1101 - Consortium Examinations Process (Historical View)

** Effective: 12/17/2019 11:30:35 AM - 11/17/2021 2:10:36 PM **

Status: Inactive

Change Notes

Inactivated this policy per Division Chief, Will Coy's instruction. This will be replaced with a new servicewide policy.

Category

Selection

Audience List

Synopsis

This policy will soon be replaced by a servicewide policy.

Introduction

Consistent with the goal of Civil Service Improvement, the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) is committed to improving and streamlining current civil service processes. As a part of this effort, CalHR continues to collaborate with departments on various examination projects to meet the hiring needs of the State of California Statement. Consortium examinations were created to encourage departments to participate collectively with the development and utilization of one examination for a specific classification.

Statement

Consortium Examination Registration Process

There are currently over 100 consortium examinations available for use by departments. Departments interested in participating in an existing consortium examination can obtain additional information on the process as well as the listing of all consortium examinations currently being administered through CalHR’s website.

Transfer of List Eligibility

Departments interested in considering candidates who have current eligibility on consortium eligibility lists must first go through the consortium registration process to gain access to the list. Transfer of list eligibility is prohibited to and from a consortium eligibility list from any other eligible list.

Request for Open Servicewide Examinations

Departments interested in independently administering servicewide examinations on an open basis must complete the Request to Administer Servicewide Examinations (CalHR-041) and submit the request for approval to CalHR’s Selection Division at the contact shown below. CalHR will evaluate each request on a case-by-case basis. CalHR will evaluate each request on a case-by-case basis. Factors taken into consideration when reviewing requests for approval will be:

  1. If permission was given to another department to administer an examination for the requested classification and collaboration is a possibility;
  2. The number of lists that currently exist for the requested classifications and the number of eligibles remaining on those lists;
  3. If the requesting department exhausted all possible recruitment resources prior to request (e.g. list appropriation, promotional exam, statewide job announcement); and
  4. If the resulting list can be converted into a consortium examination to be utilized by all state departments.

List Sharing

As a condition of departments being allowed to administer servicewide open examinations, departments will be required to share all eligibility lists for those examinations with other state entities. However, the department who initially established the list will have exclusive access for 60 days before being required to share it with other state entities.

Application

Not Applicable.

Authorities

Resources

FAQs

Forms

PML

Web Pages

Authorized By

Adria Jenkins-Jones
Chief, Selection Division

Contact Person

Candy Zonneveld
Exam Manager, , Examinations
Phone: 916-323-6064
Fax: 916-323-6206
Email: candy.zonneveld@calhr.ca.gov

Superseded Policies

Not Applicable.