Authority for Recruitment, Assessment, and Certification

357-16-005

What is the department's role in recruiting applicants and assessing candidates for positions in the classified service?

357-16-010

What authority do general government employers have to recruit applicants, assess candidates, and certify candidates for hiring consideration?

357-16-015

What authority do higher education employers have to recruit applicants, assess candidates, and certify candidates for hiring consideration?

Responsibility for Recruitment Methods

357-16-020

Who is responsible for determining what recruitment methods are appropriate to meet the hiring needs of the employer?

357-16-025

How must employers and the department inform prospective applicants of recruitments?

Affirmative Action in the Recruitment Process

357-16-030

For affirmative action purposes, may the department or employers add job seekers who are affected group members to applicant pools?

College Recruitment Program

357-16-040

What is the college recruitment program?

357-16-045

What is the purpose of the college recruitment program?

357-16-050

How does the college recruitment program operate?

Promotional Organizational Units

357-16-055

Can an employer establish promotional organizational units?

Application Form

357-16-060

Must employers use a standardized application form when recruiting?

357-16-065

How does an applicant affirm that an application is complete and that the information in the application is truthful?

Screening Methods

357-16-070

What screening methodologies may employers use?

357-16-075

Can the employer apply screening methodologies that would limit the number of eligible applicants considered or admitted to an examination?

Examinations

357-16-085

What are the requirements for developing and administering examinations?

357-16-090

Who has the responsibility for requesting and granting reasonable accommodation in the examination process?

357-16-095

How must exams be scored?

357-16-100

Must employers make final examination results available to an applicant?

357-16-105

Must an employee be granted leave with pay to take an examination or participate in an interview during scheduled work hours?

Veteran’s Preference

357-16-110

Do veterans receive any preference in the hiring process?

Consideration of Candidates in the Assessment Process

357-16-115

Can an employer decline to further consider eligible applicants or candidates during the assessment process?

Certification

357-16-120

How does the employer determine which eligible candidates to certify to the employing official for hiring consideration?

357-16-125

What must be specified in the employer's certification procedure?

357-16-130

In what order are eligible candidates certified to the employing official for hiring consideration?

357-16-135

When may an employer certify candidates for affirmative action purposes?

357-16-140

Who may be certified using supplemental certification?

Employer’s Promotional Policy

357-16-150

Must employers develop a promotional policy?

Removal from Applicant or Candidate Pool

357-16-155

Can an eligible's name be removed from an applicant or candidate pool for a class or all classes in a class series?

357-16-157

Is an eligible's name removed from applicant and/or candidate pools when he/she is appointed to a position?

357-16-160

Must an applicant or candidate who has been removed for good and sufficient reason per WAC 357-16-155 be notified of the removal?

357-16-170

Can an applicant or candidate request a review of his/her examination results or the removal of his/her name from an applicant or candidate pool?

357-16-175

To whom and by when must an applicant or candidate request a review of the results of an examination or removal from an applicant or candidate pool?

357-16-177

What procedure must an employer use to review an applicant's or candidate's examination results or the removal of his/her name from an applicant or candidate pool under the provisions of WAC 357-16-170?

357-16-180

Are assessment review decisions subject to appeal?

Certification Error

357-16-190

What happens if an individual is certified in error?

Medical or Psychological Examination

357-16-195

Can an eligible candidate be required to pass a medical or psychological examination?

357-16-200

If a medical or psychological examination is required, who pays for it?

357-16-205

If a job-related disability is revealed during a medical or psychological examination what is the employer's responsibility?