Central Iowa VA to hold Onboarding Surge Event

In the current highly competitive job market, Veterans Affairs Central Iowa is working to streamline the onboarding process by hosting an Onboarding Surge Event designed to allow incoming employees who have received a tentative job offer access to all forms, paperwork, fingerprints, background checks and all other requirements for employment at one place and one time.

The event is November 17, 2022, from 1 to 7 p.m. on the VA Medical Center campus located at 3600 30th Street in Des Moines and will assist new employees from all different career fields, from medical to administrative personnel, to streamline the hiring process.

Nationally, a top priority for VA is hiring employees to care for our nations Veterans and the agency projects it needs to hire 52,000 employees per year over the next five years to keep pace with the increased need for care and to maintain a healthy, vibrant workforce.

The Onboarding Surge Event model is a standardized, team-centric approach focused on fast tracking all selectees’ onboarding experience by coordinating all required pre-employment actions into a single-day event.

“We need people to come on board as efficiently as possible and this event will help us do that,” said Jenna Reding, supervisory human resources specialist at the Central Iowa VA. “It is another way VA is working to support our Veterans and get them the services they need and have earned.”

The event is intended to foster a strong, collaborative relationship between Human Resources, hiring managers and employees, as well as reducing the number of selectees waiting to finish pre-employment onboarding requirements. This event is open to those who have received a tentative job offer with VA Central Iowa Health Care System.

Onboarding Surge Events are being held at all VA Medical Centers around the country during the week of November 14 to 18.

If you are interested in applying for jobs with VA Central Iowa Health Care System, please go to usajobs.gov to see all current vacancy announcements.

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Dan Kuester, Public Affairs Officer

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