Veteran outreach you can put on file
A job post on Healthcare Jobs for Veterans is one outreach effort you can name in your file, with the day it went live and the day it came down. Ask us and we send the record.
The obligation, in plain words
If you are a federal contractor or subcontractor, two laws ask you to reach out to particular candidates and keep a record of it: the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”), for protected veterans, and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 503”), for people with disabilities. Both are still in force. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) administers them, and a review asks you to show the outreach you carried out, where it ran, and when.
Where a job post fits
Healthcare Jobs for Veterans is a job board built for nurses, clinicians, technicians, and administrators who served. A healthcare position posted with us runs there for 60 days, and that run is one outreach effort you can name, with a place and two dates. It is a healthcare board: a nursing or lab position lands on it, a payroll position does not. For outreach to people with disabilities, Diversity Careers is a board read by candidates from underrepresented groups, and a post runs there when it fits. Either way, a job post sits alongside the rest of your outreach program; it does not replace it.
What you can show
Three things you can check yourself. The listing carries its own dates, on the page itself: “Posted by the employer” with the date, and “runs through” with the date it ends. Your posting’s management page lists every job board it was posted on, from the minute it goes live. And when you need the whole history for a selected time period, ask through the contact form and pick “Compliance posting record”; we reply by email with what you posted with us, which boards each post ran on, and the dates.
Your own commitments
Federal contracts are not the only source of a file. A state mandate, a system-wide policy, a board resolution, a grant condition, an accreditation standard: many universities, health systems, and public agencies carry diversity hiring commitments of their own, and someone has to show where each position ran. A job post on Diversity Careers is the same kind of line for that file: a named board built for candidates from underrepresented groups, the day it went live, the day it came down, and the history by email when you ask.
What this is not
A job post is not a compliance program, and one job board is not an outreach plan. This page describes the two laws in general terms and is not legal advice. Your own counsel should say how they apply to your contracts.
Two questions we get
- Can I put this in our outreach file?
- A job post on Healthcare Jobs for Veterans is one outreach effort with a name, a board, and two dates. What goes in the file is your counsel’s call. What we give you is the record.
- Does one job post make us compliant?
- No. One post is one line in the record. The program is yours to run.
Post the position you’re hiring for now. It runs for 60 days on every job board where it fits, including Healthcare Jobs for Veterans when the position is healthcare-related.
Full refund any time before the post goes live. Already posted with us? Ask for your posting history through the contact form.