Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1941 — Page 5

New Personnel Classification; All Tests To Give a Fair Chance.

By EARL

RICHERT

The State has a morale problem of its own. It involves the 3600 employees of the State institutions, ‘many of whom seem to think, according to State officials, that when the new merit system actually begins to operate

they will lose their jobs to ‘persons having one or two

college degrees. leas e

Phey are very “jitterish” ‘over their respective futures ‘and some of them are getting jobs in private industry on the presumption that they would, dose. their State jobs anyway | when the new merit system

{goes into operation. : In an effort to relieve this situ‘ation as much as possible, Ww. ‘Leonard, State personnel director, said today that he would send an tory letter shortly to each state employee whose job is to be ‘brought - under the merit system.

we Make No Promises

“He said he would not promise the Institution employees anything in * the letter but that he would point but that the examinations to be given for each position would test "only the knowledge and the capabil{ties of the individual to handle that job. And, he said, he would assure the t employees that they will not s graded by some “order clerk” and that the questions will be either “true or false” or phrased so that a they can be answered “yes or no.” * This way, he said, the person examined will know that the personal of the graders will not affect Bi Score one way or another, exhaustive preliminary work necessary to set up a merit system or the personnel in the 20 State injutions, ordered by a law passed the last legislature, is slowly beg completed.

. Questionnaires Keturning

“The Public Administration Service of Chicago, a non-profit organization hired the State for $15,000 to set up classifications and classify the institution employees, a8 sent out questionnaires to the ; n employees and now lias pout two thirds of them back. From these questionnaires, P.AS. workers will tentatively classify the workers, from the information provided by them as junior clerks, atants, switchboard operators, etc. hen, these workers will make -to the various institutions to to see if the employees are fed: properly: and if a junior ati one institution dees the

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P.AS. will fix actual titles for the various positions. It is estimated

there will be over 300 of these altogether. - Employees will be notified of the classification given thew respective jobs and they do not agree, believing for example that they should be classified as a senior instead of a junior clerk, they may appeal to the State Personnel Board. And beginning next week, the P. A. S. will send out questionnaires to businesses, hospitals, etc., to find out what the prevailing wage rates are for the types of jobs represented in State institutions. Then, subject to the approval of the State ‘Budget Committee, a uniform pay scale will be worked out— with a file clerk at the State Prison getting ‘the same pay as a file clerk at the tuberculosis hospital at New The P.A.S. is scheduled to have this classification and wage survey work completed by Dec. 15. (In addition to the institutions and the State Library, it is resurveying the three departments, Public Welfare, Health Board and Employment Security, which already have a merit system). The State wiil begin giving examinations, however, before this classification is: completed, Mr. Johnson said. Early in October, examinations will be given for the top positions in the State institutions and for jobs which exist only in one institution.

Similar to Other States (No new examinations will be given tor jobs in the three State departments which were under the merit system before the new law was passed). The examinations will be of various types. For highly specialized jobs such as pschiatrist, a board of specialists probably: will be formed to examine applicants. Written tests, of the true-false, or yes=no types will be given in other cases. The tests for each classification will be drawn up by authorities in the various fields or they will be compiled from tests given by merit system associations in other states for like jobs.

vision will give the tests which will be held in various parts of the State. A special grading section will be set up in the Personnel Division to

tests, Mr: Johnson said.

- After the examinations are given,

those taking it will be ranked according to their grades and will be placed on an eligible list. The superintendent of an institution will choose one from the first five for a job. "And if he needs another man for the same job he may go one more down on the list, thus taking the sixth man, and so on. - If a State employee does not pass the examinations, he automatically loses his job. And if he gets far down on the eligible list he may have to'wait for a vacancy to get his job back.£ Mr. Johnson said he expected to have all examinations given and the merit system in full operation in

the State institutions by next spring.

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Yobin Gottschalk to Enter Indiana U. to Seek Doctor’ Ss Degree.

John: Gottschalk, superintendent of state fisheries since 1938, resigned today, effective Sept. 15, to enter the graduate school at Indiana University. Mr. Gottschalk, who has been

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gree. ; The resigning fishing superintendent is the son of Thurman Gottschalk, director of the Department of Public Welfare. . He received an A. B. degree from Earlham College in 1934 and immediately went to work in the Conservation Depart‘ment, ‘advancing to his president position from a job as field representative for the department's edu-

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