19Talent pools

19 Talent pools

19 Talent pools

(1) A talent pool is a list of those persons (whether or not existing Public Service employees) who have satisfied the pre-established standards for a role through a comparative assessment.

(2) A talent pool may be used for recruitment to ongoing employment or for temporary or term employment.

(3) A talent pool may, without limitation, be established jointly by more than one Public Service agency and may be used for recruitment purposes by any Public Service agency.

(4) A person may be included in a talent pool for no longer than the period of 18 months following the completion of the comparative assessment that entitled the person to be included in the talent pool.

(5) For the purposes of this rule, the comparative assessment that entitles a person to be included in a talent pool for a role is not required to include referee checks.

(6) Before a person included in a talent pool is offered employment, the referee checks exempted under subrule (5) must be carried out in relation to the person.

(7) (Repealed)

rule 19: Am 2019 (443), Sch 1 [9]–[11]; 2025 (451), Sch 1[6].