Development & Execution of Action-Oriented Programs
41 C.F.R. § 60-2.17(c)
Blue Ridge CTC has instituted action-oriented programs designed to eliminate any problem areas, should they
exist, in accordance with § 60-2.17(b), and to help achieve specific affirmative action goals. Blue Ridge CTC
also makes a good-faith effort to remove identified barriers, expand employment opportunities, and produce
measurable results. These programs may include items such as:
1. Conducting periodic reviews of job descriptions attempting to ensure they accurately reflect job-
related duties and responsibilities.
2. Annually reviewing job qualifications by department and job title for job-relatedness, and using
job performance criteria.
3. Making job descriptions and qualifications available to recruiting sources and to all members of
management involved in the recruiting, screening, selection, and promotion processes.
4. Making good-faith efforts to select the most qualified candidates regardless of age, ethnicity,
disability status, national origin, race, color, religion, gender, sexual or gender orientation,
marital status, genetics, or veteran status. Blue Ridge CTC recognizes the duty, should the need
arise, to make good faith efforts to remedy any statistically significant underutilization of
minorities and women. Accordingly, Blue Ridge CTC commits to evaluating the total selection
process to ensure freedom from bias based on age, ethnicity, disability status, national origin,
race, color, religion, gender, sexual or gender orientation, marital status, genetics, and veteran
status through:
a. Reviewing the job applications and other pre-employment forms to ensure information
requested is job-related;
b. Evaluating selection methods that may have a disparate impact to ensure that they are
job-related and consistent with business necessity;
c. Providing assistance, such as training and guidance on proper interviewing techniques
and EEO training, to employees, management, and supervisory staff, including, but not
limited to, those who are involved in the recruitment, selection, discipline and other
related processes, so that personnel actions remain neutral to age, ethnicity, disability
status, national origin, race, color, religion, gender, sexual or gender orientation, marital
status, genetics, and veteran status; and
d. Reviewing selection techniques and employment standards.
5. Blue Ridge CTC employs appropriate methods to attempt to improve recruitment and increase
the flow of qualified minorities and women applicants in its recruiting process, including a
number of the following actions: