How to get a Job With State Parks

All long-term jobs with the State of California require the candidate to very first get and take the exam for the job title or category in which you are interested. Bear in mind, all Exams are not used on a continuous basis. Therefore, it is a potential applicant’s obligation to look for 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 effectively looked for and passed a test you are placed on the classification’s licensed Eligibilty List (or employing list). We can just hire applicants from these licensed lists. Then, once on this list, you are qualified to look for a task vacancy. This is the State Civil Service Exam and Hiring Process and is open to all regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, origins, sex, marital status, special needs, religious or political affiliation, age, or sexual preference. California residency is not needed, and U.S. citizenship is needed only for peace officer (Ranger/Lifeguard/Dispatcher) tasks.

STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM and HIRING PROCESS

1. Submit State Application for Exam
2. Take a Test
3. Get on an Eligibility List
4. Find a Vacancy and Apply
5. Take part in a working with Interview

Step 1: Submit State Application Form (STD 678) – to take the qualification test

The State Application Form is utilized to look for all tests and task vacancies and might be completed online. Before completing an application to get a test, setup your profile account at the “My Profile” tab at www.jobs.ca.gov. Once you have actually completed this action, look for readily available examinations and use. All irreversible positions need an applicant to take and pass a qualification examination for the task classification title. Once you have actually done this and are put on the classification’s “Eligibility List”, you may then obtain job vacancies because classification. To discover our test opportunities go to our Jobs Page www.parks.ca.gov/jobs and click “Exam Opportunities” or see the list of offered Online Exams – You can also discover tests and vacancies in our “Career Opportunity Bulletin”.

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

Carefully read the to discover where and how to use. Minimum Qualifications to use are likewise noted in the statement. We recommend you stress and highlight education and experience on your application that the majority of straight matches what is needed to receive the exam. If your application fulfills these requirements for the exam, you will be informed by mail with a test date. NOTE: Online Exam information in Step 2.

Step 2: Take an Exam – to certify for future jobs

In-house Departmental Exams
After you send your application to take an examination, our personnel office reviews your application to determine whether you meet the test requirements and will inform you by mail with the time, location and date of the examination. These kinds of exams might be in the kind of a several choice exam, a performance test (like for a Heavy Equipment Operator), or a Credentials Appraisal Interview – or commonly called, oral exam. With all types of tests, every qualified candidate is asked the same questions.

If you have not received your notice within 30-days from the exam’s application last filing date, call our Exam Unit at (916) 653-9685 to validate your application fulfilled the minimum certifications.

Online Exams
There are a variety of online examinations readily available. These kinds of exams are in the kind of a questionnaire that assess your instructional, professional, and volunteer work experience to insure you satisfy the requirements for the specific category. These types of exams are self-directed and need an applicant to first produce 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 tests utilized at California State Parks.)

Once you’ve produced your Application-on-file, you can then take a specific classification’s qualification examination. Then, upon finishing and “passing” the test you will be eligible to request open jobs in the classification for which you simply tested. For a complete list of statewide online tests go to: https://jobs.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Search/ExamSearch.aspx

To prepare for the examination, we advise you pay very close attention to what is listed in the “Test Scope” area of the examination statement. Here you discover specific areas of knowledge, skills, and abilities that common examination questions will be based. Concentrating on these will help you achieve success on the exam. The type of examination (written or oral interview-style) will be indicated in the “Exam Information” section of the statement. Click here for more Exam Preparation tips and for more details on the various Types of State Civil Service Exams.

Step 3: Get on an Eligibility List – utilized by the department to work with candidates

Successful examination applicants will be placed on the classification’s Eligibility List and divided into ranks by score. Candidates in “obtainable” ranks (Ranks 1, 2, or 3) may be thought about for hire and are therefore qualified to use and speak with for open jobs at State Parks. The Eligibility List is fluid, suggesting as individuals are either employed or eliminated from the list, individuals listed below Rank 3 may move up into the 3rd and reachable rank. Therefore, if you passed the examination think about requesting vacancies in the classification because the eligibility list might not yet be updated on State Personnel Board’s system.

Step 4: Find a Vacancy and Apply

Now that you have taken an exam and received your results, the next action is to find an uninhabited position in the classification for which you tested and use by submitting a State Application Form.
There are lots of methods to discover readily available jobs:

Contact Letters – These are letters sent to those candidates in obtainable ranks for existing jobs. If you get a Contact Letter and fail to respond to this job inquiry, your name might become “non-active” for that eligibility list. If you decline or do not respond 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 enables you to enter your email address to be notified when job vacancies are added. You will get emails on current vacancies throughout California State Service and might look for any position advertised, as long as you have actually taken and passed its examination.

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

Step 5: Participate in a hiring interview

The department will contact you if they want to interview you. The employing interview is created to determine the very best job-to-person match for the vacancy. Before you go to your interview, acquaint yourself with the position’s task declaration along with the department’s objective and functions and how the task for which you are interview contributes. NOTE: You can get a copy of the Duty Statement from the contact person noted in the Vacancy Announcement.