworth duplications of the
current process
Resilience class which should be
addressed.
The next Resilience class is 7:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m., Aug. 19 in Bldg. 2460, Room Key personnel across the Air Force are $)0&EXWDFURVVWKH$LU)RUFHHYHQZKHQ the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex
A. Those interested in attending should working together to analyze the current ci- LWDSSHDUVWKHLQLWLDWLYHPD\EHGLI¿FXOWWR at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., and the
contact Nancy Koch-Castillo 661- 277- vilian hiring process. 502nd Air Base Wing at Joint Base San
6711 or email nancy.kochcastillo.1@ implement,” said Tammy Lyons, chief of Antonio, Texas. The organizations in the
us.af.mil. Through this course you will Participants in this initiative include pilot will be tracking the initiatives, measur-
learn eleven life skills through Power- Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, AFMC’s Personnel Support Division and ing timeliness of the actions and providing
Point presentations addressing resil- Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, IHHGEDFNWRFRQWLQXDOO\UH¿QHDQGLPSURYH
ience, which is the ability to withstand, LQVWDOODWLRQFLYLOLDQSHUVRQQHORI¿FHVDQG co-leader of this most recent RIE. “In ad- the hiring process.
recover and grow in the face of stressors Directorate of Personnel employees within
and changing demands through the four AFMC. dition, both the stakeholders and owners The next two RIEs will be held at Joint
Comprehensive Airman Fitness domains. Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, and ex-
The four domains are mental, physical, This partnership is working to analyze of the process must to be open to chang- plore reengineering such hiring stages as the
social and spiritual. Resilience informa- each stage of the hiring process to identify announcement process, issuance of referral
tion and videos are posted on the front LQHI¿FLHQFLHVDQGGXSOLFDWLRQVDQGGHYHORS ing roles and responsibilities. Improving FHUWL¿FDWHVFDQGLGDWHVHOHFWLRQPDNLQJD
page of the Edwards Portal page. a future process that eliminates barriers and job offer and setting the entry-on-duty date.
streamlines processes wherever possible. timeliness in the hiring process ultimately
See BRIEFS, Page 4 “We recognize that in order to remain
Last week, Wright-Patterson Air Force results in our ability to support the AFMC competitive with the private sector and
Base, Ohio, hosted the ninth rapid improve- other Federal agencies, we need to expedi-
ment event that examined the roles and re- and Air Force missions. Our goal to have tiously recruit and hire the best and brightest
VSRQVLELOLWLHVRIWKHPDQSRZHURI¿FHLQWKH SRVLWLRQV¿OOHGZLWKLQGD\VLHIURP candidates to help carry out our mission,”
hiring process. This is part of a series of Lyons said. “The successful completion of
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ary of this year at multiple locations. hiring process for both management and ap-
if we are proactive and responsive to the plicants.”
“We are looking at every avenue to im-
prove the civilian hiring process not just in hiring process.”
During this most recent event, the group
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rated into a pilot program. Participating or-
ganizations in the pilot program are the Air
Force Life Cycle Management Center here,
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