AGENCY TESTIMONY
Civil service exams and new initiatives to increase pathways
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Porter details DCAS's efforts in administering civil service examinations and introducing new initiatives to increase pathways to civil service jobs. She emphasizes the importance of competitive examinations and highlights new approaches to make the process more accessible and efficient.
- DCAS administers 185-200 civil service exams per year, with 205 exams administered this year to date
- Introduction of the 'bridge exam' allowing candidates to qualify for multiple titles with one exam
- Launch of the public safety exam, applying the bridge exam concept to public safety positions
- These initiatives aim to attract more applicants and streamline the application process
Katrina Porter
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In addition to complying with local legislative priorities, CCaaS also undertakes a host of initiatives designed to attract New York City's best and brightest.
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In fact, it is at the core of our work.
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Central to our mission is the administration of civil service examinations.
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The most reliable path into civil service for New Yorkers is through competitive examinations.
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Each year, decast administers between 185 and 200 examinations, offering pathways to civil service jobs for tens of 1000 of New Yorkers.
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This year to date, we have administered 205 exams, which are the most ever undertaken by DeCast in a single year.
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Beyond our general examinations, we have also been piloting efforts to increase pathways to civil service through the bridge exam.
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This initiative allows candidates to pay one application fee and take a single test that can be used for multiple job titles.
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Our most recent bridge, which covers jobs including bookkeeper, clerical associate, secretary, maintenance worker, and staff analysts, have attracted more than 8000 applications.
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This year, DeCast launched the public safety exam, adopting the innovative approach we used and creating the bridge exam, The public safety exam level 1 affords applicants the opportunity to pay 1 at 1 fee for a single test allowing them to qualify for sanitation enforcement agent school safety agent, special officer, and traffic enforcement agent titles all at once.
