Part 5 — RECRUITMENT AND ASSESSMENT

A.

Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in the civil service rules, the nature and type of recruitment and assessments to be conducted for each class or position shall be determined by the director. The assessment techniques used shall be impartial, shall use job-related screening requirements, and shall fairly determine the qualifications and the relative merit and fitness of candidates for the classification and position to be filled.

B.

Candidates with comparable qualifications shall be treated in a similar manner in the hiring process. Comparable qualifications include a candidate's education, training, experience, competencies, knowledge, skill, abilities, aptitudes, accomplishments and interests. Qualified candidates shall be considered for appointment to the position. All candidates for a position must also meet minimum qualifications for the class.

(Prior code § 2005.1; Ord. 26850.)

Internal recruitments may be conducted whenever, in the opinion of the director, the needs of the city and the classified civil service so require.

(Prior code § 2005.2; Ord. 26850.)

The director is responsible for posting all competitive recruitments and for establishing standards for job announcements.

(Prior code § 2005.4; Ords. 20664, 26850.)

The director shall establish requirements for filling a vacancy and for the selection process. Neither the director, the head of any department, the appointing authority, nor the civil service commission shall establish or require any non-job-related minimum requirement or qualification for employment in the classified service.

(Prior code § 2005.5; Ords. 18840, 26850.)

A.

Except as otherwise provided, any candidate who has taken a written examination or the written portion of an examination may, within seven calendar days from and after the date of completion of such written examination, but only on any such days when the office of the director is open for public business, review a keyed copy of the examination in the office of the director. Review of the keyed copy of the examination by any candidate shall be limited to the purpose of requesting review of such items in the examination as the candidate may believe are incorrectly or improperly keyed. Candidates may, within said seven-calendar-day period of review, file with the director a written protest against any item contained in the keyed copy, citing the item or items against which the protest is directed and stating in detail the reason for such appeal, the relief requested, and the grounds therefor. After the expiration date of said seven-calendar-day period, the director shall review the protested items and make such adjustments in the scoring key by correction or elimination of any of the protested items as the director deems appropriate.

B.

Each candidate who files a written protest pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be given written notice by mail of the director's decision thereon.

C.

Within five working days after the date on which notice of decision of the director is mailed, any candidate who has filed a protest as above provided may appeal from an unfavorable determination by the director of his or her protest by filing written notice of such with the commission. Such written notice of appeal shall state the protested questions which were determined by the director adversely to the candidate's protest. Within ten calendar days of filing of any such appeal, the commission shall review the determination of the director that is the subject of the appeal, and may make such adjustments in the scoring key of the examination as it deems appropriate by correction or elimination of protested answers.

D.

Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to apply to or to give to any candidate the right to review any continuous examination, any standardized examination, or any standardized portion of any examination.

(Prior code § 2005.9; Ords. 20670, 24330, 26850.)

A.

Each candidate who participates in the written portion of a hiring or promotional examination shall be given notice in writing by first class United States mail of his/her score on such written examination. Any candidate shall have the right to inspect his/her written examination paper within five working days from and after the date on which notice of his/her score is dated by the director, but only on such of said days as

the office of the director is open for public business. Each candidate may request rescoring on the basis of errors in computation of scoring of his/her written examination.

B.

Every error in computation shall be corrected by the director immediately upon determination that any error has in fact occurred. No examination paper or any part thereof, nor any record or statement or other thing, which is a part of or related or connected to the examination shall be in any way rescored, altered, amended or otherwise changed or marked by any candidate.

C.

Each candidate who has requested correction of his/her examination paper shall be given written notice by mail of the director's action upon such request.

D.

No candidate shall have the right to inspect papers filled out by an interviewer or an examining board or examining persons in any oral or practical examination, nor examine any answers of any continuous or standardized examination. Nor shall any candidate have the right to inspect records which are exempt from disclosure under the provisions of the California Public Records Act.

(Prior code § 2005.10; Ords. 20666, 21712, 26850.)

The director shall ensure that hiring-related records are securely maintained by the city for time periods determined by the director or dictated by law.

(Ord. 26850.)