General Circular No. 001265

To: Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource

Directors

Subject: Teaching Employees How To Take Civil Service Tests

Issue Date: December 4, 1996

It has come to our attention that a number of departments

conduct in-house training programs for their employees on how

to take Civil Service tests. The Department of Civil Service

does not oppose such programs in principle. However, we do want

to ensure that information given employees about Civil Service

tests is accurate and that nothing in any program violates

copyright laws, Civil Service Rules, or other applicable

standards. We are therefore requesting that any state agency

currently conducting such a program or planning to start one in

the future contact Jim Young, our Statewide Training

Coordinator. He will talk to you about your program and

request that you submit copies of any materials used in your

training course such as outlines or scripts of oral information

presented, written information about the tests, sample tests or

questions you use, etc., so that Civil Service may review and

comment on them. Subsequent to the review, we will provide a

written analysis of your program including any suggestions we

deem pertinent. We will also put your program trainers on a

mailing list whereby we can notify them when changes in tests

or testing procedures occur that might be relevant to better

prepare employees for testing.

Please contact our Statewide Training Coordinator, Mr. Jim

Young by writing or calling at (504) 342-8274 to discuss your

training program.

Sincerely,

Allen Reynolds

Acting Director