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News From Civil Service
Eaasali u ^ completed gradwgejwork at
the University of Portland, will soon
High School Exams
report to CSC, to ^ H g e i n
For the past few years the civil ser the examination section.
vice department has cooperated, with Correspondence Manual
the high schools throughput the state
A correspondeneejmanual, who has
by giving clerical examinations to the
been
in the«»^B®llp f preparation for
graduating I seniors who have taken
commercial courses. This yeaBthe pro the past year, will soon be distributed
gram was continued. A Sro xim afiig to the departments. The manual will
30 ‘high schools, which includes 500 serve as a guide for uniform state cor
students, participated this year. Pa respondence. It contains /hunts for the
method of evaluating
pers of these students have been grad
ed, and those who qualified have been letters, rules for punctuation and many
placed on registers available for Tem oth|Oitems.
porary or permanent employment at Training Class Completed
the completion of the school year.
The 10-week course in fund ac
counting
was completed in May. Mem-
Information Given Candidates
bers of the class report that it was the
The CSC has recently printed a leaf
let “Information for Eligibles” which best series of accounting classes and
that Professor W. W. Pyle of the Un
is given to each candidate success
fully completing an examination. In- iversity of Oregon adapted the course
ity, Veteran’s preference, certification to state accounting problems. No new
training classes are contemplated un-
formation regarding- B am (B e lH ^ H
til‘|áfter thejBummer vacation period.
and other general information is in
Longevity Vacation Accrual
cluded.
In response to a resolution adopted
Group Interviews
by OSEA at its annual meeting, the
The “Group Interview,” a compar civh service commission has under
atively new examining technique, has considera^g|a longevi^^vacation ac-
been used in two civil service examin crual plan. The planKmuld ^add oneaj
ations. A small number of candidates quarter day to the vacaj^Sh'CQr^^Ef
are sBated around a table and given employees for each five years of ser-
threeBor four items to discuss. Each vice. Employees who had served be
candidate is . expected to comment on tween five and ten years would accure-
the items which are designed to be one and one-quarters days vacation
provocative. As the candidates discuss each month. Employees who had
the items three raters observe their served between ten and l^B|||ars
reactions, voice Ah^tri^^Manck. other would accrue one an done-half days.
personality traits. The interview is a Employees between 15 and 20 ytears
supplement to the writtenwfaitj and an would accrue Igner and three-quarters
evaluation of theirj experience and days and employees with service over
training.
20 years would accrue two days vaca
tion per month.
Duncan Resigns
Ronald Duncan, assistant sub^visor Hearing Requests Increase
of the CSC examination ^section, has
The number @»feaúMMfor inves
resigned to move to Minn^ ^ g Arthur tigations and hearings in terminations
Wilson has been moved into the assis has greatly increased in the past few
tant position. Wesley VoorheeW who
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By JAMES M. CLINTON