The obligation to conduct outreach efforts is a component of a contractor’s affirmative action program. The regulations intend for it to help with achieving a contractor’s hiring benchmark for veterans, its utilization goal for individuals with disabilities (IWD), and its placement goals for minorities and women. Therefore, the expectation is for outreach to be undertaken with the goal of recruiting and hiring from these demographic groups. Is information on careers and open jobs at your company being disseminated at these outreach activities? Are you finding these activities effective in yielding applicant referrals and hires? OFCCP requires contractors to evaluate their outreach efforts annually and if you find that these are not bringing in any results, then OFCCP expects you to identify alternative outreach activities. For some ideas on outreach activities, you can find a list of examples in §60-300.44 (f)(1) Required Outreach Efforts in the VEVRAA rule. Suggested activities for reaching out to IWDs can also be found in §60-741.44 (f)(1) Required Outreach Efforts in the Section 503 rule.

You can use this OFCCP audit checklist to ensure you're doing what is required to maintain OFCCP's regulations including VEVRAA, Section 503, and EO 11246. Or request a demo to streamline your compliance and recruiting efforts.