Residence Requirements:

THERE ARE NO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EXAMINATION. There is one present vacancy and one anticipated vacancy at the Erie County Medical Center Corporation. 

Examples of Duties:

A Senior Recruiter supervises staff and performs recruitment and hiring activities in the Human Resources Department of the Erie County Medical Center Corporation; 

Supervises staff by making assignments, training new employees, training new employees and participating in the evaluation and disciplinary processes;

Confers with hiring mangers to identify personnel needs;

Develops and fosters professional relationships with colleagues and college and university placement offices as a source for generating qualified applicants;

Collaborates with ECMCC management to build community partnerships and serves as a liaison to community groups and members;

Develops and administers community outreach initiatives such as resume assistance, job searches and guidance on the ECMCC application/hiring processes;

Develops and maintains relationships with training organizations, educational institutions, consultants and labor/management groups;

Maintains on-line recruiting resources, drafts and places advertisements in print and electronic media and schedules and attends job/career fairs as sources to generate qualified applicants;

Reviews incoming applications; screens, interviews and refers qualified applicants to hiring manager;

Reviews and distributes transfer, recall, preferred and reinstatement lists;

Verifies vacancies, postings, seniority dates, bidding process and appropriate employee selection pursuant to applicable contract and policy;

Provides information on benefits packages, corporate operations and job opportunities;

Manages employee orientation program;

Develops and conducts training programs for managers designed to improve recruiting and hiring efficiencies and reduce turnover;

Conducts exit interviews and maintains records with documented responses;

Participates in the development of annual recruiting budget; ensures

Prepares and maintains various records, reports, correspondence and surveys

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Candidates must meet one of the following requirements on or before the date of the written test: 

Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree and three (3) years of recruiting experience, which included verification of qualifications, interviewing of candidates and making job offers.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Possession of a valid New York State Driver License at time of appointment and maintenance throughout duration of appointment.

Notes:

NOTES: 1. Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting the experience requirements. 2. Your degree and/or college credit must have been awarded by a regionally accredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices. A grade of "D" or better is necessary for a course to be credited as successfully completed. If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an educational institution outside of the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to this Department for a list of acceptable companies providing this service; you must pay the required evaluation fee.

Notice to Candidates: Transcripts will now be accepted by the Department of Personnel ONLY at time of application.
All subsequent transcripts must be submitted at time of interview.

The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However,candidates may find information in the publication "How to take a written test" helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available on line at: www.cs.ny.gov/testing/localtestguides.cfm

Subjects of Examination:

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas:

1. Office record keeping

These questions test your ability to perform common office record keeping tasks. The test consists of two or more "sets" of questions, each set concerning a different problem. Typical record keeping problems might involve the organization or collation of data from several sources; scheduling; maintaining a record system using running balances; or completion of a table summarizing data using totals, subtotals, averages and percents. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phone.

2. Preparing written material

These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.

3. Public personnel administration

These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices used in applying New York State, federal, and local laws, rules, and policies to situations encountered in planning and executing the personnel functions in a government agency. Questions may cover such areas as recruitment, selection, and placement; position classification; performance evaluation; and employee relations.

4. Recruitment, selection and placement

These questions test for knowledge of planning and implementing programs to hire employees for public sector titles and occupational fields. Questions may cover such areas as determining personnel needs; analyzing job content; ordering examinations; recruitment; and interviewing.

5. Supervision

These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices employed in planning, organizing, and controlling the activities of a work unit toward predetermined objectives. The concepts covered, usually in a situational question format, include such topics as assigning and reviewing work; evaluating performance; maintaining work standards; motivating and developing subordinates; implementing procedural change; increasing efficiency; and dealing with problems of absenteeism, morale, and discipline.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES:  Unless otherwise noted, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand held, solar or battery powered calculators.  Devices with typewriter keyboards, "Spell Checkers", “Personal Digital Assistants", "Address Books", "Language Translators", "Dictionaries", or any similar devices are prohibited.  You may not bring books or other reference materials.

**IMPORTANT APPLICATION FEE - READ CAREFULLY**

A $20.00 filing fee is required for this exam. The required fee must accompany your application. Send or bring check or money order made payable to Erie County Personnel Department and write the examination number(s) on your check or money order. Do not send or bring cash, as the County cannot be responsible for cash payment. As no refund will be made, you are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified.