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Civil Service Handbook Ready Soon;
Big Turnover in State Employees
| An employees handbook of Civil Ser-
vice information is now in preparation
and is expected to be in print some
t i m e in February. " It is designed to
serve employees on the job, and to pro
v i d e guidance and information for new
employees,” explains Gene Huntley,
head of the Research and Training pro-
tr a m .
" It w ill'also be sent to other
states and cities to give general infor-
mation about our civil services prac
tic e s .” The tentative outline includes
information I about personnel policies,;
the classification and pay plans, leaves,
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.Personnel Actions Tabulated
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From the Civil Service monthly sta-
tistics sheets there are always interesting'
figures to be noted. During September
and Qctober, 1579 new employees were
hired for state service. During this same
period, 884 employees resigned. O f this
plum ber 620 .resigned in September.
Two hundred and four of the latter,
left to return to school, 168 gave no
reasons or miscellaneous personal ones,
119 left to take other positions (prob
ably with higher salaries), 33 were dis
satisfied with their job conditions other
than salaries and 29 left for health
reasons. Eight of these 29, freed them
selves . to care for sick relatives and
friends. Dismissals for unsatisfactory
work during these; two months totaled
91.
Ingrade Increases Received
Employees who received increases to
their minimum salary steps' on March
EH 1947 were-: eligible for increases in
September. There were 1390 ingrade in
creases irf' September and 167 in O cto
ber. For these" two months^ there were
334 promotional increases and 120 de-
motional decreases. Most of the latter
were voluntary demotional transfers to
positions which will lead to fùture ad
vances in spite of a 7temporary loss of
salary level.
Examinations Supervisor Named
■ As a result of promotional and open
competitive personnel examinations
given in the last few months, Mark
Hillary, Portland, and W a rn e N u n n
and Gene Huntley, Salem,, have been
appointed or promoted to positions in
the State Civil Service Department.
I Mark Hillary has bee nappointed to
the new position of Supervisor of Ex
aminations. Hillary is a graduate of the
University of Kentucky with a doc
to r ’s degree in Industrial Psychology
from the University of Vienna., Leav
ing the Army as a Lt.-Col., he held a
succession of personnel positions in the
A djutant General department, as D ir
ector of Classifications, Chief of O ffi
cer Branch, Assistant Chief Personnel
Auditor, and Director of Education. In
addition he served for a year as Chief
of the Latin American Section in as
signment of Military Attaches. Mr.
Hillary’s most recent civilian, employ
ment was as an industrial psychologist
for General Motors Corporation and
Dow Chemical. He entered the military
service jn 1940. Previous to that, H il
lary was instructor of psychology at the
University of Vienna preparing , and
presenting the lectures of Drs. Freud,
Adler and Jung to English speaking
students,i
Warne N unn has been promoted to
Supervisor of Classification and Pay
as a result ofj the promotional examin
ation. N unn is a graduate of Willam
ette University, and held various per
sonnel positions with the Farm Secur
ity Administration until his entry into
the A rm y in 1942. He served with the
A.A.F. in charge of a personnel sec
tion. N unn has been employed in, the