27 Miss. Code. R. 110-5.4.3 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] Open-Competitive New Hire

When hiring personnel to fill a vacancy, the following shall be in effect:

A. The hire date cannot be earlier than the date of issue of the Referred List.

B. The salary shall be set in accordance with provisions outlined in the policy memorandum, Administration of the Variable Compensation Plan, for the current fiscal year.

C. All competitive new hires shall be probationary.

D. For an open-competitive new hire of a probationary employee, the employee shall retain his/her status date and is required to complete the balance of the existing probationary period.

E. OSR will create a new 365-day performance review period beginning the effective date of the personnel transaction.

F. The following documentation is to be submitted to the Office of Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment for a competitive new hire request:

1. The Referred List must be actioned; or

2. For concurrent recruitment appointments, in addition to attaching the resume to the action in the online system of record, submission of the following information via the current, applicable methodology:

a. Employee Name

b. Hiring Agency

c. Job Title

d. Concurrent Recruitment avenues utilized (job boards, agency website, etc.)

e. Number of applications received

f. Number of candidates interviewed

The details of this information including avenues, applicants, and interviews are subject to random audits by the Office of Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment.

3. Detailed justification on how the proposed salary was determined. (Refer to the policy memorandum, Administration of the Variable Compensation Plan, for the current fiscal year.)

Please reference the OSR User Training Workbook at http://www.mmrs.state.ms.us or your Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Analysts for more detailed information regarding the hiring of an employee.

Notes

27 Miss. Code. R. 110-5.4.3

Amended 7/1/2015 Amended 7/1/2016 Amended 7/1/2017 Amended 1/18/2018 Amended 7/1/2018 Amended 3/1/2019 Amended 1/5/2020 Amended 7/1/2021 Amended 7/3/2023 Amended 7/12/2024 Amended 2/21/2025