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Measure C Eliminate Mandatory Recruitment Period Alameda County Charter Amendment 128808 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 143033 / 52.6% No votes
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Shall the Charter of the County of Alameda be amended
to eliminate the requirement that all Civil Service examinations shall have
a mandatory recruitment period of 25 days or more?
If a majority of the qualified electors voting on this measure vote for approval, section 36(b) of the Alameda County Charter - Duties of the Civil Service Commission - will be amended to remove the requirement of providing at least twenty-five days notice for each competitive civil service examination for County employment. The Charter currently requires the County to post all employment examination recruitment bulletins for a minimum of twenty-five days. Approval of this measure would allow the County Human Resource Services Department to determine appropriate recruitment time periods for various positions and to shorten the time required for many civil service examinations. The stated purpose of the measure is to restrict excessive numbers of applications for a single position which then require extensive processing and which may delay filling the position. If a majority of the qualified electors votng on this measure do not vote for approval, the measure will fail and the Alameda County Charter will not be amended.
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| Arguments For Measure C |
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To be considered for a permanent job with Alameda
County, applicants must compete in a Civil Service examination. Currently,
the County must post exam recruitment bulletins for a minimum 25 days
regardless of the number of applications received. This has often resulted
in an excessive number of applications for an exam; e.g. 2,212 applications
for two Laborer vacancies. Measure C removes this requirement from the
Charter. It will be replaced by a County Human Resource policy. No other
large California county has such a requirement in their Charter.
These inordinately large applicant pools consume enormous amounts of staff time, delay exam administration, and prolong the selection process. These delays result in good candidates getting jobs elsewhere and frustrate hiring managers and applicants. Measure C will allow the County to stop receipt of applications as soon as a sufficient number of qualified applicants have been received, allowing for quicker exam administration. If needed, recruitment could be reopened to establish a second applicant pool for a subsequent test administration. Smaller, manageable applicant pools will allow for more frequent and timely test administrations. It will also provide the County with a continuous list of successful candidates. This will enhance hiring and promotive opportunities. Measure C will not cure all the ills of the Civil Service System. It will allow the County's Human Resource Department to better utilize its resources, to test good candidates before they are lost to other employers, and to shorten the time required for many examinations. The County will continue to publicly post all Civil Service examinations. Measure C will allow Alameda County to determine the appropriate period needed to recruit for these exams. Passage of Measure C will significantly improve the efficiency of the County's hiring process. Vote YES on Measure C.
s/Wilma Chan, President, Alameda County Board of Supervisors
(No arguments against Measure C were submitted) |
| Text for Measure C |
| Sec. 26: It shall be the duty of the Civil Service Commission: (b) To provide for the preparation and holding of competitive examinations in order to test the relative fitness of all applicants for appointment to or promotion in the classified Civil Service; provided, however, that noncompetitive qualifying examinations may be given to incumbents with tenure in positions which are reclassified or reallocated, and that the name of each incumbent who qualified in such qualifying examination shall be placed on an eligible list and the said incumbent shall be appointed subject to probation to the reclassified or reallocated position, anything in this Charter to the contrary notwithstanding. Adequate notice but not less than twenty five days notice shall be given of such competitive examination. |
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