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A Term appointment is a non-status appointment to a position in the competitive service, made for a specified period of time exceeding 1 year and lasting not more than 4 years.

Rule of Three means that the appointing authority must make each appointment from within the top three positions appearing or remaining on an eligible list, except that ties in rank appearing within a set of three shall be judged equally.

This was known as the “rule of 3.” Example: If the top person on a certificate is a 10-point disabled Veteran (CP or CPS), the second person is not a preference eligible, and the third person is a 5-point preference eligible, the appointing authority may choose either of the preference eligibles.

Can a fired federal employee be rehired? Yes, a fired or resigned federal employee can be rehired in another government department or agency. To be rehired, you must write to OPM to inquire about your eligibility for reemployment.

Originally used in photography as a composition guideline, the Rule of Thirds has been adopted in business, specifically in employee performance. The paradigm asserts that an organization's workforce can be effectively categorized into three distinct segments: the top 1/3, the middle 1/3, and the bottom 1/3.

Selection must be made from the highest three eligibles on the certificate who are available for the job--the "rule of three." However, an agency may not pass over a preference eligible to select a lower ranking nonpreference eligible or nonpreference eligible with the same or lower score.

The rule of three requires qualified candidates to be listed in rank order and managers to se- lect from among the top three available candi- dates. But often a number of candidates have identical ratings, and some method must be used to decide which candidates will be placed on the referral register and in what order.