Employment and Assistance Worker (EAW) Hiring process – How it Works

Pools

The EAW Pool is a group of candidates who have been pre-assessed and are ready to be referred to Hiring Managers in the Ministry of Social Development.  If you have recently applied to one of our EAW Pool postings you can expect an email notification on whether or not your application successfully screened in. 

When a position becomes available, the Recruitment Consultant will work with the designated Hiring Manager to match pre-qualified candidates to the role. As vacancies arise in the locations you identified, you may be contacted to complete further assessment.

Our process involves contacting you via e-mail to confirm your interest. You will have 48 hours to respond to the email if you are interested.  We will then provide you with more information about the position and final assessment (i.e. an interview and/or testing, and reference checks).

EAW Pools will be in effect for approximately 4 months. After this time they will be disbanded and reposted.  As a hiring team, we make every effort to keep our EAW Pools current to ensure applicants remain interested in the locations and current opportunities.  Re-posting on a regular basis provides us with an opportunity to update pools and also allows more opportunity for applicants to apply and update their applications.

Individual Postings

Individual postings (non EAW Pool) will continue to appear on the Job Opportunity website for vacancies at specific locations throughout the province.  Vacancies for these types of postings are part of the standard competitive process used throughout the BC Public Service.  (They are not part of a pooling process.) You will need to apply for individual postings that appear on the Job Opportunity website.

EAW Recruitment Practice Guidelines:

1. Your failure to respond to correspondence or show up for assessment and selection processes will indicate to the recruitment team you are no longer interested in EAW opportunities and you will be deemed to have withdrawn your application from any further consideration.
2. Applicants who re-apply within 6 months of an unsuccessful online pre-employment test will not be eligible to re-write the test.
3. Applicants who re-apply within 6 months of an unsuccessful final assessment (ie: interview and/or reference check) may not be eligible for further consideration. This is effective the date of your regret notification.
4. Pool Specific: Applicants may decline one opportunity for assessment. A second decline will indicate to the recruitment team you are no longer interested in EAW pool opportunities and you will be deemed to have withdrawn your application from any further consideration.
5. Pool Specific: We are actively recruiting for EAW positions and do not accept requests to place applications on hold. If you are not available for the EAW pool at this time, your application will not be considered further. 
6. Pool Specific: Applicants who decline an offer of employment will be removed from the EAW competition and will not be placed back in the pool.

Applicants are welcome and encouraged to re-apply on future EAW pools and/or individual competitions when they are readily available for assessment and available to start work. 

For a detailed list of EAW offices by location, view this map.