ESDS Job Posting in Arizona

ESDS stands for employment service delivery system. Under VEVRAA, it is the public employment service that federal contractors list their openings with so protected veterans can receive priority referral. The listing goes to the system that serves the location of the job. In Arizona, public employment services are delivered through ARIZONA@WORK, the statewide workforce system, with the Arizona Department of Economic Security as a core state partner, and employers list jobs through AZ Job Connection. This page focuses on the quality and timing of each ESDS job posting in Arizona. For the board itself, see our page on OFCCP job posting to Arizona Job Connection. New to the term? Start with What Is ESDS?

What AZ Job Connection Offers Employers

ARIZONA@WORK describes AZ Job Connection as the state’s largest workforce database. Employers can open a free account, post unlimited jobs through a step by step job builder, save candidate searches, and manage a company profile. ARIZONA@WORK notes that account approval takes under three days, so a new contractor should set up access before its first covered Arizona opening goes live.

Write Listings Veterans Can Act On

A listing only helps a veterans representative make a referral if it says what the job is. Each Arizona listing should carry a clear job title, the work location, the main duties, the key qualifications, and how to apply. Listings that copy an internal requisition code as the title, or leave the city blank, are hard to match and hard to defend. dstribute builds each Arizona listing from the fields in your ATS, so the title, location, and apply path match what candidates see everywhere else.

Timing the Arizona Listing

VEVRAA expects the listing to reach the state system no later than the job reaches any other recruiting source. Teams that batch state listings at the end of the week create gaps, because the job has already appeared on the career site and other boards. dstribute starts the Arizona ESDS listing from the same ATS event that publishes the job, so the state listing does not trail your other channels.

Arizona Employers With Many Sites

Contractors in Arizona often hire across the Phoenix metro, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, and smaller towns at the same time. The rule is the same at every site: each suitable opening at an Arizona location gets an Arizona ESDS listing. dstribute reads the job location from your ATS and routes each Arizona opening to the Arizona system, whichever team or office created the requisition.

Which Arizona Openings Must Be Listed

The listing requirement covers all employment openings except executive and senior management roles, positions filled from within the contractor’s own workforce, and positions lasting three days or less. Part time and temporary roles that run longer than three days still count. Our page on when ESDS is required walks through each part of the rule.

Contractor Details and Priority Referral

Along with the listing, VEVRAA expects contractors to tell the ESDS that they are a federal contractor, give contact details for the hiring official at each establishment, and ask for priority referral of protected veterans. Update those details when an Arizona site opens, closes, or changes contacts. dstribute applies the same contractor details to every Arizona listing it sends.

Documenting Arizona ESDS Listings

During a compliance evaluation, OFCCP can compare the openings at an Arizona establishment with the listings that reached the state system. dstribute logs each listing with the position, the Arizona location, and the date it was sent. Our audit support recordkeeping keeps that history in one place, and our ESDS compliance checklist lists the checks to run before an evaluation.

How dstribute Automates ESDS Job Posting in Arizona

dstribute connects to the ATS your recruiters already use, including Workday, iCIMS, and Greenhouse. When an Arizona opening is published, dstribute sends it to the Arizona ESDS, applies your approved EEO and VEVRAA language, and records the result. For the full set of obligations, read our guide to OFCCP job posting for federal contractors in Arizona, or contact dstribute about our federal contractor services.