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Why are promotional exams for DCAS employees offered so infrequently, and is DCAS open to more regular scheduling?

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The promotional exam schedule at DCAS is data-driven, considering active status and candidate availability, to avoid overlapping exams and extended wait periods.

Exams are active for 1 to 4 years, influencing the scheduling of new promotional exams.
The scheduling process is initiated in anticipation of the fiscal year, starting July 1st, based on exams set to terminate or with few eligible candidates.
Offering exams for a title with an already active promotion exam is avoided to prevent long waiting periods for new takers.
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) collaborates with city agencies and union partners to develop the examination schedule.

Tiffany Cabán

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So the the the at this point, my understanding is that decast only offers promotional exams for current employees every few years.

0:33:45

So But the argument is that the infrequently leads to to career growth uncertainty and promotes turnover amongst current employees who are are wanting to to move up, right, professionally or salary wise?

0:33:58

Like, why why are promotional exams offered so infrequently?

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And is decast open to offering them more regularly?

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Like, for example, once per year, per agency.

Katrina Porter

0:34:08

Thank you for that question.

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So first, I want to say that civil serve exam civil service exams.

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They're active for at least 1, but no more than 4 years.

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So we let the data drive our decision and creation of the examination schedule.

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That process starts around this time in anticipation for the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1st.

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And so we look at list that are scheduled to terminate or or do not have a substantial amount of eligible of candidates remaining.

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And then that pretty much determines what promotion exams offer in the subsequent fiscal year.

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What we do not want to do is offer an exam, a promotion exam for a title with this already in active promotion exam because then the folks who are taking the newer exam would have a longer wait period.

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So we absolutely let data drive our decision, and we work collaboratively with city agencies and our union partners to develop the schedule.

Tiffany Cabán

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Thank you.

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