Staffing

Table of Contents

Introduction to Delegation

  1. Chapter 22 - Requirements for Filling Job Vacancies

    Methods of Filling Vacancies
    Filling Vacancies Prior to the Election for a Statewide Elected Office
    Public Announcements of Job Vacancies
    Rejecting Applicants for Employment
    Minimum Qualifications: Flexible Qualifications
    Examinations
            Where to take Civil Service Tests
            Verification of Candidate’s Score
    Veterans Preference: Proof of Eligibility
    Exemptions from Testing Requirements
    Certificate of Eligibles
            Eligible List Quick Sheet for a Vacancy Announcement
            Eligible List Quick Sheet for a Continuous Recruitment 
            Creating a PDF of Referred Applicants
            Priority List
    Mandatory Training Requirements
    Withdrawal of Authority
     

  2. Chapter 23 - Appointments -- Recruiting for Jobs and Hiring

    Appointments
    Appointments from a Certificate of Eligibles
    Types of Appointments

            Probational Appointment
            Promotion
            Job Appointment
            Restricted Appointment
            Temporary Staffing Services Employee
            Transfer of Individual Employees
            Temporary Inter-Department Assignment
            Reassignment and Position Change
            Change in Duty Station
            Detail to Special Duty
            Noncompetitive Reemployment Based on Prior State Service
            Demotion
            Restoration of Duty upon Return from Military Service
    Cancellation of Eligibility for Appointment 
    Withdrawal of Authority
     

  3. LA Careers - Civil Service's Online Posting and Applicant Tracking System

    Quick Sheets
    Summary of Procedures
             Exam Plan
                      Evaluation Steps
                      Announce the Vacancy
                      Supplemental Questions
                      Collect the applications
                      Evaluate the applications
                      Verify candidate test scores
                      Testing exemptions
                      Prepare electronic "Certificate of Eligibles"
                      Award veterans' points
                      Send Referral List to hiring manager
                      Post Selection
             Best Practices
                      Announcements
                               Post Announcement
                               Cancelled Announcement
                      Notice Templates
                      Interviewing
                      Reporting
             FAQs
             Documentation Requirements
             Application Retention Schedule

     

  4. Minimum Qualifications - Development and Evaluation

    Request for Minimum Qualification Changes
    Selective Certification
    Evaluating Work Experience
            Admit Note Database
            Determining Professional Level
            Qualifying Education
            Employment Dates
            Crediting Full-time and Part-time experience
            Percentage of time spent performing duties
            Crediting Military Experience
            Crediting Duties within the Job Specification
            Crediting duties in the absence of an SF-3
            Examples of documents accepted in lieu of an SF-3
    Interpreting Educational Requirements
            Regional Accrediting Associations
            Accreditation of Social Work Education
            Evaluating Degrees from Foreign Universities
            Verification of College Transcripts
            Claims that transcripts cannot be obtained
            Admitting Prior to Graduation
     

  5. Maintaining Applicant Flow Records

    Definition
    Minimum documentation required by Civil Service

     

  6. Agency Guidelines for Posting Jobs

    Posting of Jobs in Career Progression Group
    Security
    How jobs should be posted
    Selective certification
    Supplemental Qualifications
    Desired or Preferred Qualifications
    Advertising Vacancies

     

  7. Staffing Training Programs

    HR Professional Curriculum-Module 2: Staffing Considerations
    Online Introduction to Interpreting Minimum Qualification
    Introduction to Interpreting Minimum Qualifications    
    LA Careers New User Training Course

     

  8. The "OPEN" System
     

  9. One Stop Job Information and Test Finder
     

  10. Glossary of Terms