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Civil Service News
By JAMES M. CLINTON'
Personnel Statistics
A tabulation of the personnel ac
tions during the iikcg'l year ’49-’5O
reveals I some interesting facts about
state employees.
During this period 7,580.of you were
appointed to jobs. But also 6,698 state
employees are not around to read
this as they term inated during the
year.
A figure which augurs well for the
utilization of the Civil Service pro
c e s s ^ and good news for a lot of
employees was the faotjh^hgt 1,447'
employees received promotions dur
ing the year. Also 601 were reclassi
fied upw ard.
Of the separations from the state
service, 3,148 w ere by resignation,
104 by retirem ent, 45'by death, 2,578
by term ination' "of emergency and
tem porary em ploym ent and 296 by
d is m is S M
N early 9,500 employees received
hi gher H ilaries during this w r than
the previous year. Rcg & liS ^ M ar^^i-.
creasgs accounted for 6,673 of these,
inerea <fi» B e n - . prom oted accounted
for 1,455 and’ reclassifications for
601, ra n l S i l h a m iB ' made up S t Q
ig la n c e .
The fact th at Civil Service was not
idle during the year is shown by the
w orkload figure. There w ere 41,142
personnel actions which required
payroll changes.
Merit Ratings
A final tabulation of I the m erit
ratin g for the period ending the first
of this year show 0.4% unsatisfactory,
5.8% fair, 58.2% good, 30.8% excel
lent and 4.8% o u W an d in jl This is
considered to be a representative
curve and to show th at the over-all
ratings are being con'spienticnisly^^p^'
plied by the supervisors.
Address Changes
Several employees recently have
lost out on prom otional opportunitiegf
w hen the certification notices have
gone to old addresses. It is the re
sponsibility of each employee to keep
the civil service B S e inform ed of his
current address. Employees should
not rely upon their departm ents to
change these records for them , nor is
it possible for the civil service de-
frla rtm iS to ffi« 3 ||ip address changes
from other ^ ^ m |O u c ^ ^ s;pay^r^pOEOs7
etc. The change m ust be subm itted
for the purpose of chaw@«lHmBMm
r i W on t h ^ M S ^ ^ ^ s ^ T h i s ' m ay be
done by letter or personal call at the
o ff ic e s
Stenographic Manual Issued
The civil service staff compiled a
stenographic a n d correspondence
m anual after a y ear’s study of m anu
als in u g M » f edM O .d ^ B B m S ts ,
other states and in private industry.
Copies of the m anual w ere sold to
the departm ents and m ay be p u r
chased by individual enu®BBBiaiflH«
nominal cost. M any departm ents re-
c e iv in g th e mariilal have praised it
h ifflO Several i3 |B id u a l « a a r t-
m ents have had m anuals in the past
time one has been
published for state-w ide use.
Filing Class Publicized
The fame of David D uniw ay’s re
cent series of training classes in fil-
mo^B ttH^xa^ 5 0
state e m p 1 o y e
smniwiwg. T n ^ I classes have been
mentioned in a national publication
and as a result the Bell Telephone
company has requested the agenda of
the course fo ru se throughout its sys
tem.
Employment Picture Changing
Because of the K orean w ar the em-
ploym ent picture is undergoing rapid
changes. W hereas a few m onths sago
the supply of w orkers was gaining in
nearly all classifications the trend h ap
n o w j a g g lB B K ^ p t l V i T h e
availability of people on Civil Service
eligible lists has dropped sharply« A
survey of one list revealed tw o-thirds
of« thf f if S ^ ^ B ^ W h e
no long-
er available for appointm ent. This
means considerable recruiting will
have to be done to. fill vacancies in
the state service. Each employee is
urged to spread the word'jof the Civil
Service exam inations as they are an
nounced among his friends and rela
tives.