All long-term jobs with the State of California require the candidate to very first get and take the test for the job title or category in which you are interested. Bear in mind, all Exams are not provided on a continuous basis. Therefore, it is a prospective candidate's responsibility to seek available "open" Exam Announcements or Recruitments on our Jobs Page or at State Personnel Boards' listings at www.jobs.ca.gov.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - Civil Service Exam and Hiring Process
After you have actually successfully gotten and passed a test you are positioned on the category's licensed Eligibilty List (or working with list). We can just hire candidates from these certified lists. Then, when on this list, you are eligible to obtain a job vacancy. This is the State Civil Service Exam and Hiring Process and is open to all no matter race, color, creed, national origin, origins, sex, marital status, disability, spiritual or political association, age, or sexual orientation. California residency is not required, and U.S. citizenship is needed only for peace officer (Ranger/Lifeguard/Dispatcher) tasks.
STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM and HIRING PROCESS
1. Submit State Application for Exam
2. Take a Test
3. Get on an Eligibility List
4. Find a Job and Apply
5. Participate in a working with Interview
Step 1: Submit State Application (STD 678) - to take the certification exam
The State Application is utilized to request all examinations and task vacancies and may be finished online. Before submitting an application to obtain an exam, setup your profile account at the "My Profile" tab at www.jobs.ca.gov. Once you have completed this action, search for available tests and apply. All permanent positions require a candidate to take and pass a qualification exam for the job category title. Once you have actually done this and are put on the category's "Eligibility List", you might then make an application for task vacancies because classification. To discover our exam chances go to our Jobs Page www.parks.ca.gov/jobs and click "Exam Opportunities" or see the list of offered Online Exams - You can likewise find examinations and vacancies in our "Career Opportunity Bulletin".
How to apply for a test- You will need to complete and send a State Application Form as indicated on the Exam Announcement. NOTE: Depending upon the type of test, you will submit a hard-copy of your application to the Department or you will use straight online for the Exam of your option. In this case, you will submit your Application-on-file online as you request the Exam.
Carefully read the Exam Announcement to discover where and how to use. Minimum Qualifications to use are also listed in the statement. We suggest you highlight and highlight education and experience on your application that many directly matches what is needed to certify for the test. If your application meets these requirements for the exam, you will be notified by mail with a test date. NOTE: Online Exam info in Step 2.
Step 2: Take an Exam - to certify for future vacancies
Exams
After you submit your application to take a test, our workers office reviews your application to figure out whether you meet the test requirements and will inform you by mail with the time, location and date of the test. These kinds of examinations might be in the form of a multiple option test, a performance exam (like for a Heavy Equipment Operator), or a Credentials Appraisal Interview - or typically called, oral test. With all kinds of tests, every certified candidate is asked the very same questions.
If you have not received your notification within 30-days from the exam's application final filing date, call our Exam Unit at (916) 653-9685 to validate your application fulfilled the minimum credentials.
Online Exams
There are a range of online examinations readily available. These types of tests remain in the form of a survey that examine your instructional, expert, and volunteer work experience to guarantee you satisfy the requirements for the particular category. These types of examinations are self-directed and need a candidate to very first create an Application-on-file at the "My Profile" tab at www.jobs.ca.gov (See Online Exams at www.parks.ca.gov/jobs for a list of online exams used at California State Parks.)
Once you have actually developed your Application-on-file, you can then take a specific category's qualification exam. Then, upon completing and "passing" the test you will be qualified to obtain open vacancies in the classification for which you just evaluated. For a complete list of statewide online tests go to: https://jobs.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Search/ExamSearch.aspx
To prepare for the examination, we advise you pay very close attention to what is listed in the "Test Scope" section of the test announcement. Here you discover particular locations of understanding, abilities, and capabilities that typical exam questions will be based. Focusing on these will help you be successful on the exam. The kind of examination (written or oral interview-style) will be suggested in the "Exam Information" section of the announcement. Click on this link for more Exam Preparation tips and for additional information on the numerous Types of State Civil Service Exams.
Step 3: Get on an Eligibility List - used by the department to hire candidates
Successful examination candidates will be put on the category's Eligibility List and divided into ranks by rating. Candidates in "reachable" ranks (Ranks 1, 2, or 3) might be thought about for hire and are for that reason qualified to use and talk to for open vacancies at State Parks. The Eligibility List is fluid, indicating as individuals are either hired or removed from the list, people listed below Rank 3 might go up into the 3rd and obtainable rank. Therefore, if you passed the test think about obtaining vacancies in the classification due to the fact that the eligibility list may not yet be updated on State Personnel Board's system.
Step 4: Find a Job and Apply
Now that you have actually taken an examination and received your outcomes, the next step is to find an uninhabited position in the category for which you tested and apply by sending a State Application.
There are numerous methods to discover offered vacancies:
Contact Letters - These are letters sent out to those candidates in obtainable ranks for current jobs. If you receive a Contact Letter and stop working to respond to this task questions, your name might become "inactive" for that eligibility list. If you decline or do not react to 3 such letters, your name will be removed from the list.
Web-based Vacant Position Database (WVPOS) - Sign up for the eNotify System which allows you to enter your email address to be informed when task vacancies are added. You will get e-mails on current vacancies throughout California State Service and may make an application for any position promoted, as long as you have taken and passed its exam.
Department Vacancy List - This list is available at www.parks.ca.gov/jobs under Current Vacancies (ideal column). Job opportunities are also noted in our Career Opportunity Bulletin. Copies are readily available online from the accreditation unit, 1416 9th Street, Room 1018, Sacramento, CA 95814 or phone: (916) 653-3919.
Step 5: Take part in an employing interview
The department will call you if they want to interview you. The working with interview is created to recognize the best job-to-person match for the job. Before you go to your interview, familiarize yourself with the position's duty declaration in addition to the department's objective and functions and how the task for which you are interview contributes. NOTE: You can get a copy of the Duty Statement from the contact individual noted in the Vacancy Announcement.
