[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR333.201] [Page 223] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 333--RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION FOR TEMPORARY AND TERM APPOINTMENTS OUTSIDE THE REGISTER--Table of Contents Subpart B--Consideration for Appointment Sec. 333.201 Making appointments from an unranked list. In making temporary and term appointments from a list of eligible candidates who have not received numerical scores, an agency shall give preference to preference eligibles as follows: (a) For professional and scientific positions at the GS-9 level or above, or equivalent, preference should be given to preference eligibles without regard to the type of preference. (b) For other positions, preference shall be given first to preference eligibles with compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more, and second to other preference eligibles. (c) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of Sec. 333.202 and in Sec. 333.203, qualified candidates not eligible for veteran preference may be selected only when no qualified veteran preference eligibles are available. [53 FR 35294, Sept. 13, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 64470, Dec. 10, 1991]