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Chapter 357-16 WAC

Recruitment, Assessment, and Certification

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HTMLPDF357-16-005What is the department of enterprise services' role in recruiting applicants and assessing candidates for positions in the classified service?
HTMLPDF357-16-010What authority do general government employers have to recruit applicants, assess candidates, and certify candidates for hiring consideration?
HTMLPDF357-16-015What authority do higher education employers have to recruit applicants, assess candidates, and certify candidates for hiring consideration?
HTMLPDF357-16-017When must an employer disclose the salary range, management band, or fixed wage, and other compensation and a description of benefits for a position?
HTMLPDF357-16-020Who is responsible for determining what recruitment methods are appropriate to meet the hiring needs of the employer?
HTMLPDF357-16-030For affirmative action purposes, may employers add job seekers who are affected group members to applicant pools?
HTMLPDF357-16-055Can an employer establish promotional organizational units?
HTMLPDF357-16-060Must employers use a standardized application form when recruiting?
HTMLPDF357-16-065How does an applicant affirm that an application is complete and that the information in the application is truthful?
HTMLPDF357-16-070What screening methodologies may employers use?
HTMLPDF357-16-075Can the employer apply screening methodologies that would limit the number of eligible applicants considered or admitted to an examination?
HTMLPDF357-16-085What are the requirements for developing and administering examinations?
HTMLPDF357-16-090Who has the responsibility for requesting and granting reasonable accommodation in the examination process?
HTMLPDF357-16-095How must exams be scored?
HTMLPDF357-16-105Must an employee be granted leave with pay to take an examination or participate in an interview during scheduled work hours?
HTMLPDF357-16-110Do veterans receive any preference in the hiring process?
HTMLPDF357-16-113When may an agency head or higher education institution president consider granting preference to eligible applicants in the hiring process?
HTMLPDF357-16-115Can an employer decline to further consider eligible applicants or candidates during the assessment process?
HTMLPDF357-16-120How does the employer determine which eligible candidates to certify to the employing official for hiring consideration?
HTMLPDF357-16-125What must be specified in the employer's certification procedure?
HTMLPDF357-16-130In what order are eligible candidates certified to the employing official for hiring consideration?
HTMLPDF357-16-135When may an employer certify candidates for affirmative action purposes?
HTMLPDF357-16-140Who may be certified using supplemental certification?
HTMLPDF357-16-150Must employers develop a promotional policy?
HTMLPDF357-16-155Can an individual's name be removed from an applicant or candidate pool for a class or all classes in a class series?
HTMLPDF357-16-157Is an individual's name removed from applicant and/or candidate pools when the individual is appointed to a position?
HTMLPDF357-16-160Must an applicant or candidate who has been removed for good and sufficient reason per WAC 357-16-155 be notified of the removal?
HTMLPDF357-16-170Can an applicant or candidate request a review of their examination results or the removal of their name from an applicant or candidate pool?
HTMLPDF357-16-175When must an applicant or candidate request a review of the results of an examination or removal from an applicant or candidate pool?
HTMLPDF357-16-177What procedure must an employer use to review an applicant's or candidate's examination results or the removal of the applicant's or candidate's name from an applicant or candidate pool under the provisions of WAC 357-16-170?
HTMLPDF357-16-180Are assessment review decisions subject to appeal?
HTMLPDF357-16-190What happens if an individual is certified in error?
HTMLPDF357-16-195Can an eligible candidate be required to pass a medical or psychological examination?
HTMLPDF357-16-200If a medical or psychological examination is required, who pays for it?
HTMLPDF357-16-205If a job-related disability is revealed during a medical or psychological examination what is the employer's responsibility?
HTMLPDF357-16-215May an employer seek the wage or salary history of an individual for employment?
HTMLPDF357-16-220May an employer confirm an individual's wage or salary history?