QUESTION
How are the civil service exams promoted and where is information shared?
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Officials from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) detail efforts to promote civil service exams and reach communities underrepresented in city government.
- DCAS posts annual and monthly examination schedules on its website and has an office of citywide recruitment.
- The office of citywide Recruitment hosts civil service 101 information sessions to educate underrepresented communities about city government jobs.
- The process of becoming a civil servant, types of jobs available, application processes, and examination information are outlined in these sessions.
- Since 2015, over 1,900 events have been conducted with about 120,000 participants, in addition to participating in career and resources fairs.
Julie Menin
0:27:38
How could you talk about how you're promoting the civil service exams?
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What it was specifically in what places are these jobs being promoted?
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What mechanisms are you using to make sure that this information is widely disseminated.
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So
Katrina Porter
0:27:55
Decast posted its annual examination schedule on its website We also post a a monthly exam schedule for exams that are opening for filing.
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We also have an office of citywide recruitment that recruits for our positions.
0:28:11
So I would like to turn it over to Katie Anoltar, our Director Executive Director, Citywide equity and inclusion to share more details about the recruitment for examinations.
Kadian Outar
0:28:31
Thank you.
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So the office of citywide Recruitment was rated specifically to go out into the community, to promote civil service information, specifically to communities that are underrepresented in city government.
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And so we conduct what we call a civil service 101 information session that really outlines the process from beginning to end.
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On what it means to become a civil servant.
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We know that when we go out, a lot of folks don't really understand the different types of jobs that are available in city government.
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So we do a breakdown of the different careers, the different paths that are available, and the application process, which includes applying for open competitive jobs on our job board and then applying for the civil service examinations and what that looks like.
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So the before process, what we expect during the application process and what to expect afterwards.
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And we also really go through the notice of examination so that they have a better under standing of what it is that they're looking for.
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Since our creation in 2015, we have done over 1900 events.
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And approximately a 120,000 participants in addition to the career for civil service 101 information sessions, We do participate in career fairs, resources fairs.
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Pretty much anywhere we can go to speak about the recruitment activities.
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We do that, and we make sure that we are guided by the service examination schedule and the needs of the city and the agencies to determine where we go.
Julie Menin
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, chair.
