Los Angeles, CA USA
" Community Employment Expo & Disability Resources"
Event sponsored by City of Los Angeles Department on Disabilities
STATE of CALIFORNIA
For Person with Disability – Applying for State Civil Service Examinations
A disability need not be a handicap when the State of California is your employer.
The State has many different types of jobs. Your interests, skills, education, and previous paid or unpaid work experience, if any will determine for which jobs you may apply.
PRIVACY
If you do not need special arrangements for any part of the examination process, you should not have to answer any medical questions until after you have been offered a job. Then you may be asked to complete a routine medical questionnaire. Past decisions regarding your medical fitness will not be needed, and your current medical condition will be considered only as it relates to your ability to do the particular job.
ACCESSIBILTY
Test sights and State buildings should be free from architectural and communication barriers. However, please state on your application that you need accommodations, so that arrangements can be made if the building is not totally accessible.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
ACCOMMODATION
Reasonable Accommodation in written tests may mean that competitors with disabilities are tested on a day other than the published test date.
The State provides readers, markers, interpreters, and other approved support services. You may bring your own assistive devices, such as special braces, typewriters, low-vision aids, and Braille equipment. If you wish to provide your own support person at your own expense, you must prove that you have a compelling need to do so.
All support services, including extra time to complete the test, must be approved and arranged for before the day of the test.
YOUR APPLICATION
If you need special arrangements for a written, a performance or an oral test, be sure to say so on every application you file. Mark the appropriate box in Part2 of the application. You will be contacted to make specific arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive a notice to appear at a test, call the appropriate testing office as noted on the examination announcement.
EXAMINATION PROCESS
To be eligible for a State job, you must pass a competitive examination. Depending on the job you are applying for, there may be several parts to the examination, which are designed to show your knowledge, skill, and ability to do the job.
WRITTEN TEST
These questions are designed to test your general knowledge and abilities in the particular job field.
INTERVIEW
Interviewers ask job-related questions to learn your qualifications and experience. They consider specific skill and abilities, and they compare your qualifications with those of other applicants.
The State wants every competitor to be comfortable and confident in the interview. Whenever possible, there will be a disabled person on the interview panel of two or three people. You should not be asked to talk about your health or how a disability may affect your career.
During the interview, the panel may inform you of the physical requirements of the job you are applying for – such as “effective use of both hands and feet” or “functional color vision” – or the personal characteristics – such as “willingness to travel and work away from headquarters” – to give you a better understanding of what the job entails. They will not make such statements unless they do so to all candidates in the examination.
PERFORMANCE TEST
There are many kinds of performance tests. The most common are typing and equipment operation.
RATING THE SYSTEM
After each phase of the examination in which you have used special arrangements, you will be asked to complete an evaluation form describing your experience in obtaining Reasonable Accommodation. We very much appreciate your cooperation.
ON THE JOB
When you are offered a job, the employing department will provide any reasonable accommodation need. This may include special equipment, modified workspace, flexible working hours or support services such as a reader or an interpreter.
“LEAP”
If you have a visual, hearing, speech, physical, or developmental disability, you may also wish to participate in the LIMITED EXAMINATION AND APPOINTMENT PROGRAM (LEAP). The purpose of LEAP is to create job opportunities in a variety of State departments. Phone or visit the State Personnel Board to obtain a LEAP brochure and announcements of LEAP Candidate examinations.
INFORMATION
Information on State employment and current examinations is available at the State Personnel Board office in Sacramento (see below). In addition, most offices of the Department of Rehabilitation and the Employment Development Department throughout California have local information. Check your local telephone directory for the office nearest you.
STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
810 Capitol Mall
P.O.Box 944201
Sacramento, CA 94244-2010
Telephone Information Lines:
Los Angeles (213) 620-6450
Sacramento (916) 445-0538
San Diego (619) 237-6163
San Francisco (415) 557-7871
TDD * (916) 445-2689
*TDD is a Telecommunication Device for the hearing impaired and is reachable only from phones equipped with such a device.
Each call is limited to a maximum of 15 minutes. At the end of this time, they system will tell you good-bye and automatically terminate the call. If you want to access additional information, you will have to call back.
SPB-83,SPB-96
A disability need not be a handicap when the State of California is your employer.
The State has many different types of jobs. Your interests, skills, education, and previous paid or unpaid work experience, if any will determine for which jobs you may apply.
PRIVACY
If you do not need special arrangements for any part of the examination process, you should not have to answer any medical questions until after you have been offered a job. Then you may be asked to complete a routine medical questionnaire. Past decisions regarding your medical fitness will not be needed, and your current medical condition will be considered only as it relates to your ability to do the particular job.
ACCESSIBILTY
Test sights and State buildings should be free from architectural and communication barriers. However, please state on your application that you need accommodations, so that arrangements can be made if the building is not totally accessible.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
ACCOMMODATION
Reasonable Accommodation in written tests may mean that competitors with disabilities are tested on a day other than the published test date.
The State provides readers, markers, interpreters, and other approved support services. You may bring your own assistive devices, such as special braces, typewriters, low-vision aids, and Braille equipment. If you wish to provide your own support person at your own expense, you must prove that you have a compelling need to do so.
All support services, including extra time to complete the test, must be approved and arranged for before the day of the test.
YOUR APPLICATION
If you need special arrangements for a written, a performance or an oral test, be sure to say so on every application you file. Mark the appropriate box in Part2 of the application. You will be contacted to make specific arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive a notice to appear at a test, call the appropriate testing office as noted on the examination announcement.
EXAMINATION PROCESS
To be eligible for a State job, you must pass a competitive examination. Depending on the job you are applying for, there may be several parts to the examination, which are designed to show your knowledge, skill, and ability to do the job.
WRITTEN TEST
These questions are designed to test your general knowledge and abilities in the particular job field.
INTERVIEW
Interviewers ask job-related questions to learn your qualifications and experience. They consider specific skill and abilities, and they compare your qualifications with those of other applicants.
The State wants every competitor to be comfortable and confident in the interview. Whenever possible, there will be a disabled person on the interview panel of two or three people. You should not be asked to talk about your health or how a disability may affect your career.
During the interview, the panel may inform you of the physical requirements of the job you are applying for – such as “effective use of both hands and feet” or “functional color vision” – or the personal characteristics – such as “willingness to travel and work away from headquarters” – to give you a better understanding of what the job entails. They will not make such statements unless they do so to all candidates in the examination.
PERFORMANCE TEST
There are many kinds of performance tests. The most common are typing and equipment operation.
RATING THE SYSTEM
After each phase of the examination in which you have used special arrangements, you will be asked to complete an evaluation form describing your experience in obtaining Reasonable Accommodation. We very much appreciate your cooperation.
ON THE JOB
When you are offered a job, the employing department will provide any reasonable accommodation need. This may include special equipment, modified workspace, flexible working hours or support services such as a reader or an interpreter.
“LEAP”
If you have a visual, hearing, speech, physical, or developmental disability, you may also wish to participate in the LIMITED EXAMINATION AND APPOINTMENT PROGRAM (LEAP). The purpose of LEAP is to create job opportunities in a variety of State departments. Phone or visit the State Personnel Board to obtain a LEAP brochure and announcements of LEAP Candidate examinations.
INFORMATION
Information on State employment and current examinations is available at the State Personnel Board office in Sacramento (see below). In addition, most offices of the Department of Rehabilitation and the Employment Development Department throughout California have local information. Check your local telephone directory for the office nearest you.
STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
810 Capitol Mall
P.O.Box 944201
Sacramento, CA 94244-2010
Telephone Information Lines:
Los Angeles (213) 620-6450
Sacramento (916) 445-0538
San Diego (619) 237-6163
San Francisco (415) 557-7871
TDD * (916) 445-2689
*TDD is a Telecommunication Device for the hearing impaired and is reachable only from phones equipped with such a device.
Each call is limited to a maximum of 15 minutes. At the end of this time, they system will tell you good-bye and automatically terminate the call. If you want to access additional information, you will have to call back.
SPB-83,SPB-96