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Background

COVID-19 has disrupted the ability of public servants to work across the country. The majority of public servants have made the transition to remote work, with critical work and workers being identified in business continuity plans. This disruption has had a significant impact on students as departments enter into a time of year where they typically make decisions to hire and renew students for summer (and fall) work terms.

Recognizing the importance of student hiring, on April 21st, 2020, the Chief Human Resources Officer sent a message to Deputy Heads encouraging them to remember students even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since this time, the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) has been working diligently with its partners across the Government of Canada (the Public Service Commission, the Canada School of Public Service, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Public Services and Procurement Canada, and others) to develop tools, guidance, and guides to help encourage student hiring, help managers navigate these uncertain times, help both students and managers with onboarding, and to create flexibility to make the hiring and onboarding process easier.

This page has been created to share resources created by the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer related to Student Hiring during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Resources

Please use the links below to navigate to various messages sent out and documents created in support of student hiring and onboarding.

• April 21, 2020: Message from the Chief Human Resources Officer to Deputy Heads, Heads of Agencies, Presidents of Regional Federal Councils, Heads of Human Resources
• April 22, 2020: Student Guidance Part 1
• May 6, 2020: Student Guidance Part 2
• Forthcoming: Message to Universities & DM University Champions
• Forthcoming: Student Guidance Part 3 (incl. remote onboarding toolkit)
• Forthcoming: Virtual Onboarding Event (Managers)
• Forthcoming: Virtual Onboarding Event (Students)

Inquiries

• If you are a hiring manager and have questions regarding student hiring, please contact your departmental human resources unit. You may consider citing this page when contacting them.
• If you are a human resources professional and have questions regarding student hiring, please contact either the Public Serivce Commission, or TBS-OCHRO at wpp-ppt@tbs-sct.gc.ca.