ESDS Job Posting in Delaware

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 Delaware, that is the employment service of the Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Employment and Training, which employers reach online through Delaware JobLink. This page looks at ESDS job posting in Delaware for employers whose hiring spans the state line. For the board itself, see our page on OFCCP job posting to Delaware JobLink. New to the term? Start with What Is ESDS?

Who Runs the Delaware ESDS

The Division of Employment and Training describes Delaware JobLink as a free, web based network that gives employers and job seekers access to workforce information. Employers can post openings, search resumes, receive emails about new resumes, and get help listing jobs, and creating an employer account is free. The division also has Business Service Representatives who help employers with posting jobs, candidate screening and referrals, and marketing open positions.

A Small State With a Regional Workforce

Delaware sits next to Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey, and many employers recruit across all four. Candidates commute across state lines every day, but the listing rule does not follow the candidate. It follows the job. An opening at a Delaware worksite needs a Delaware ESDS listing, and an opening at a sister site across the line needs a listing with that state’s system. dstribute reads the job location from your ATS and routes each opening to the system for the state where the work happens.

Sites in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties

A contractor with an office near Wilmington, a facility in Kent County, and a field team in Sussex County has the same listing duty at every site. Smaller sites are where listings most often get missed, because hiring there is less frequent and the steps are easy to forget. dstribute treats every Delaware location the same way, so a single opening at a small site gets the same listing as a busy headquarters role.

Which Delaware 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. The listing should reach the state system no later than the job reaches any other recruiting source. 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. Keep those details current as Delaware sites open, close, or change contacts. dstribute applies the same contractor details to every Delaware listing it sends.

Documenting Delaware ESDS Listings

During a compliance evaluation, OFCCP can compare the openings at a Delaware establishment with the listings that reached the state system. dstribute logs each listing with the position, the Delaware location, and the date it was sent, so Delaware records stay separate from listings in neighboring states. Our audit support recordkeeping and ESDS compliance checklist show how to review that file before an evaluation.

How dstribute Automates ESDS Job Posting in Delaware

dstribute connects to the ATS your recruiters already use, including Workday, iCIMS, and Greenhouse. When a Delaware opening is published, dstribute sends it to the Delaware 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 Delaware, or contact dstribute about our federal contractor services.