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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1974

GOVERNMENT STREAMLINES RECRUITING PROCEDURES

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO STREAMLINE ITS RECRUITING PROCEDURES TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN ADVERTISING A POSITION AND THE ACTUAL APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE.

THE CENTRAL RECRUITMENT SECTION WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE SECRETARIAT WILL FORM THE NUCLEUS OF THE SERVICE.

UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, ADVERTISEMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT VACANCIES WILL STIPULATE THAT IF A CANDIDATE DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICA- TION, APART FROM A LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE CLOSING DATE, HE HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. AT PRESENT, THE PERIOD IS SIX WEEKS.

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. RON BRIDGE, SAID TODAY THAT CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR INTERVIEW OR TO SIT FOR AN EXAMINATION, WOULD RECEIVE NOTIFICATION WITHIN THIS PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS. UNDER THE EXISTING PROCEDURES THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT.

+WITHIN A FEW DAYS AFTER THE INTERVIEW, THE CANDIDATE WILL BE TOLD WHAT HIS PROSPECTS ARE FOR GETTING THE JOB. THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PRESENT SITUATION,+ HE ADDED.

MR. BRIDGE SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSCIOUS THAT IT IS LOSING SOME OF ITS CANDIDATES TO OTHER EMPOLYERS BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT DELAY IN SELECTING CANDIDATES. THE NEW SCHEME IS BEING INTRODUCED TO OVERCOME THIS.

THE NUMBER OF FORMS THAT APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE AND THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO SUPPLY COPIES OF EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES AND TESTIMONIALS. HOWEVER, THEY WILL STILL NEED TO BRING THE ORIGINALS IF CALLED FOR AN INTERVIEW.

MR. BRIDGE SAID THAT THE NEW PROCEDURES, WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, ARE REGARDED PARTLY AS EXPERIMENTAL AND THEY MAY BE VARIED OR DEVELOPED IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE IN THEIR OPERATION.+

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