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C. Employees will have an opportunity on official time to be counseled by Human ResourcesSpecialists who may travel to the location, concerning updating resumes or other appropriatedocuments, OPFs, retirement, conversion to Contract, placement programs and other mattersprior to the effective date of the RIF. The Union shall be notified in advance of any suchmeetings.Section 4. PlacementA. Management agrees to participate in a placement program at each activity where a reduction instaff is occurring. This program will be designed to assist employees adversely affected byreorganization, RIF, and closure of facilities to seek employment. The primary aim of thisprogram will be to assist each affected employee in obtaining a position in the Federal service,commensurate with the employee’s skills, experience, and career goals. The secondary aim willbe assisting to obtain a position in the non-Federal sector.The paragraphs noted hereafter represent the full extent of the placement program agreed uponbetween the parties to this agreement - no other obligations are expressed or implied.B. Reemployment Priority Lists. Reemployment Priority Lists apply only to Title 5 employeesand do not apply to contract education employees. To be eligible for reemployment prioritylist consideration, the employee must have separated through 5 CFR Part 351 (RIF) procedures.Employees separated through 5 CFR 752 (adverse action) procedures are not eligible forreemployment priority list placement.C. The subsequent paragraphs, subparagraphs and clauses within this section apply only tocontract education personnel.(1) When specific RIF notices are issued to individual employees, Human Resources staffwill be involved with the issuance of those notices. This involvement will includecounseling each employee about the options available to that employee, i.e., theplacement program, retirement, or any other options which may be available, includinglocal or state unemployment services, as well as severance pay, and the estimated amountand duration of such payments, if applicable. During this counseling session, humanresources staff will discuss with each employee any education, skills, licenses orcertification that the employee may have which are not contained in the OPF and whichmay be relevant to positions in the Federal sector or general work force. It is theemployee’s responsibility to provide such certification, license, diploma and/ortranscripts within a reasonable period of time following this counseling period, generallywithin thirty (30) calendar days unless extenuating circumstances are present and arecommunicated Human Resources in writing, (electronic mail will suffice for thispurpose). The purpose of that discussion is to ensure that each employee may receive fullconsideration for all positions for which he/she may be qualified.(2) Management will offer to impacted employees commercially available training onpreparing resumes and job interview skills.119