I would not reactivate the old job posting, Everett, and would disposition this individual as not selected for whatever the reason was for that particular opportunity. I'm not a fan of "sham" postings and they really are a waste of everyone's time, particularly those new/additional job seekers who apply thinking they actually have a shot at the opportunity. However, I know these things happen and IT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL TO RECRUIT/INVITE particular individuals to apply for any posted opportunity. "Best practice" in such cases would be to genuinely "consider" -- i.e., evaluate the qualifications of those persons who expresses interest and possess the "basic qualifications" (as defined in OFCCP regulations) in addition to the individual you already have your eye on. You might be surprised! Or not. In any event, be prepared to defend your selection of this person based on his or her competitive qualifications with others who express interest. It's not clear to me from your question if you have an existing open and posted position suitable for this candidate. If so, by all means direct him or her to apply against that vacancy, following all your "rules" for expressing interest. If you are going to post something new for purposes of selecting the January job seeker I remind you to do the necessary outreach in the listing of the job BUT I suggest that you leave the posting up for a very brief time (e.g. 3-5 days) to limit the number of job seekers for whom you might make any selection decisions. Not surprisingly the OFCCP is extremely skeptical of "single applicant hires" but if this is a position for which you typically recruit/hire multiple times in a year, it's unlikely that this particular situation -- which I trust is unusual? -- will be noticeable in aggregate data. Best wishes, Ellen

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