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Civil Service staff reports improved applicant turnout for firefighter exam, plans to expand remote proctored testing
Summary
Civil Service staff presented monthly testing and referral statistics showing stronger turnout for a recent firefighter posting, described steps to raise overall test report rates and said the office is routing a contract to increase remote proctored test licenses from 150 to 500.
Civil Service staff presented a monthly update Wednesday showing stronger turnout for a recent firefighter posting, ongoing efforts to raise test report rates and plans to expand remote proctored testing capacity.
The report matters because Civil Service controls examination and referral processes that determine which applicants move into city hiring pools; changes to testing delivery and capacity could affect how quickly departments can fill vacancies.
Bradshaw, a Civil Service staff member, told the board the packet of handouts included a column “from receipt to referral” that the office uses to track the part of the process the board…
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