How to Access State Government Employment

• Serves as an additional recruitment resource for State Agencies
• Maintains a resume bank of qualified applicants
• Provides information to job seekers
• Certifies Vietnam Era Veterans

Type of Employment Opportunities

• Civil Service Examinations
• State Labor Service Applications
• Boston Labor Service Applications
• MassCareers

Civil Service Examinations

• Entry level Public Safety Examinations
  • Firefighter
  • Police Officer
  • Correction Officer every six months
  • Parole Officer
• Entry level Police Officer and Firefighter offered every other year

Labor Service Applications

• Job Seekers can apply for State and Boston labor positions
• Some positions require License
• Job Seeker identifies position(s)
• Mail application to Human Resources Division
• Receive labor service number in about three weeks
• Long process-Agency must have opening before you will be contacted
• Job Seeker receives card in mail
• Must sign Certification List
• If number reached, applicant will be called in for an interview

MassCareers

• Website Address
  • www.mass.gov/masscareers

Minimum Entrance Requirements (MERs)

• Applicant must meet MERs to be considered
• Education can be substituted for experience
  • Depends on Degree and position
  • Usually no substitution for supervisory experience
• Applicant can combine work experience and education to meet MERs

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional skills wanted
• Usually specialized skill sets
• Used as part of the screening process
• Can be addressed in your cover letter
• Sometimes can be a lengthy list
• Address the most relevant to you and the position

How to Apply

• Follow How to Apply instructions
• Mail resume and cover as indicated
• Some Agencies accept resumes via email
• Some Agencies accept facsimile

Posting Reminders for Job Seekers

• Application Deadline
  • Must be received at agency by deadline
• Salary
  • Hired between beginning to midpoint
  • Rarely at the top of Salary
• CC Diversity Officer

Civil Service Positions

• You may be hired into any of the positions listed on MassCareers without previously taking a civil service examination
• If after being hired into a civil service title a civil service examination is offered, you would be required to take the examination at that time

Resume Tips

• Use professional email address
  • Fun
  • Professional
• Resume Attachments
  • Spell Check (no red underlined words)
  • Grammar Check (no green underlined words)
  • Send as Word document (easy to open)

Answering Machine Tips

• Telephone answering machine
  • Messages too long
  • Appropriate Music

Remember your resume is the first impression employers have of you

• Second is the answering machine