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Picente:
County Holds Civil Service Outreach
September 18th At
Cosmopolitan
Center
Meetings
Planned in
Rome
, Boonville,
Waterville
,
Camden
Oneida
County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced that
County
Government
will hold the first of several outreach sessions regarding Civil Service
employment opportunities with Oneida County Government on Thursday,
September 18th at 7 p.m. at the
Cosmopolitan
Center
,
1430 Elm Street
,
Utica
.
Sessions
in
Rome
,
Waterville
, Boonville and
Camden
will be held over the next several weeks.
“One
of the very important ways that we can achieve the diversity we need in our
workforce is to take some pro-active efforts to ensure that all parts of our
Oneida County community know about Civil Service testing and all the steps
along the way to look for job announcements, file applications, and take
required tests,” Picente said. “The Civil Service process is a lot more
complicated than simply walking up to look for work, and we want to make
sure that the Cornhill community – and all parts of our county --
understand the lead time involved and the full application process.”
After
the
Utica
session, session are scheduled as follows:
Rome
: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25th,
Plumley
Building
of
MVCC
,
1101 Floyd Ave.
Waterville
: 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9th,
Municipal
Building
,
214 White St
.
Boonville:
6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16th,
Boonville
Town Hall
, 13149 Route 12
Camden
: 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23rd,
Location To Be Announced.
Joining
Picente at the sessions will be Paulette Nickerson, Commissioner of
Personnel, and David Mathis, Director of the Office of Workforce
Development. Other county officials will also attend to provide information
about openings and the kinds of jobs that are most often open in specific
departments.
“Diversity
is a very important part of the workforce,” said Mathis. “These sessions
are a first step at broadening the diversity of the county workforce so that
many people who may not have considered Civil Service positions with
County
Government
will take the tests that are the first step to finding a job.”
Picente
said that although
County
Government
has no immediate plans for anything more than replacement of essential
positions, he also noted that the county workforce will be impacted as Baby
Boomers approach retirement age. “The demographics of our workforce make
it clear than in the next five years or so, there could be some large
numbers of retirees, which will lead to an increased number of openings for
qualified applicants,” Picente said. “We are conducting this outreach to
encourage people who have an interest in Civil Service positions with the
county to follow the announcements and take the tests so that as openings
emerge, we can have the advantage to looking over a diverse collection of
top applicants for the positions we will need to fill.”
Picente
urged all
Oneida
County
residents interested in Civil Service employment to keep themselves updated
by checking the Oneida County Government Web site, www.ocgov.net.
“Our Department of Personnel does an excellent job of posting job
opportunities and test schedules well in advance so that the public can be
aware of their opportunities for testing and employment,” Picente said.
“What I would like to see in the coming years is an increasingly diverse
applicant pool so that as we go through the fair and competitive Civil
Service appointment process, we will increase the diversity of our
workforce, which will help us better serve the diverse populations of
Oneida
County
.”
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