About Recruitment & Classification (R&C)

Our division's primary responsibilities include:

• Recruitment and examinations
• Classification
• Background and Reference checks
• General employment practices 
• Performance management
• Position control
• Staffing reduction and layoff administration
• Temporary service staffing
• Oversight of the Civil Service Rules

R&C is here to answer your questions about career movement, including hiring, promoting, and transferring; how the Civil Service Rules are applied; understanding the promotional and staff reduction processes, what are job classifications vs. job descriptions, and much more.

We also offer County Career training courses that will help you to maximize your growth potential and give you insight into the competitive recruitment, examination, and hiring process. In County Career training you will learn how to:

• Produce a better Job Application
• Provide the kind of responses to Supplemental Questions that make your qualifications stand out 
• Respond to questions in the HR Oral Interview Examination
• Prepare for the Department Selection Interview and anticipate what hiring managers are looking for 

R&C Analysts are here to help you with:

• Questions about employment and classification
• Complete recruitment plans
• Civil Service interpretations
• Layoff process interpretation and administration 
• Your department classifications and organizational structure

Contact your department's assigned R&C Analyst for more information and assistance.