All permanent tasks with the State of California need the candidate to first look for and take the test for the job title or category in which you are interested. Remember, all Exams are not provided on a constant basis. Therefore, it is a prospective applicant's obligation to seek readily 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've successfully obtained and passed an examination you are put on the category's accredited Eligibilty List (or working with list). We can only employ applicants from these certified lists. Then, when on this list, you are eligible to get a task vacancy. This is the State Civil Service Exam and Hiring Process and is open to all despite race, color, creed, nationwide origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, special needs, spiritual or political association, age, or sexual preference. California residency is not required, and U.S. citizenship is required just for peace officer (Ranger/Lifeguard/Dispatcher) jobs.

STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM and HIRING PROCESS

1. Submit State Application for Exam
2. Take an Exam
3. Get on an Eligibility List
4. Find a Job and Apply
5. Participate in a hiring Interview

Step 1: Submit State Application Form (STD 678) - to take the certification examination

The State Application Form is used to obtain all tests and task vacancies and might be completed 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 actually completed this action, look for offered exams and apply. All irreversible positions need an applicant to take and pass a qualification examination for the job classification title. Once you have actually done this and are positioned on the classification's "Eligibility List", you might then request task vacancies in that category. To find our examination chances go to our Jobs Page www.parks.ca.gov/jobs and click "Exam Opportunities" or see the list of available Online Exams - You can likewise discover examinations and jobs in our "Career Opportunity Bulletin".

How to make an application for an exam- You will require to complete and send a State Application Form as indicated on the Exam Announcement. NOTE: Depending upon the kind of exam, you will submit a hard-copy of your application to the Department or you will use directly online for the Exam of your option. In this case, you will submit your Application-on-file online as you apply for the Exam.

Carefully read the Exam Announcement to learn where and how to apply. Minimum Qualifications to use are also listed in the announcement. We suggest you stress and highlight education and experience on your application form that a lot of straight matches what is required to qualify for the examination. If your application meets these requirements for the test, you will be alerted by mail with a test date. NOTE: Online Exam info in Step 2.

Step 2: Take a Test - to receive future vacancies

In-house Departmental Exams
After you send your application to take a test, our personnel workplace evaluates your application to figure out whether you satisfy the test requirements and will notify you by mail with the time, place and date of the exam. These types of examinations might remain in the kind of a multiple choice exam, an efficiency exam (like for a Heavy Equipment Operator), or a Certification Appraisal Interview - or typically called, oral test. With all types of examinations, every qualified candidate is asked the very same questions.

If you have actually not received your notice within 30-days from the test's application final filing date, call our Exam Unit at (916) 653-9685 to validate your application met the minimum credentials.

Online Exams
There are a range of online exams readily available. These types of examinations remain in the type of a questionnaire that examine your educational, professional, and volunteer work experience to guarantee you fulfill the requirements for the particular category. These types of exams are self-directed and need a candidate to 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 examinations utilized at California State Parks.)

Once you have actually developed your Application-on-file, you can then take a specific category's certification exam. Then, upon completing and "passing" the test you will be qualified to make an application for open vacancies in the category for which you simply checked. For a complete list of statewide online tests go to: https://jobs.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Search/ExamSearch.aspx

To prepare for the test, we advise you pay close attention to what is noted in the "Test Scope" area of the examination statement. Here you discover particular areas of understanding, skills, and abilities that common exam concerns will be based. Focusing on these will help you be successful on the exam. The kind of examination (composed or oral interview-style) will be indicated in the "Exam Information" section of the announcement. Click on this link for more Exam Preparation pointers and to find out more on the different Types of State Civil Service Exams.

Step 3: Get on an Eligibility List - used by the department to work with candidates

Successful test applicants will be put on the classification's Eligibility List and divided into ranks by rating. Candidates in "obtainable" ranks (Ranks 1, 2, or 3) may be thought about for hire and are for that reason qualified to apply and interview for open vacancies at State Parks. The Eligibility List is fluid, implying as people are either employed or removed from the list, people listed below Rank 3 might go up into the 3rd and reachable rank. Therefore, if you passed the test think about getting jobs in the category since the eligibility list might not yet be upgraded on State Personnel Board's system.

Step 4: Find a Job and Apply

Now that you have taken an examination and got your outcomes, the next step is to discover a vacant position in the category for which you checked and apply by submitting a State Application Form.
There are many methods to find readily available jobs:

Contact Letters - These are letters sent to those prospects in reachable ranks for present vacancies. If you get a Contact Letter and fail to reply to this job inquiry, your name might become "inactive" for that eligibility list. If you decrease 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 permits you to enter your e-mail address to be informed when job vacancies are added. You will receive emails on current vacancies throughout California State Service and might look for any position marketed, as long as you have actually taken and passed its test.

Department Vacancy List - This list is available at www.parks.ca.gov/jobs under Current Vacancies (ideal column). Job opportunities are likewise noted in our Career Opportunity Bulletin. Copies are offered online from the accreditation system, 1416 9th Street, Room 1018, Sacramento, CA 95814 or phone: (916) 653-3919.

Step 5: Participate in a working with interview

The department will contact you if they would like to interview you. The working with interview is developed to determine the very best job-to-person match for the job. Before you go to your interview, acquaint yourself with the position's responsibility declaration in addition to the department's objective and functions and how the job 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.